The Basics > Why choose BBG?

A safety bed is designed primarily to help prevent falls and  prevent entrapment or entanglement. We keep the patient safe with some of the tallest doors / sides in the industry and FDA standards for anti-entrapment.

BUT... We believe your safety bed should do more...  

• Is there a psychological benefit to having a home medical safety bed that looks like furniture instead of something institutional?  
• Shouldn't safety beds that cost this much be made from only the finest materials?
• Shouldn't safety beds like this be designed to last a very long time since the patient is probably going to need it a very long time.  
• Shouldn't families have some options for aesthetic choices in addition to functional choices on their safety bed?

- We think so.  Weird, huh?  

Safety

• Of course the #1 factor is safety.  We meet or exceed the CPSC and FDA standards of safety.
  
• The patients in our beds are not just little kids.  Our beds are designed to withstand significantly more force to the frame and doors than a typical crib or consumer bed safety product.

Aesthetics

• We believe that medically fragile people deserve beds that look like they belong in a home.  We believe that it is a psychological benefit to the patient and to the families and caregivers.  
• We also believe that families should be allowed to select stains and styles to match their decor -- usually without additional cost!
• We do our best to conceal screws and bolts whenever possible - unlike most competitors.

Quality

While we do take a lot of pride in what we build, the reality is the design, craftsmanship and materials are the only way quality can be defined.  

• Amish craftsmen handbuild each bed to order - hand cut, hand sand, hand finish
• We use furniture grade BOARDS - not plywood, not veneers -- to build our beds.  Our corner posts are literally 4x4's.  Heavy for stability and strength.  
• We use centuries old cabinet making techniques with modern fasteners to keep the components from warping and coming apart.  

Bottom Line

There are a few companies that make safety beds.  Each one of us has a little different approach to the market and all have pro's and cons.   If you like what you see here and our bed meets your safety needs, please consider Beds by George.   But whatever you decide, if your loved one needs a safety bed, do not compromise or try to just "get by" with something inadequate. ... 

I'll just put a mattress on the Floor

Most medically fragile people have weaker respiratory and infection fighting systems that are aggravated when they spend more than 1 hour with their nose and mouth within 12 inches of the floor.  By nature floors have an increased presence of dander, dust, mold, etc.

It only requires 10 pounds of force to slide a mattress on a floor far enough to create an unsafe gap between the mattress and wall, increasing the the chance of suffocation.

Why Can’t I just buy a $30 side rail from a retail store?

Case 1: A 4-year-old boy with Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome, macrocephaly and severe developmental delay, was found dead with his head hanging over a wooden board attached to the side of his bed.

Case 2: A 4-year-old boy with lissencephaly and severe developmental delay was found dead wedged between a retractable mesh cot side and the side of his bed.

In both cases the devices resulting in death had been put in place to prevent the boys from falling out of bed.

source:
Accidental asphyxia in bed in severely disabled children 
Authors: Amanuel, B1; Byard, RW
Source: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, Volume 36, Number 1, February 2000 , pp. 66-68(3)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing