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by Rosemarie Rossetti, Ph.D.
Since my spinal cord injury ten years ago, Ihave had difficulty sleeping due to legspasms and the inability to sleep comfort-ably on my back. Our mattress was 13years old. I could only sleep on my sidesand put lots of pressure on my hips. With anew bed and mattress I don’t flop fromside to side, trying to get comfortable and Ican sleep on my back.My husband Mark and I spent many
months researching and shopping for a bed.We made our final selection at the SleepOutfitters showroom in Columbus, Ohio.They have showrooms throughout Ohio,Kentucky and Indiana.We chose the Kaymed gel mattress. This
12” thick, pressure reducing mattress ismade of high density visco foam, gel hon-eycombs, visco-elastic, and energy absorb-ing foam. Visco-elastic is unique because itis body-responsive, softening under contactpoints with the body. It molds to your bodyby reacting in a few minutes to your bodyheat. The ability of the mattress to contourand conform to your body gives you a feel-ing of comfort — like you are floating.For the base of our bed, we selected the
Leggett & Platt Lifestyles S-cape
Sleep tight —
Split sheets from Bedzak
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adjustable bed. We have two extralong twin mattresses that, when posi-tioned side by side, are as large as aking sized bed. In order to make trans-ferring to and from my wheelchaireasier, we lowered the frame abouttwo inches by taking off the wheelsunder the frame.This bed has two cordless remote
controls that can be independentlyadjusted to elevate and lower the headand foot of each mattress. It alsocomes with a therapeutic body mas-sager.With the head and foot of the new
bed slightly elevated, I am now ableto sleep on my back for hours. I also
have fewerleg spasmsand havegraduallyweanedmyself offall of myanti-spasmmedication.I rarely takea pill duringthe night.Now, I ammore alertin themorning.The
sheets formy bedwere pro-vided byPocketShop whichmanufac-turesFunctionAllLinens. Thefitted sheetshave pock-ets on thesides, and are extra deep with elasticall around the edges. I keep tissues, apill box and foam earplugs in thepockets. The Ergo Pockets are sizedand positioned for the client’s conven-ience. The medical sheets are $47 andup. The luxury bed sheets are $170
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Sources:• Sleep Outfitters (beds)www.sleepoutfitters.com.• Leggett & Platt Lifestyles (beds)www.LPadjustablebeds.com.• Bedzak (caddy): www.bedzak.com• Kaymed (matress):www.kaymedworld.com• FunctionAll Linens (sheets):www.functionall-linens.comFor 20% discount, click onPlatinum program. fill out contactinformation. In comments section,list SpeciaLiving as source for [email protected]• DoubleUps (sheets):[email protected]
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and up. They are offeringSpeciaLiving readers a discount. SeeSources.Bedzak has bed pocket caddy
organizers for $34.99. They also haveDoubleUps, a patented split-sheetdesign that allows you to take half ofthe sheet with you when you turn and
leave the other half on the other sideof the bed. $96.95 and up. *Rosemarie Rossetti is building a modeluniversal design home in Columbus, Ohio.www.udll.comHer book, Taking Back Your Life, isavailable from SpeciaLiving, pg. 70 orwww.specialiving.com
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Rosemarie sleeps like a baby since shegot a new bed, mattress and sheets.
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