Boston Porter Chair | Apollo Healthcare

Boston Porter Chair

Boston Porter Chair

The Boston can be used as a general porter chair, but is equally suited to conditions, such as Parkinson’s that require a chair that can be used as part of an intensive 24-hour care programme.

With its choice of interchangeable seat and back cushion designs, each with its own unique pressure management features, combined with the chairs extensive range of movement delivered through the unique mechanism it can be used across a wide range of users with differing conditions.

Highly engineered it provides the user and the carer with an extensive range of pressure management features, including the mechanism that allows for the independent movement of the Tilt in Space, Backrest Recline and Leg Rest Elevation functions enabling a whole range of postural positions. The carer can continually reposition the user to redistribute pressure and provide all day comfort.

The Boston is ideal as part of a 24-hour postural care programme. It has been prescribed for clients that require intensive care such as, Parkinson’s, Multiple Sclerosis and or for those with life limiting conditions.

With some client conditions it has helped to reduce agitation, increased their levels of interaction and engagement in activities and provided them the opportunity to sleep in deep comfort. However, the Boston is equally at home being used as a general porter chair.

The Boston is ideal for life limiting conditions, palliative care, deteriorating conditions and those clients with have issues with agitation and wandering:

Parkinson’s Disease
Motor Neurone disease
Dementia
Multiple diagnoses

Both reclining and tilt systems can provide pressure relief, increase circulation, improve head, neck and trunk control, improve functional posture and positioning, support safe transfers by various means and minimise variations / fluctuations in the client’s muscular control. Tilt and recline systems work predominantly by moving the persons centre of gravity which whilst maintaining posture and ergonomic support allows the pannus to be redistributed. This can be used to alleviate pressure, help the respiratory system and allow access for specific skin care tasks.

The backrest and leg rest can be adjusted separately providing a further range of back and leg combinations to support improved posture and pressure management, particularly aiding the amount of hip flexion.

Couple this with the angle and height adjustable footplate and this makes the Boston chair a highly versatile and comfortable pressure management porter.

The chair can be used with either a mobile or overhead hoist to support safe moving and handling techniques for carers.

Overall Weight Limits

The Boston comes as standard with an overall weight limit of 127 kg (20 stone) and with a maximum leg rest weight limit of 57 kg (9 stone).

Seat Cushion Weight Limits

The overall weight limited will be restricted when certain pressure management seat cushions such as the Liquiform or Dynaform cushions are selected. Details of these can be found in the download section. The maximum leg rest weight limit is not affected by the seat cushion selection and will always remain at 57 kg (9 stone).

	Small	Medium	Large
Seat Height	635mm (25″)	635mm (25″)	635mm (25″)
Seat Width	457mm (18”)	508mm (20″)	559mm (22″)
Seat Depth	508mm (20″)	508mm (20″)	508mm (20″)
Arm Height	178mm (7″)	178mm (7″)	178mm (7″)
Overall Height	1270mm (50″)	1270mm (50″)	1270mm (50″)
Overall Seat Width	699mm (27.5″)	749mm (29.5″)	800mm (31.5″)
Overall Depth	927mm (36.5″)	927mm (36.5″)	927mm (36.5″)

Please Note

Depending on the seat cushion built into the chair the seat and arm height may vary slightly from that shown above.

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