Behind the current aging population trend lies a rapidly growing demand for elderly life services. The elderly care issues for disabled and semi-disabled seniors are particularly prominent, and the difficulty of nursing is an urgent problem to be solved. The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China emphasized the implementation of a national strategy to actively address population aging, the development of elderly care services and industries, the optimization of services for lonely elderly people, and the promotion of basic elderly care services for all seniors. The issue of elderly care is increasingly becoming a focal challenge for the nation and all sectors of society.

Recently, Ningbo Fanbaolai Smart Home Co., Ltd. was invited to appear on the CCTV-10 “Fashion Technology Show” program. Through capturing various aspects of Fanbaolai’s smart suspension care bed, including its R&D philosophy, product features, and user experience, the program showcased Fanbaolai’s outstanding innovative technology and industry leadership in the field of care beds1.

Changing Perspectives: New Trends in Smart Elderly Care

The concept of elderly care in the 1.0 era was vague, focusing merely on having enough to eat, wear, and a place to live. By the 2.0 era, elderly life began to offer more choices, with increasing demands for different types of elderly care methods and products. Fanbaolai has abandoned traditional thinking, using care beds as a breakthrough point and leveraging product innovation to shatter outdated notions of elderly care, conveying the meaning of high-quality aging.

Currently, various types of care beds have emerged and begun to enter homes, nursing homes, and elderly care institutions. Manual crank care beds are common, along with some electric care beds, but their functions are largely similar, often limited to back raising, leg lifting, and turning over. However, they still fail to address the health issues faced by disabled individuals during long-term bed rest, as well as the difficulties and exhaustion of caregiving for their families. Facing a care bed market with obvious homogenization, Fanbaolai has broken through traditional inertial thinking, deeply explored the pain points in the daily lives and care work of disabled and semi-disabled elderly people, and developed a smart suspension care bed that combines functionality, intelligence, and human-centered design. It innovatively solves problems such as the inability to bathe, exercise, or have proper back ventilation for disabled individuals, preventing the occurrence of bedsores and pressure ulcers while effectively avoiding issues like muscle atrophy and venous thrombosis15. This fills the gap in domestic suspension care beds and, for the first time, truly realizes the long-cherished wish of disabled families for “healthier elderly relatives and easier care for family members.”

Breaking Barriers: Patent Innovation Achieves Qualitative Leap

The Fanbaolai smart suspension care bed represents a phenomenal breakthrough in functionality. Its innovative development of the “in-bed bathing” function solves the long-standing problem of “difficulty bathing” that has troubled elderly people and caregivers1. To allow CCTV’s “Fashion Technology Show” to better understand this smart suspension care bed, a live demonstration of the entire in-bed bathing process was conducted. Suspension technology is used to separate the person from the bed, and a high-bearing turning sheet facilitates the transition from the bed to the bathtub. The entire process is smooth and comfortable, and all the caregiver needs to do is remove the turning sheet. One person can easily complete the task, effectively reducing nursing labor costs. Additionally, its bilateral breathable turning and back and leg cyclic movement functions also represent a qualitative leap for care beds1.

Of course, it is not only suitable for disabled and semi-disabled elderly people but also highly applicable for individuals who are bedridden medium to long term. It addresses the most urgent needs of bedridden individuals and even anticipates and meets their potential needs. For example, its back and leg cycling functions can be activated automatically with the touch of a button on the remote control, eliminating the need for manual back raising and leg lifting as before. This effectively counteracts poor blood flow and local pressure sores caused by prolonged lying down15. The innovation of the Fanbaolai smart suspension care bed provides crucial life support for nursing individuals who are bedridden medium to long term.

Creating a Better Life: Providing an Umbrella of Protection for the Elderly in Their Later Years

Henry Ford, Chairman of Ford Motor Company, once said: “I believe the difference between a good company and a great company is that a good company can provide customers with excellent products and services, while a great company not only provides excellent products and services but also strives to make the world a better place.” Indeed, for Fanbaolai, which is engaged in the elderly care service industry, its products are the best proof of its hardcore strength, but social responsibility and corporate mission are the continuous driving forces behind its innovation.

Fanbaolai’s General Manager Chen Juqing stated in an interview: “For society to develop, enterprises must have a sense of responsibility. Fanbaolai is honored to be able to create a better later life for the elderly and provide more families and elderly care institutions with healthy, lightweight, and intelligent elderly care rehabilitation nursing solutions.” The contributions Fanbaolai has made on the path to promoting the high-quality development of elderly care services are evident to all. Its suspension care bed allows long-term bedridden individuals to live a comfortable and easier life and also reduces the burden of heavy nursing work1.

It is reported that the Fanbaolai smart suspension care bed is its flagship star product, well received by disabled families and elderly care institutions, and holds an absolutely leading position in the domestic care bed field3. Being recommended by CCTV further proves the recognition of Fanbaolai’s brand and its smart suspension care bed by authoritative media. It is precisely such a brand with innovative drive and a sense of mission that is bringing more surprises to the breakthrough of suspension care beds, continuously uniting innovative forces in the elderly care service industry to create more beauty for the high-quality later life of the elderly