Burling Aged Care Solutions

Manual handling injuries, skin tear & pressure injuries are reduced with The Burling Turn Assist Bed. The current physicality of turning care recipients within their bed results in manual handling injuries for staff and incidences of both pressure injuries and skin tears for residents. Additionally, invasive & disruptive pressure area care provided in bed overnight, leads to poor sleep quality for residents. Technical Problem – Currently, turning residents in bed who are unable to turn themselves is problematic. The current process of physically turning a resident within their bed using a slide sheet results in staff manual handling injuries & increased incidents of skin tear and pressure injuries for residents. Solution to Problem – Development of a bed that enables one caregiver with a press of a button to gently turn the resident 0-50 degrees within the bed. Current best practice indicates a 30-degree turn is required at a minimum. The resident can be turned by one staff member at (2,3 or 4 hourly) intervals, in a way that is gentle, non-invasive and allows for uninterrupted sleep overnight. EXPECTED BENEFITS
• The introduction of the Burling Turn Assist Bed will alleviate the need for additional care staff to be rostered on the night duty for the purpose of pairing up to turn immobile residents in bed from side to side 2-4 times overnight.
• The Burling Turn Assist Bed will significantly reduce the physical demands on care staff providing care to immobile patients, leading to a reduction in workplace injuries. This will have a positive impact on work force demand, workforce expense and work health & safety injury claims.
• The Burling Turn Assist Bed will significantly reduce the incidences of pressure injuries and skin tears for immobile residents. This will in turn reduce the burden of wound management, both in terms of time & medical consumable cost for the organisation and pain/discomfort for the resident.
• The Burling Turn Assist Bed will enable uninterrupted sleep for residents overnight. The detrimental effects of poor sleep are well documented.