Will a nursing home provide a Geri Chair for my mom if I request one?

please contact your Ombudsman at your facility to assist you in getting what you need for your loved one

I had a Broda Chair for my Husband it had supports on the side as well, sort of like the old Wing Back Chairs and the seat tilted back so that he could not slump forward. We go this through the Hospice he was on. We did try the Geri Chair but it did not work as well as the Broda

Thanks to government regulations, geri-chairs are considered restraints, especially since you want it to prevent her from getting out of wheelchair. They are rolling out new regulations making fall alarms off limits too and the patient has to agree to the alarm. Even if the the patient has advanced dementia. It wont be enough for the POA to agree to it. It almost seems like the government WANTS patients to fall.

My understanding is that restraints aren't used because its against a residents rights. When ur placed in a Nursing facility, you are a resident not a patient. The facility is now ur home and you cannot make a person do what they don't want to.

My mom also started falling over and out of her wheelchair and the Med-Mizer FlexTilt Chair was suggested and ordered by the home healthcare team. However, it is covered under Medicare, but it's a long drawn-out process to get it approved. Fortunately/unfortunately, my mom went on hospice care and they got the chair in like a day or two.

This is insane. It doesn't make any sense and it DOES seem
like the government wants the elderly to fall. These laws are
putting many seniors in a position to have serious injuries!

Geri chairs may be considered a restraint and may be against the law at your locale. Ask the nursing administration. They should know.

Thanks to all of you and your suggestions and info.
It turns out, I finally got the Administrator to get the ball rolling. She had the Director of Therapy contact me. She told
me she was going to evaluate my Mother and call a Wheel
Chair Specialist come out to measure Mom for a Custom
Fitted Chair that does tilt back and has various adjustments for her legs. The Geri Chairs are considered restraints. The Chair alarms are also considered restraints, along with any type of seat belt for the chair.

I am so happy to see that they did come out yesterday to measure her. Hopefully everything will work out for the best and she should be getting it in about 2 weeks from what I understand. I just wish they had suggested getting her one a LONG time ago. She has fallen many times.

Suggest to them a Med-Mizer FlexTilt Chair. It will recline but also tilt the resident back to keep them in a cradled position, greatly reducing the chances of a fall.
Honestly, it's crazy that they keep her in a regular wheelchair if she keeps falling! Stay on top of them and demand for something else

I got my husband a custom wheelchair like Caregiver11 mentioned. A friend of mine who is an occupational therapist suggested that he might qualify for it and told me that the first thing to do was to have an occupational therapist evaluation and if the OT thought he need it it would be covered by Medicare. It is a "tilt-in-space" chair and also has a reclining back, and is fitted to his measurements and has special cushioning to discourage pressure sores. It did take a couple of months (partly due to misunderstandings and mistakes in paperwork) but Medicare paid for it. He isn't in a facility, he is at home, but if he ever has to go to a facility his chair will certainly accompany him.