JPH0798055B2 - Nursing bed - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a nursing bed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a general home or a home for the elderly, which is not fully equipped, while caring for a person who has become paralyzed due to a stroke or accident, or a bedridden elderly person,
Bathing guardians was the most difficult task for caregivers. For example, Te is at the household, caregiver Hikai
Carry a guardian from the nursing room to the bathroom, and receive care
I was putting it in and out of the bath while holding the person .

As another bathing method, a vinyl simple bathtub assembled by suspending it on a frame such as an iron pipe on the floor of a bed being taken care of or near the bed, or a vinyl swelling by air pressure A caretaker was holding a care receiver and taking a bath by preparing a simple bathtub made by him in the care room.

[0004]

However, both when using the bathroom of a general household or when using the above-mentioned simple bathtub, two persons are required to hold the care recipient for bathing. The above caregivers were needed.

[0005] Further, taking caregivers out of hot water and putting them in hot water again is a labor-intensive task for the caregiver and is also dangerous, so the caregiver is often left in the hot water while taking a bath. It was For this reason, it was not possible to directly wash the body with a towel attached with soap, and it was not possible to sufficiently remove dirt and greasiness.

In addition, since bathrooms in general households are often small and the feet are slippery, it is very difficult and dangerous for the care recipient to take a bath. In addition, caregivers are often exposed to hot water during bathing work, and clothes are often wet.

Further, since many simple bathtubs are generally shallow and small, hot water may overflow or scatter when bathing a cared person , and the floor surface or bed of the care room may get wet. There was a problem. Moreover, it was difficult to control the temperature of the hot water, and it took time to replace the hot water. Furthermore, it took time and effort to assemble and clean up the simple bathtub.

Therefore, the present invention solves the above problems,
One of the caregiver in can be easily and safely bathing without imposing unreasonable attitude to the care, further, the
It is an object of the present invention to provide a care bed that can wash caregivers cleanly.

[0009]

A nursing bed according to the present invention has a bathtub at the bottom, and a bath table which can be raised or lowered or tilted is attached to the upper surface of the bath, and a mat is provided on the bath table. On the bed , and further near the rear edge of the bed.
An auxiliary bed for temporarily placing a care receiver is provided beside it.
At the same time, the auxiliary bed can be folded vertically and horizontally deployed.
It can be switched freely .

[0010]

[Function] Normally, the auxiliary bed is folded vertically and the
Sleeping skein and caring for the caregiver on the mat of the base portion. Bathed
If you want to give care, leave the auxiliary bed in the horizontally expanded state and receive care.
Bed by moving the person from the mat onto the auxiliary bed.
The mat of the part can be easily removed. Take the mat
If you remove it, the bath will be exposed, and you
It can be easily transferred from the room to the bath. The sleeper
Pour hot water into the bathtub below the section. After that, the auxiliary bed section
With the vertical folding state, slowly lower the bath
In this case, the bathtub sinks into the hot water in the bathtub.
It can be immersed in hot water.

While taking a bath, raise the bath basin to raise the care recipient.
If taken out from hot water, wipe the care recipient with a towel with soap.
be able to. To wash off the soap, lower the bath
The care recipient should be immersed in hot water.

[0012] When you have finished washing the cared person, the bathing platform is raised out of the water to be caregivers, Hikai immediately with a dry towel
Wipe the Mamorusha. After that, place the auxiliary bed in the horizontal
And move the care recipient from the bath to the auxiliary bed,
The mat can be easily placed on. Furthermore, assist the care recipient
It can be easily transferred from the bed to the mat. Cared for
After the person is transferred to the mat, the auxiliary bed is folded vertically.
As a result, the care recipient may be put on a futon or the like. In addition, bathing
After that, the hot water is drained from the bathtub.

[0013]

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings illustrating the embodiments.

[0014] FIGS. 7 13 shows an example of a nursing bed according to the present invention, the nursing bed 1, a care of human or the like became paraplegic by and bedridden elderly, stroke or accident This is a bed for caring for the person 4.

As shown in FIG. 7, the care bed 1 includes a bed portion 2, a bathtub 3 located below the bed portion 2, and an auxiliary bed portion 5 disposed behind the bathtub 3 along the longitudinal direction. And are equipped with. That is, in the vicinity of the rear edge of the bed part 2, the care-receiver 4
An auxiliary bed section 5 for temporarily mounting is provided.

