What this help covers

This help may concern rest areas and everyday-use areas: living room, bedroom, kitchen, entrance, reading corner, space for putting on shoes, armchair near a window, dining chair, simple office chair or seating used for waiting, resting or receiving visitors. DomusHelp can help identify a seat that is too low, too high, too far away, poorly placed or obstructed by objects, check that a passage remains clear around an armchair, bring a lamp, a light table, glasses, a phone or a glass of water closer, reposition a light chair with the person’s agreement, report an unstable support, compare several possible positions without imposing a choice, or prepare a request to an occupational therapist, a technical-aid supplier, a craftsperson or a home care service when the situation requires a specialized assessment.

Preferred providers

Before the intervention

• Clarify the room and the real use: meals, rest, reading, television, putting on shoes, waiting, visits or getting up from bed.
• Ask the person what is causing difficulty: seat too low, uncomfortable backrest, lack of armrest, fatigue, pain, fear of falling or difficulty standing up.
• Check whether there has been a recent fall, dizziness, unusual pain, reduced mobility, confusion or a change in behaviour.
• Observe the environment around the seat: rugs, cables, low furniture, animals, baskets, bags, thresholds, lighting, passage space and access to the phone.
• Check the visible stability of the seat: legs, backrest, armrests, height, depth, wheels, brakes, cushion, footrest or moving element.
• Avoid unlocked wheeled chairs, unstable stools, stacked cushions, improvised supports or furniture that tips over easily.
• Preserve sufficient passage for the person, relatives, carers, a cane, walker, wheelchair or emergency services.
• Do not fix any bar, handle, support, raiser or holding element to a wall, floor or piece of furniture without a qualified professional.
• Do not permanently move an armchair, table, plant, familiar marker or habit without the clear agreement of the person concerned.
• Stop the intervention if the person needs physical help to sit down, stand up, transfer or maintain balance.
• Check that objects brought closer do not create a new obstacle, overload, fall risk or obstruction for care and home support.
• Refuse any intervention if safety, the origin of the problem, the stability of the furniture or decision-making capacity are not clear.

What DomusHelp does not cover

• Medical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, prescription of a technical aid or clinical choice of adapted seating.
• Specialized adjustment of a wheelchair, walker, rise-and-recline chair, medical bed, orthopaedic seat or prescribed technical aid.
• Physical help to stand up, person transfer, carrying a person, body support, restraint or therapeutic positioning.
• Management of pain, pressure sore, severe fatigue, neurological disorder, cognitive disorder, breathing or medical symptom.
• Installation of grab bars, wall handles, handrails, support poles, anchored supports or elements fixed to a wall, floor or piece of furniture.
• Installation, repair or connection of an electric armchair, rise-and-recline chair, medical bed, motorized device or connected device.
• Carpentry, upholstery, electrical work, renovation, structural modification or lasting transformation of a piece of furniture.
• Moving heavy furniture, carrying significant loads, working at height, intervention on stairs or in a dangerous space.
• Guarantee of comfort, autonomy, absence of falls, absence of pain, total safety or lasting improvement.
• Intervention against the person’s wishes, without respect for their privacy, familiar markers, habits or decision-making capacity.

Need help with seating or small supports in the district of Brig?

DomusHelp can help clarify the request, identify simple needs, prepare reversible adjustments and refer the person to an appropriate local provider, without replacing a medical, occupational-therapy, technical or specialized assessment.