Hospital Beds for Simi Valley

The situation

Your wife goes to an adult day program three days a week, and the van arrives at seven sharp. Before then she has to be washed, dressed and moved into her wheelchair, by you alone.

What it is costing

On a low bed, every step of the morning means bending and lifting against the clock. You are worn out before eight, and some mornings you simply cannot get her ready in time.

Our recommendation

The Tuffcare turns the morning into a sequence of button presses. Raise it to waist height to wash and dress her without stooping, sit her up with the head and lawn-chair positions, then lower it to match the wheelchair seat for a level transfer. Optional half rails give her something to hold, and eight locking casters keep the bed still.

Electropedic, Burbank

The situation

Your father tried assisted living for a year and was never happy there. Now he is moving back into his own Simi Valley house, and the family wants to make it work.

What it is costing

His old bed is too low and too soft, and the first few nights back he needed help just to get up. Everyone is wondering whether the move home was a mistake.

Our recommendation

The Supernal 3 gives him the independence he moved home for. Set it at the height that lets him stand on his own, raise the head to help him sit up, and lower it to about 10.5 inches at the frame when he wants it low. An optional support rail travels with the bed, and the upholstered frame makes it his bed, not a facility's.

Electropedic, Burbank

The situation

A motorcycle crash broke both of your son's legs. He is home now, cannot put weight on either leg for weeks, and the surgeons want his legs elevated to control swelling.

What it is costing

Stacks of pillows slip out from under two casts, every position change takes two people, and he is miserable lying in one spot all day.

Our recommendation

The Supernal 5 gives the family control without lifting. Raise the foot and use Trendelenburg to keep both legs elevated steadily, switch to reverse Trendelenburg and head elevation for meals and visitors, and bring the bed to a working height for care. The upholstered frame keeps his room from feeling like a ward. Use positions as his surgeons direct.

Electropedic, Burbank

The situation

Thirty years behind the wheel of a truck have left your husband's lower back stiff and sore. He is home four nights a week, and those are the nights he can barely get comfortable or out of bed.

What it is costing

He tosses until two, gets up stiff and grumpy, and you lose sleep right along with him on the few nights you share.

Our recommendation

A split Flexabed Hi-Low SL lets him raise his knees and head to take the strain off his back while your side stays flat. Save his favorite position on the remote, and in the morning the vertical lift raises the whole bed so he stands without twisting. It lowers to about 16.5 inches with a mattress, and every bed is hand-built to order in Georgia.

Electropedic, Burbank

The situation

Your wife works 24-hour shifts at the fire station. On those nights you are home alone with a heart condition, and she worries through every shift whether you are all right.

What it is costing

She calls between runs, you play down how you feel, and neither of you really rests until she walks through the door.

Our recommendation

The Dawn House records your heart rate, breathing and sleep every night through sensors in its base, with nothing to wear, and the app lets you share the reports with her, so she can see how your night went when her shift ends. Hi-low height, voice control and motion-activated underbed lighting make your nights alone safer.

Electropedic, Burbank

The situation

After thyroid surgery, your surgeon asked you to sleep with your head and shoulders raised for a while to help with swelling in your neck.

What it is costing

Pillows bend your neck forward right where it is sore, slip away in the night, and leave you waking up flat, stiff and swollen.

Our recommendation

Raise the Ascend's head section to support your back and shoulders together, keeping your neck aligned, or tilt the whole bed up to 7 degrees for a gentle incline. Save the setting on a preset so it is the same every night. About 7 inches of hi-low lift lets you get up without straining, and the optional support rail steadies you. Follow your surgeon's guidance.

Electropedic, Burbank