The bed section 2 has a mat 8 for lying the care receiver 4 on.

Further, as shown in FIG. 11, a bath table 9 is attached to the upper surface of the bath 3. The outer dimensions of this bathing table 9 are made slightly smaller than the opening of the bath 3.

The mat 8 is placed on the bath table 9 to form the bed section 2. Bath section 9 of bed section 2
Is composed of a lower body support base 21 and an upper body support base 22.

Further, the upper body support base 22 comprises a body support portion 23 and a head support plate 24 which is detachably attached to the body support portion 23 (see FIG. 13).

A pipe 1 for supplying hot water and water into the bathtub 3 from a hot water supply facility (not shown) provided outside the bathtub 3.
1, 11 and drain pipe 12a for discharging hot water after bathing,
12b is attached. A drain valve 20 is provided on the drain pipe 12a.

A control box 17 having a temperature setting knob 13, a hot water supply valve 14, a fixed water stop setting knob 15, a shower switching lever 16 and the like is attached to the center of the front surface of the bathtub 3. A shower 18 is hooked on the control box 17.

In addition, in the bathtub 3, a bathing section G and a cared person 4
And a sink portion H on the head side thereof are formed.

Further, the bathtub 3 is installed on a water receiving plate 10 provided on the floor surface of a room to be cared for.

However, as shown in FIG. 1, the lower half body support base portion 21 of the bath tub 9 can be raised and lowered, and the upper body support base portion 22 can be tilted.

The lower body support table portion 21 is attached to the upper end of a lift table 26 fixed in the bathtub 3. Lifting table 26
Has a lower girder 27, an upper girder 28, and a link mechanism 25 that is interposed between the lower girder 27 and the upper girder 28 to allow the upper girder 28 to move up and down in a horizontal state. Two lower girders 27, 27 and two upper girders 28, 28 are arranged in parallel in front of and behind the bottom surface in the bathtub 3.

The lower girder 27 is screwed to the bottom surface of the bath 3 at one location via packing or the like.

The link mechanism 25 is provided with swinging arms 29, 29 that intersect in an X shape.
Is swingable around the axis of the shaft member 38 in the front-rear direction that penetrates the intersection.

One end of a connecting rod 37 is connected to the shaft member 38, and the other end of the connecting rod 37 is attached to a connecting member 34 for swingably connecting the lower body support base 21 to the upper body support base 22. It is connected to the crank-shaped shaft portion 35.

That is, as schematically shown in FIG. 2, both ends of the crank-shaped shaft portion 35 are pivotally mounted so as to be orthogonal to the front and rear connecting members 34, 34, and one end (front end) of the crank-shaped shaft portion 35.
Includes a swing lever 36 in a direction perpendicular to the crank shaft 35.
Is stuck.

One end of the connecting rod 37 is pivotally attached to the crank pin 40 between the crank arms 39, 39 of the crank-shaped shaft portion 35, and the other end is pivotally attached to the middle portion of the shaft member 38 of the elevating table 26. ing.

(Returning to FIG. 1) Each swing arm 2
One ends of 9, 29 are pivotally attached to one ends of the lower girder 27 and the upper girder 28, and rollers 30, 30 are pivotally attached to the other ends. The rollers 30, 30 are fitted in the dovetail grooves 31, 31 on the other end side of the lower girder 27 and the upper girder 28.

Similarly, a roller 32 is pivotally attached to the side surface of the upper body support base 22 near the tip (close to the head support plate 24). The roller 32 is attached to the upper end of the bath 3 in the longitudinal direction of the bath 3. It is fitted in the dovetail groove portion of the rail member 33 attached along.

When the swing lever 36 indicated by the phantom line is swung in the direction of arrow A in the figure, the shaft member 38 at the intersection of the swing arms is pushed by the connecting rod 37 and moves in the direction of arrow E. The lower body support table part 21 descends into the bathing part G of the bathtub 3.

In addition, as the lower body support 21 is lowered,
The portion of the upper body support base 22 on the lower body support base 21 side descends into the bathing section G, and the upper body support base 22 inclines as shown by a virtual line. During this inclination, the roller 32 of the upper body support base 22 moves in the arrow J direction.

When the lower body support table 21 reaches near the bottom of the bath 3, the lower body support table 21 descends and the upper body support table 22 stops tilting.

On the contrary, when the rocking lever 36 is rocked in the direction shown by the arrow B, the shaft member 38 at the crossing portion of the rocking arm is pulled by the connecting rod 37 and moved in the direction of the arrow F, and the lower body support base is moved. The part 21 rises.

