Patient lift
ASSISTIVE DEVICE IN HEALTH CARE
Sit-to-stand lift; Patient hoist; Hoyer lift; Sling lift
A patient lift (patient hoist, jack hoist, hydraulic lift) may be either a sling lift or a sit-to-stand lift. This is an assistive device that allows patients in hospitals and nursing homes and people receiving home health care to be transferred between a bed and a chair or other similar resting places, by the use of electrical or hydraulic power.