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Thread #127608   Message #2849637
Posted By: JohnInKansas
25-Feb-10 - 06:24 AM
Thread Name: BS: Where do ya find hospital style bed???
Subject: RE: BS: Where do ya find hospital style bed???
not actual (expensive and ugle)

IMO nearly all beds are ugle until you put a proper bit of bedding on them.

The adjustability features shouldn't too strongly affect how you "decorate" them. The biggest problem would be from the roll bars (side rails) if those are needed; but on most "real" hospital beds those are fairly easily removed by the average hillbilly, and they usually retract "mostly out of the way" on the ones they don't come off from easily.

In some places you might find a "bed rental" agency that specializes in utility beds for when you have space but no beds for the company that comes for the holidays. Some of these might have at least a few adjustable styles. Many "medical supply" providers will rent fairly reasonably (compared to what they bill an insurer) if you haggle hard, and some offer the option of purchasing rather than renting.

Try a Google for "adjustable beds" for a good sampling of what you're probably looking for. The "Craftmatic" is one of the most advertised, but there are many others.

From what I've seen though, the adjustable ones without the hooks for the harness and the tie-downs and supports run about the same in price as the common hardware-heavy hospital types. It's probably just a matter of what one wants to do in bed that governs which is best.

A significant factor would be that few regular hospital beds are double wide, so they may be limiting if you have things to do with a partner. Outside the medical styles, the adjustables are available to accomodate two (or more) occupants.

John