Hoyer Advance-E Professional Patient Lift

When not in use, folds up making it usable in mobile home or apartment.

When folding down it must be done in one motion otherwise it hangs up. As a one person user lifting up and folding down in one motion is tough to do.

ronald h. from springfield, il (caregiver)

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High quality, good design and meets expectations of a patient lift.

The weakness is not with the lift, it's with the sling. First, it is confusing and complicated with the crossing straps and all the different loop attach points. Consider a care giver in not much better shape than the user of having to get down in the floor and wrestle that sling under her and not being able to get back up off the floor himself. What is needed is a rescue buoy of sorts. Something to slip over the head and under the arms to just get her high enough to get a chair under her. Then the sling could be positioned in the chair and more easily attached to the user for further movement /transportation. Also the wheels are too small to maneuver in plush carpet.

jerry f. from azle, tx (caregiver)

Seventy one year old female diagnosed with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, falls easily, mostly wheelchair bound but has to get up occasionally.

Being able to fold it up and get it out of the way when not in use.

The lift itself seems great, but the instructions need to be better.

carol h. from paragould, ar (caregiver)

We were not able to use the lift and had to send it back. User is a female, age 50 who has frontal lobe dementia and weighs 190 lbs.

foldabilty

Rechargeable cord keeps coming out of it's socket! Motor is slow. Unit is heavy and is not easily transported when folded.

william d. from traverse city, mi (caregiver)

Cerbal palsy

Folds, feels sturdy, slings are very comfortable and easy to fit--very user friendly.

Does not have a power pack upgrade for the manual version of the lift.

james h. from linwood, ks

58 yo with C5 AIS B SCI.

easy to use great product when handling a multipal handicapped child.

i have not had any problems using or handling this product. don't feel there is a weakness.

giulia a. from saint augustine, fl

this product is used for my sons physical disabily

Very strong and easy to use.

Only accepts one style sling (which is the least comfortable for my mother) and very difficult to push over carpeting.

carol f. from los angeles, ca

This patient lift is used to transfer my 88 year old mother from one place to another.

THE LONG SWAN NECK ALLOWS THE CARETAKERS TO PLACE THE END USER SAFELY INTO THE LOUNGE CHAIR, BED, OR WHEELCHAIR THE FIRST TIME. NO EXTRA EFFORT OR MOVEMENTS ARE NEEDED.

SOMETIMES IT IS HARD TO ROLL THE LIFT ACROSS WALL TO WALL CARPET AND TO GET IT THROUGH NARROW DOOR WAYS.

claire a. from hendersonville, nc (caregiver)

84 year old mother who can not walk or stand

THE LONG SWAN NECK ALLOWS THE CARETAKERS TO PLACE THE END USER SAFELY INTO THE LOUNGE CHAIR, BED, OR WHEELCHAIR THE FIRST TIME. NO EXTRA EFFORT OR MOVEMENTS ARE NEEDED.

SOMETIMES IT IS HARD TO ROLL THE LIFT ACROSS WALL TO WALL CARPET AND TO GET IT THROUGH NARROW DOOR WAYS.

claire a. from hendersonville, nc (caregiver)

84 year old mother who can not walk or stand

The idea of folding is great with small storage space in my handicap van when traveling. Great idea of portability with pulling/storing. Compact for traveling to other locations where it is needed. I take it with me in the van on trips out of state to visit family.

I purchased this electric protable lift due to my acquired tendonitis and sore muscles from manual hoyer lift. I have found it to be too difficult to lift high enough to start the fold down and it catches just as it begins to fold. My husband finally makes it works after struggeling with it. It is confusing just how much turning of the lower mast knobs need to be done before starting the pull-up and fold-down process. Wow, it is very "top heavy" when pulling in the folded status. A woman has diffulculty doing this much and I am the primary care giver at age 59. Suggestion is to have a "third wheel" of some type, drop down near the handles to prevent the excessive pull on the tendons & muscles of the arm and back.

becky l. from mammoth lakes, ca

Age 63, fractured skull, unable to turn over, bedridden.