Joerns Healthcare is a world-leading provider of patient handling and rehabilitation equipment. We are committed to offering the highest levels of service and support for patients and caregivers. Alongside offering some of the most trusted moving and lifting solutions in the UK such as Oxford hoists, we are also proud to offer training provision on […]
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Here you will find articles that focus on key aspects of manual handling including product use, training and education, along with opinion, expertise, advice and information on a wide range of industry challenges and topics. We hope you find the content engaging and useful.
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Versatile Lifting Solutions | Oxford Major 200
Joerns Healthcare, the home of Oxford Hoist, proudly provides an extensive range of leading patient handling and rehabilitation solutions. They are in use by patients and caregivers all over the world. Our equipment helps enhance care and ensures the remobilisation and safety of patients is our utmost priority. Joerns’ products are also designed to protect […]
Oxford Advance | Reaping The Benefits Of A Mobile Hoist
Joerns Healthcare provides patient handling and rehabilitation solutions all over the world. We help to enhance the quality of life, remobilisation and safety of patients and caregivers alike. Being the home of Oxford Hoist, alongside offering leading healthcare brands, our leading equipment is used in acute and residential care settings across the globe. We offer […]
Active Stand Assist Solution | The Oxford Switch
Joerns Healthcare is a world leading supplier of patient handling and rehabilitation equipment, including our Switch, a standing transfer aid. We have spent decades designing solutions that truly enhance quality of life. As a result, we’ve earned an enviable reputation for high quality equipment that supports the rehabilitation and re-mobilisation of patients. The home of […]
Choosing A Fixed Ceiling Lift Over A Mobile Floor Lift
As in all walks of life, there are many products designed to overcome certain challenges. It can be a minefield going through the selection process and arriving at a decision. It’s no different in the world of patient handling. We can talk about the types of hoist for patients, the way in which it is […]
Portable Overhead Lifting Solutions: Oxford Voyager Portable & Easytrack
Joerns Healthcare is one of the country’s leading suppliers of patient handling and rehabilitation equipment. We have been designing, manufacturing, and supplying such equipment for decades. Consequently, we have vast experience and a heightened understanding of what patients need. We commit ourselves to providing solutions that offer the highest levels of support for patients and […]
Bath Hoists: Oxford Mermaid
Joerns Healthcare, the home of Oxford Hoist is a leading supplier of patient handling equipment. Our lifting and rehabilitation solutions are designed off the back of decades, of experience and expertise. Therefore, they can improve the lives of both patients and their caregivers. Used worldwide in domestic, professional, and residential care settings, we are proud […]
Supportive Equipment for Lifts: Oxford Canvas Stretcher & Adjustment Cradle
Joerns Healthcare are leading suppliers of patient handling and rehabilitation equipment. With decades of experience under our belts, we commit ourselves to provide the highest quality equipment. Enhancing the safety and wellbeing of patients, as well as the caregivers who use our equipment. The home of the original Oxford Hoist, we purposely design our solutions […]
Oxford Smart Monitor: The Smart Choice
Getting the most from your patient hoist seems like a practical concept; why wouldn’t you want to get optimum usage from a product you own? That is exactly our philosophy here at Joerns. We strive to bring value, functionality and longevity to our patient handling solutions. We achieve this not only through rigorous design, testing […]
Disposable Slings | Hygienic Patient Lifting
Joerns Healthcare is a world-leading supplier of patient handling and rehabilitation equipment. Our company is committed to manufacturing and supplying equipment that meets the care requirements of patients. Consequently, truly enhancing their lives. Our slings are designed and made, with careful attention paid to ergonomic principles, comfort, and safety. Slings can support with a range […]
Oxford Hoist: A Rich History
Behind the Oxford Hoist name, there is a rich history dating back all the way to the mid 1950’s. The introduction of the first Oxford Hoist was in both domestic, private, and public care settings. Therefore, Oxford truly helped revolutionise care for those with reduced or limited mobility. What was once a relatively unknown name […]
Oxford Classic Mobile Hoists: Safer Care For Residents And Carers
Joerns Healthcare is one of the leading providers of patient lifting and handling equipment to the care continuum. Oxford classic mobile hoists are invaluable solutions when caring for someone, who does not have the necessary level of mobility and independence. Some of the key tasks a hoist and sling combination can support with include: Moving […]
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