Then, as the lower body support base 21 rises, the upper body support base 22 swings in a horizontal direction. During this swing, the roller 32 of the upper body support 22 is indicated by the arrow K.
Move in the direction.

Then, the upper body support base 22 and the lower body support base 21 become horizontal on the upper surface of the bathtub, and the lower body support base 21 stops rising.

The crank arm 39 of the crank-shaped shaft portion 35 is in the middle of the upper body support base 22 and the lower body support base 21 being horizontal on the upper surface of the bathtub. And the connecting rod 37 passes through a straight line. Then, the passing angle θ is set to about 10 °.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4, on the rear surface side of the bathtub 3, a frame body 42 is provided with a mounting piece 41, and a frame body 42 has a longitudinal axis L.
It is pivotally attached so that it can swing freely. And this frame 4
An auxiliary bed section 5 is provided at the upper end of the vertical rod 43.

The frame 42 has a vertical rod 43 and a horizontal rod 44 in the front-rear direction, and a lever portion 45 is attached to the tip of the horizontal rod 44. The lever portion 45 projects to the front side of the bathtub 3.

On the front side of the bath 3, a lever portion 45 is provided.
An elongated hole 46 is formed in the up-and-down direction, which has a cutout portion that locks in three stages (see FIG. 1).

By swinging the lever portion 45 of the frame body 42 up and down (back to FIG. 4), the auxiliary bed 5 swings back and forth around the axis L.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the auxiliary bed 5
Is composed of a horizontal portion 47 and a vertical portion 48. The horizontal portion 47 swings in a direction parallel to the vertical portion 48 and can be folded and unfolded. In other words, the auxiliary bed 5 is placed in a vertically folded state and horizontally.
Can be freely deployed and switched. A spring member 49 that elastically biases the horizontal portion 47 in an upright state is provided around the axis R, which is the swing center of the horizontal portion 47.

That is, as shown in FIG. 6, this spring member 49 is composed of a single linear body and has both ends which are substantially V-shaped when there is no load. And the horizontal part 4
7, the both ends of the spring member 49 are about 180 °
And is elastically urged in the direction of swinging the horizontal portion 47 upward.

The use condition of the care bed of this embodiment will be described below.

In a normal state of caring for the cared person 4, as shown in FIG. 7, a mat 8 is placed on the upper end of the bathtub 3 and bedding such as a bedding 6 and a pillow 7 is placed on the mat 8. Lay out
Keep the caregiver asleep. In this case, the horizontal portion 47 of the auxiliary bed 5 is set in the vertically folded state.

Next, when bathing the care recipient 4, the temperature, the amount of hot water, etc. are set and hot water is put into the bathing section G of the bathtub 3.

Then, the bedding such as the futon 6 and the pillow 7 is removed to cover the bed.
Make the caregiver 4 naked (see FIG. 8).

After that, as shown in FIG. 9, the horizontal portion 47 of the auxiliary bed 5 is brought into a horizontally expanded state. Then, the care- receiver 4 lying on the mat 8 is turned over to the rear, and the care-receiver 4 is transferred onto the horizontal portion 47 of the auxiliary bed 5.

Next, the lever part 45 is set to the upper stage (the lever part 45 is in the middle stage in FIG. 9), and the auxiliary bed 5 on which the care receiver 4 is placed is tilted rearward. This inclination, Hikai
The guardian can be prevented from falling forward.

Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 10, the mat 8 on the bathtub 3 is removed to expose the bath stand 9. Next, the lever portion 45 is set to the lower stage (the lever portion 45 is in the middle stage in FIG. 10), and the horizontal portion 47 of the auxiliary bed 5 is inclined forward.
Then, the care receiver 4 is moved from the horizontal portion 47 of the auxiliary bed 5 to the bath 9.

Next, as shown in FIG. 11, the horizontal portion 47 of the auxiliary bed portion 5 is vertically folded and the lever portion 45 is set to the middle stage.

Next, as shown in FIG. 12, the swing lever 3
The caregiver 6 is swung toward the head of the care-receiver 4, and the bath stand 9 is lowered. At this time, hot water is accumulated in the bathing section G of the bathtub 3, and the bath table 9 is lowered to allow the cared person 4
Soak in hot water. Further, since the lower half body support table portion 21 of the bathing table 9 is lowered in a horizontal state and the upper half body support table portion 22 is inclined, the cared person 4 can take a bath in a comfortable posture.

