Tag: Stander
Home accessibility demand stays high
October 1, 2021John Andrews
COVID-19 kept everyone home during the pandemic’s ascension, triggering a strong interest in home modifications and jumpstarting demand for home accessibility products and services. A year later, that demand hasn’t waned, specialists in the field say; if anything, they say, it continues to escalate.
“Demand for home accessibility is not slowing down but growing,” said Jim Greatorex, vice president of Waterloo, Iowa-based VGM Live at Home. “Things were a little...
COVID's impact on accessibility varies
September 29, 2020John Andrews
Depending on who you ask, the COVID-19 influence is either helping, hindering, or having no impact on demand for home accessibility services.
The virus pandemic has had the biggest impact on the HME industry's elderly clients, who have comprised the majority of deaths and hospitalizations since it first appeared in February. As a result, seniors are concerned about their vulnerability and are spending the majority of their time in seclusion at home.
With elderly clients aging...
In brief: PHE extension, AdaptHealth's public offering, Tricare update
July 2, 2020HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - It appears the Department of Health and Human Services will extend the current public health emergency.Both AAHomecare and the VGM Group have pointed to a June 29 tweet posted by Michael Caputo, HHS assistant secretary for public affairs, that said: “HHS expects to renew the public health emergency due to COVID-19 before it expires. We have already renewed this PHE once.”HHS first put the PHE in place on Jan. 27. It renewed the PHE on April 26 for another 90 days.Renewing...
Stander, TrustCare ink distributor deal
July 2, 2020HME News Staff
LOGAN, Utah - Stander Inc. will serve as the exclusive North American distributor of TrustCare AB, a Swedish manufacturer of rollators and ancillary products. “Stander has always prided itself on creating quality innovative solutions to help people live more safely, comfortably and independently, so we jumped at the opportunity to add TrustCare's outstanding, Swedish-designed mobility products to our mix,” said Brandon Birch, Stander's CEO. Stander has a retail network consisting of more...
Motion Concepts is back
November 22, 2019Liz Beaulieu, Editor
TONAWANDA, N.Y. - Motion Concepts has returned to the stander market with its new MPS Maxx, a modular power system available exclusively on the Rovi A3 wheelchair base.The company used to provide an earlier version of the MPS on Invacare's FDX power wheelchair base but discontinued the system when Invacare took that product off the market several years ago.“We're excited to give another option in the market that's sorely needed,” said Ann Quigley, vice president of sales for Motion Concepts.MPS,...
Best in show at Medtrade
October 24, 2014HME News Staff
ATLANTA - A panel of marketing experts doled out awards for innovation and technology at Medtrade Fall. Canadian exhibitor Top & Derby won Best Booth Under 400 sq. ft., while Carex, based in Norwell, Mass., earned the award for Best Booth Over 400 sq. ft. Stander took home the Creative Concepts award for its camo-inspired theme. Taiwan-based MicroBase Technology's portable nebulizer received the Providers Choice Gold Award, Philips Respironics' travel briefcase won silver and Golden Technologies...