Bed Sore Treatment & Prevention in Connecticut

It may be, depending on eligibility. The retail price is $11,000 with insurance coverage and $6,900 without. Coverage rules are difficult to interpret on your own, so our team works through the options with families and helps determine what the actual cost would be in their circumstances.

Yes. Rental costs $550 per month with a 13-month minimum commitment. Families who are uncertain about a long-term need, or who are managing care during a recovery period of unknown length, often find this the more sensible arrangement.

The system is appropriate whenever someone cannot change position independently or requires help to hold a safe position. Repositioning belongs in most care routines for that reason, since it keeps prolonged pressure off vulnerable areas and supports circulation. The motorized control allows a caregiver to make those adjustments as often as the plan calls for, which is the part that tends to slip when every change requires physical effort.

Body weight resting on a bony area compresses the blood vessels running through the tissue between bone and skin. Circulation to that tissue slows, and if the pressure is not relieved, the cells begin to die from lack of oxygen. Several conditions accelerate this. Moisture softens the skin and weakens its barrier. Friction and shear, which occur when someone slides down in a bed, damage tissue layers at different depths. Thin or fragile skin, common with age, tolerates less. The combination is what turns hours of stillness into an injury.

The priority becomes protecting the wound while the body works on healing. That means wound care directed by a clinician, keeping the area clean and appropriately dry, and making certain that pressure is kept off the site and off the healthy skin surrounding it. Consistent repositioning is part of the treatment at this stage, not only part of prevention, because a wound under continued pressure does not close.

Serious pressure injuries can extend well below the skin into deeper tissue. As a wound progresses, dead tissue may develop, which slows healing and raises the risk of complications including infection. Treatment at that stage requires clinical management, sometimes including removal of necrotic tissue and close ongoing monitoring. Prevention avoids that outcome entirely, which is why the effort belongs earlier in the process.

Relieving pressure allows blood to return to tissue that has been deprived of it, and restored circulation is what lets the skin maintain its barrier against infection. Regular position changes also give caregivers repeated opportunities to look at areas that would otherwise stay hidden, which is how small changes get caught before they become wounds. Steady positioning support preserves fragile skin and gives the body the chance to recover before real damage occurs.

Necrotic tissue indicates that an area has been under sustained pressure with too little circulation to sustain it. Care focuses on protecting the surrounding skin, supporting the wound as it heals, and changing positioning so the affected area carries no load. Keeping pressure off vulnerable sites also reduces the chance of additional wounds forming elsewhere while the first one heals. SideLyer helps caregivers reposition reliably, which lowers the likelihood of bed sores developing at all.

More than a decade ago, a night-shift nurse at Quest Inc. recognized a problem she was seeing on both sides of the care relationship. Residents who could not reposition themselves were developing preventable pressure injuries, and the staff lifting them were being hurt doing it. With help from her husband, a carpenter, she built the first SideLyer out of wood and made it in several sizes so it fit each resident properly. Those early versions were personalized with colors, stickers, trays, and storage, and they became a trusted part of daily care. The concept eventually became the patented motorized system available today.

Quest Inc. is a nonprofit with more than 60 years of experience providing homes, care, and support for individuals with developmental disabilities. SideLyer was developed inside Quest Inc.'s residential care program to address pressure ulcers, improve comfort and quality of life, and reduce caregiver injuries. Quest Inc. remains a central partner, and decades of direct care experience continue to shape the system's design, safety features, and clinical purpose.

Watch our story:

• History of the SideLyer: https://youtu.be/b4og1VXnmEo
• About Quest Inc. (Parent Company Video): https://youtu.be/TudfgyUwo3k‍

Families across Connecticut report better comfort, fewer pressure-related injuries, and more time spent with their loved one engaged rather than isolated. Many describe relief at knowing the person is safe and properly supported through the day.

As one Quest Inc. parent shared, "Most of her pressure is not where she can have a skin breakdown. It takes the pressure off the body."

Several families have also reported that wounds they were told would take months to heal improved considerably faster once repositioning became consistent.