To wash the head of the care- receiver 4, the head support plate 24 is removed from the upper body support base 22 as shown in FIG. 13, and the head is washed on the sink base H using the shower 18. After washing the head, the head support plate 24 is attached to the upper body support base 22.

When the care receiver 4 is wiped with a towel with soap, the bath stand 9 shown in FIG. 11 is raised . Then, the bath table 9 is lowered again to wash the care receiver 4.

After washing the cared person , the swing lever 36
Is swung in the direction of the care recipient's 4 foot, and the bath stand 9 is raised. Then, the care receiver 4 is washed in the shower 18 and further wiped with a dry towel (see FIG. 11). At the same time, the drain valve 20 is opened to start draining.

After that, as shown in FIG. 10, the horizontal portion 47 of the auxiliary bed 5 is brought into a horizontally expanded state.

Then, the lever portion 45 is lowered to the lower stage and the horizontal portion 47 is tilted forward. And the cared person 4 on the bath stand 9
Turn over on the horizontal part 47 and transfer. Next, the lever part 4
5 is raised to the upper stage and the horizontal portion 47 is tilted rearward. At this time, the care- receiver 4 is in a prone position, so wipe his back with a dry towel.

Next, as shown in FIG. 9, the mat 8 is placed on the bathing table 9 and the lever portion 45 is set to the middle stage. And
The care receiver 4 on the horizontal portion 47 of the auxiliary bed 5 is transferred onto the mat 8.

Then, as shown in FIG. 8, the auxiliary bed 5
The horizontal part 47 of the is folded vertically. Then, the care receiver 4 is dressed. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 7, bedclothes such as pillow 7 and futon 6 are laid on the mat 8 to return to a normal care state.

[0062] According to nursing bed in this embodiment, in order to lift bathing platform 9 at mild operating the swing lever 36, the
One caregiver can perform the work of putting the caregiver 4 in and out of the bathtub 3 and the work of preparing for bathing and cleaning up in a short time.

[0063] In addition, it is possible to quickly work into and out of the cared person 4 in the bathtub 3, the care-receiver 4 is not Yuzame.

The temperature setting knob 1 is provided at the center of the front side of the bathtub 3.
3, control box 1 having hot water supply valve 14, fixed water stop setting knob 15, shower switching lever 16 and the like
Since there are seven, operations such as hot water supply, temperature adjustment, and shower switching become easy.

In addition to the bathing section G in the bathtub 3,
Since there is a sink H on the head side, it is possible to prevent the rinsed water from entering the bathing section G.

Since the bathtub 3 is deeper and larger than the conventional simple bathtub, the hot water does not overflow. Further, the water receiving plate 10 around the bathtub 3 does not cause the floor surface of the care room to be wet.

Further, it does not require any special construction such as floor reinforcement or waterproofing, and can be easily installed in a conventional nursing room.

[0068]

The present invention has the following significant effects with the above-mentioned configuration.

Auxiliary couch with the care recipient in a horizontally deployed state
By temporarily placed on 5, map for entering Yokudai 9
It is possible to easily attach and detach the grate 8. One caregiver can help the cared person with a comfortable posture and safely.
Ru can be bathing. The time to prepare for bathing and clean up becomes shorter,
Kill the body to cool down in the prevention. By setting the auxiliary bed part 5 in a vertically folded state,
Therefore, the auxiliary bed 5 does not interfere with nursing care other than when taking a bath.
No

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway front view showing an embodiment of a nursing bed according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing a link mechanism.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a main part.

FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway side view.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged side view of a main part.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a care state.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view illustrating a usage state.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view illustrating a usage state.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view illustrating a usage state.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view illustrating a usage state.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing a bathing state.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing a bathing state.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 Bed 3 Bathtub 4 Caregiver 5 Auxiliary bed 8 Mat 9 Bath

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A bath tub 3 is located below, and a bath tub 9 that can be raised and lowered or tilted is attached to the upper surface of the bath tub 3, and a mat 8 is placed on the bath tub 9 to sleep the bed 2. and, further
In the vicinity of the rear edge of the bed portion 2, the care recipient 4 is temporarily
The auxiliary bed part 5 for mounting is provided, and the auxiliary bed part 5 is provided.
Can be switched between vertical folding and horizontal unfolding
A nursing bed characterized by that.