Health Corner – Sara Steady Guide

Posted on December 11, 2019

The Sara Steady Manual Sit to Stand Lift is a support aid which encourages patients to pull themselves up into a standing position. This sit to stand minimized the amount of manual handling required by a caregiver, while serving as an excellent rehabilitation tool for patients who are partially weight-bearing.

Benefits and Key Points

• An innovative pivoting seat makes it easier for the resident to get into the lift
• It can be used to assist with toileting and transferring residents
• It increase mobility in residential facilities and at home

Required

• A full assessment completed by the therapist
• Weight limit 400lbs
• To be cleaned between residents
• Resident must be able to follow instruction, be non-aggressive, have core stability, and have good sitting balance.

Step 1

• Approach the resident, expand the chassis legs with the foot pedals located on the base of the equipment
• The resident lifts their feet and places them on the base of the equipment
• Resident grabs the bar
• Lock foot breaks on each side
• Lower Seat

Step 2

• Instruct resident to stand and bring their abdomen to the bar
• Nursing care staff to reach behind and flip the seat wings together and close
• Instruct the resident to sit down

Step 3

• Unlock brakes and move resident
• Resident to hold onto handle bar and knees against the knee rest

Step 4

• Put brakes on
• Instruct resident to stand and bring their abdomen to the bar
• Nursing care staff to reach behind and flip the chair pads open
• Instruct the resident to sit down and grab arm of commode of chair if available

HME Health Corner – Volume 3, Issue 2 – December 2019