Read more about Bariatric & Reinforced Beds

Bariatric and reinforced beds are uniquely designed to offer ultimate comfort, durability, and support for individuals with high weight requirements and those who need a strong bed frame for mobility or medical purposes. Bariatric and reinforced beds are designed with reinforced steel or hardwood frames, heavy-duty motors, and wider mattresses. This allows for optimal comfort without compromising strength, unlike traditional home-care and hospital beds.

The mobility and care specialist theorises that a reinforced bed is not simply about weight capacity, but stability, pressure distribution, and transferability. These features make bariatric and reinforced beds an essential consideration when considering a safe home-care or residential healthcare environments.

Bariatric & Reinforced Beds Key Features

• Higher Weight Capacity: Typically supporting between 32–54 stone (200–340 kg), providing safety and durability.
• Extra-Wide Designs: Wider mattresses allow for optimal comfort and accessibility, especially when repositioning or using a recommended mobility aid or hoisting the individual.
• Heavy Duty Construction: Reinforced steel frames and strong fixings, coupled with thick slats prevent flexing and longevity of the bed.
• Advanced Adjustability: Many models provide electric profiling, height adjustment and elevate the back and legs providing comfort, and benefiting the comfort of care.
• Pressure Relief Compatibly: Compatible with specialist bariatric mattresses for improved skin integrity and reduced risks of pressure sore formation.

Check out more options with key features such as Welzo's adjustable beds

Who Benefits from Bariatric & Reinforced Beds?

The following are a consideration for an individual to access a bariatric/reinforced bed: 

• Individuals with high body weight requiring extra support.
• Patients with limited mobility requiring a safe transfer from bed to chair/hoist.
• Care environments or hospitals placing high value on safety, stability, and longevity of the bed.

Occupational therapists explain that a suitable bariatric bed can reduce the risk of injury to the user and carers, as the wider surface are will be more comfortable and support safer and easier repositioning.

Considerations When Choosing a Bariatric Bed

When selecting a bariatric/reinforced bed consider the following aspects of the purchase: 

• Weight capacities;
• Width and length for comfort and usability.
• Adjustability of the bed for medical purposes.
• Ease of use (assembly and care).
• Mattress compatibility.

A suitable bariatric bed is a long-term investment of yours and your carer's safety, dignity, and comfort.