Category: Extended Care

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    A hero is someone who voluntarily walks into the unknown … Tom Hanks September 13th – 19th is National Assisted Living Week. “Caring is Essential” is this year’s theme for the week, and it honors the essential workers who have courageously come to the forefront to help those who reside in assisted living facilities during…

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    Grandparents, like heroes, are as necessary to a child’s growth as vitamins Joyce Allston A warm hug and smile. Fresh baked cookies. A long talk on the front porch on a hot summer day. Your caregiver. Your support. What memories and experiences with your grandparents bring you joy? This year, September 13th is National Grandparents…

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    In Graham Field’s family of offerings, one of the benefits we are most proud to offer to our Extended Care clients is the expertise of our Interior Design Team. Our designers, working along with the rest of our Basic American division, provide a passionate, caring, Total Design Solution that our customers have come to love…

  • Atlanta, Georgia, August 14, 2020: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GF Health Products, Inc. (“Graham-Field”) is proud to introduce the John Bunn® JB02020 Finger Pulse Oximeter. The JB02020 Finger Pulse Oximeter provides simple, fast, accurate oxygen saturation (SpO2) and pulse rate measurements. Its lightweight, compact design makes it an ideal solution for home, clinical, and EMS settings.…

  • June 15, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Atlanta, GA – GF Health Products, Inc. (“Graham-Field”) announced today that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Gendron, Inc. (“Gendron”). Gendron is one of the USA’s leading designers and manufacturers of mobile patient management, specializing in bariatric beds, mobility, seating, transfer and transport for long term…

  • We have all spent a lot of time sheltering in place in our homes in the last few months. This weekend, we think about those that didn’t get to come home. The men and women of the armed forces who gave their lives for their country. We here at Graham-Field join you in honoring them…

  • “Sharing Our Wisdom” is the 2020 theme for National Skilled Nursing Care Center Week¹. Given the current pandemic and the danger it poses to seniors, there is an even greater reason this year to share information and wisdom. By now, most centers should have procedures in place as the coronavirus pandemic continues to be a…

  • Every Nurse Ought To Wash Her Hands Very Frequently Florence Nightingale During the Crimean war, Florence Nightingale led a team of nurses to a British base hospital. Shocked by the poor condition of the hospital, and by the care the patients were receiving, Ms. Nightingale set about righting the wrong, having the hospital cleaned from…

  • “Occupational Therapy. Hopeless into hope. Can’t into can. Impossible into possible.” Valerie Pena As in every part of life right now, Occupational Therapists must rise to the challenge of doing the jobs they love amid the coronavirus pandemic. What is occupational therapy? What are the special challenges Occupational Therapists face in the current COVID-19 environment?…

  • Safety isn’t expensive, it’s priceless unknown A patient goes into the hospital for an extended stay. Another person must go to a surgery center for outpatient surgery. The patient at home who is recovering or just wants to stay independent: What do all of these people have in common? Increased risk of injury during care.…