Bradshaw Care Home Bed – Advanced Profiling for Safety and Comfort
The Bradshaw Care Home Bed has been designed to deliver safety, comfort, and clinical efficiency in home care, nursing, and residential care environments. This advanced profiling bed range combines a domestic appearance with high-level functionality, ensuring that residents, patients, and caregivers benefit from both comfort and practicality.
With a choice of standard or low models, and a wide variety of accessories and finishes, the Bradshaw range can be tailored to meet the specific needs of individuals, while helping caregivers carry out essential nursing duties with ease and safety.
Clinical Benefits and Versatile Profiling
The Bradshaw Care Home Bed features a four-section electric profiling platform, allowing for multiple bed positions that support both resident comfort and effective clinical care.
Auto Contour Function: Enables smooth repositioning by simultaneously adjusting the backrest and knee-break, helping to reduce shear and friction.
Foot Down Tilt (Reverse Trendelenburg): Supports postural management, respiratory care, and improved comfort.
Cardiac Chair Positioning: Provides optimal seating for residents who need to remain in bed for longer periods while reducing strain on the heart and lungs.
These profiling options play a vital role in reducing the complications of immobility, such as pressure ulcers, poor circulation, and respiratory issues, making the bed a reliable solution for long-term care.
Auto-Regressing Backrest
Each Bradshaw Bed comes as standard with an auto-regressing backrest. As the backrest rises, it automatically slides backwards, creating additional space around the pelvic area.
This design helps to:
Reduce shear forces on the skin.
Increase comfort when sitting upright.
Enhance clinical safety, particularly for residents with fragile skin or reduced mobility.
Low Bed Option for Safety
The Bradshaw Low Bed has a platform height that lowers to just 19.2 cm from the floor, significantly reducing the risk of injury from falls.
This ultra-low height also helps some individuals to transfer independently in and out of bed, supporting their mobility and dignity. At the same time, the bed can be raised to an ergonomic height for caregivers, ensuring safer moving and handling practices.
Handset Controls for Ease of Use
The bed is supplied with an intuitive and lightweight handset:
9-Button Handset: Standard option, offering clear and easy control over all profiling functions.
10-Button Handset (Optional): Adds Trendelenburg positioning, allowing a head-down tilt of up to 11°, when clinically prescribed.
Both handset options are lockable, ensuring that vulnerable residents cannot accidentally alter bed positions. This provides an additional layer of safety and reassurance for caregivers and families alike.
Side Rails and Safety Features
The Bradshaw Care Home Bed offers a comprehensive range of side rail options, providing safety, flexibility, and compliance with individual care plans.
Wooden or Metal Rails: To suit different settings and resident preferences.
Extended Rails: Designed for taller residents.
Height-Extended Rails: For individuals assessed as needing extra protection.
Two-Action Release Mechanism: Reduces accidental lowering, improving safety.
Integral Safety Locking Feature: Ensures rails can be locked in the down position if side rail use is not appropriate for the individual.
These options allow caregivers to balance safety with resident dignity, while complying with care regulations and best practices.
Additional Clinical Options
The Bradshaw Care Home Bed can be tailored with several optional features to meet specific needs:
Manual Calf Lift Ratchet: Provides targeted lower leg elevation for improved circulation and comfort.
Bed Extension Kit: Adds an extra 16.5 cm, making it suitable for taller residents.
Battery Back-Up: Ensures bed functionality in the event of a power failure.
Grab Handles and Padding Systems: Support safe transfers and enhanced resident protection.
These options make the Bradshaw range highly versatile, able to support a wide variety of clinical conditions and care requirements.
Aesthetic Appeal for Care Environments
The Bradshaw Care Home Bed combines medical-grade functionality with a domestic, homely appearance.
Standard Finish: Light Oak.
Optional Finishes: Ash, Beech, Elm, and Walnut.
Optional Leatherette Inserts: Available for head and footboards in six classic colours.
This range of finishes allows the bed to blend seamlessly into care home or domestic environments, avoiding the institutional look of traditional medical furniture.
Practical Design and Storage
In addition to safety and aesthetics, the Bradshaw range has been designed with practicality in mind:
Disassemblable Construction: The bed can be taken apart and stored on transport stands when not in use.
Easy Manoeuvrability: Equipped with 7.5 cm braked castors, allowing smooth movement and secure placement.
Pre-Assembled Finger Kits: Supplied for easy set-up.
These features reduce the time and effort required for installation, transport, and storage, making the Bradshaw a practical choice for care providers.
Standards and Compliance
The Bradshaw Care Home Bed is fully compliant with key international safety standards:
This ensures that the bed meets strict medical and safety requirements, offering reassurance to care facilities and families alike.
Available Models
Other models and finishes are available on request, with optional uncovered versions (showing exposed actuators) for facilities that prefer a more clinical style.
Key Features at a Glance
Four-section electric profiling platform with auto contour.
Reverse Trendelenburg and cardiac chair positioning.
Optional Trendelenburg tilt up to 11° with 10-button handset.
Auto-regressing backrest to reduce shear.
Low platform height (19.2 cm) to minimise fall risks.
Wide choice of side rails with advanced safety mechanisms.
Bed extension option for taller residents.
Five wood finishes plus optional padded inserts.
Battery back-up and a range of interchangeable accessories.
Easy manoeuvrability with braked castors.
Compliant with EN 60601 medical standards.
Conclusion
The Bradshaw Care Home Bed is a clinically advanced and highly versatile profiling bed that combines safety, comfort, and design benefits for residents and caregivers alike. With its low bed option, wide range of profiling positions, and extensive accessory options, it is a practical and adaptable solution for nursing homes, residential care facilities, and home care environments.
By blending clinical functionality with domestic styling, the Bradshaw range ensures that care settings remain both safe and homely. Backed by compliance with international standards and designed with durability in mind, it represents an excellent long-term investment in quality care equipment.
