A wheelchair seatbelt for elderly patients.
This article describes the design, materials, use and adaptations of a seatbelt designed to support an elderly patient sitting in a standard adult size wheelchair. The seatbelt was designed in response to a growing need for positioning of the many disabled, elderly patients now found in acute-care hospitals. To-date the seatbelt has been used successfully by four different patients.
D000368:Aged; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D012622:Seat Belts; D014910:Wheelchairs