The right bed and mattress can make it easier to get in and out of bed, sit up, manage swelling and protect your skin – and make care safer for anyone helping you. Our AHPRA-registered occupational therapists assess your needs, trial options with you, and help you fund them through Support at Home.
On your own, with help, or with a hoist.
Skin condition, sensation, continence and a Waterlow score.
Positioning, comfort and whether you can use the controls safely.
Room size, flooring for a hoist, power points and delivery access.
Sleeping alone or with a partner affects the size you need.
Lowers for safer transfers and raises to a safe working height for carers.
Head elevation helps breathing, sitting up, getting out of bed, pressure and pain.
Knee break and foot elevation help swelling and stop you sliding down the bed.
Trendelenburg tilt for positioning, pressure and some care tasks.
Lowers close to the floor to reduce injury if you're at risk of falling out of bed.
Single, king single, double, queen or companion, with extensions for taller people.
Under-bed space for a hoist, and room on both sides for carers.
Simple, large-button remotes and central locking brakes.
Bed rails and bed sticks can help some people reposition and get out of bed, but they carry risks such as entrapment. If one may be needed, our OT completes a specific bed rail risk assessment first, looking at cognition, behaviour and how you transfer.
Beds and mattresses are funded through the Assistive Technology and Home Modifications (AT-HM) scheme, separate from your quarterly Support at Home budget.
AT-HM funding tiers (up to), generally available for 12 months.
Your care partner refers through our website. We respond within one business day and usually see new clients within 2–3 weeks.
We assess bed mobility, transfers, pressure risk and your bedroom.
You and your care partner receive a report recommending the bed and mattress features you need, plus a quote for the trial and follow-up visits.
Once approved, we trial suitable beds and mattresses with you.
We check the set-up, train you and your carers on the controls, safe transfers and pressure care, and photograph it as confirmation of delivery.
Yes. Beds with powered adjustment are on the AT-HM list and can be funded from your AT-HM allocation, separate from your quarterly budget, when they meet an assessed need.
Yes. Mattresses and pressure-care products for lying down are on the AT-HM list as items that benefit from a health professional's prescription.
It depends on your pressure risk, comfort and how you move in bed. Options range from foam and gel to powered alternating air. Your OT completes a Waterlow pressure risk assessment to guide the choice.
A bed that raises and lowers. It's lowered for safer transfers and raised to a safe height for carers.
They can help some people, but they carry risks such as entrapment. Your OT completes a bed rail risk assessment before recommending one.
Our report can support a support plan review through My Aged Care to request a higher funding tier.
Ask your Support at Home care partner to refer you, or call us on 07 5220 8909.
To book an appointment with an occupational therapist, please call 07 5220 8909 or submit a referral form below.
General Practitioners can send referrals to:
Email: hello@forbes.care
Fax: 07 5302 6482
Address: Shop 15/102 Burnett St, Buderim
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