As U.S. regulators and legislators move to ban potentially deadly infant-sleep products, bed rails and bed handles that have killed hundreds of mostly elderly Americans remain on the market. "There's ...
Which bed rail for seniors is best? As we get older, it is inevitable that some activities become more difficult or have an increased potential for injury. This can even include basic things like ...
When the nurse entered the room, she was stunned. Before her lay the lifeless body of an elderly patient who had fallen out of bed. The woman’s head was lodged between the mattress and a bed rail, a ...
Nearly 500,000 bed rails sold nationwide are being recalled following two separate reports of deaths by asphyxiation for adult users trapped between their bed rails and mattresses. The recall involves ...
After 81-year-old Clara Marshall badly bruised herself in a tumble from her bed at a care facility in Vancouver, Wash., the staff urged her husband to buy a metal safety rail to protect her from ...
The Consumer Products Safety Commission is warning against the use of Mobility Transfer Systems adult portable bed rails, which are tied to the deaths of three people. Two of those deaths occurred in ...
Bed rails shouldn’t be deadly. That’s why Medline Industries recalled about 1.5 million Medline Bed Assist Bar adult bed rails sold over almost 15 years. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ...