There are plenty of uses for motorized cart pushers and industrial tuggers in nursing homes. Workers can use them to deliver patient medications and meals. Motorized laundry carts can be used to retrieve dirty laundry and then deliver clean laundry. Overall, material handling solutions can make it easier for nursing home workers to complete their tasks efficiently while avoiding unnecessary strain so they can concentrate on patients.
So we know that motorized carts can be used to deliver the things that nursing home residents need…but what about flowers?
NewsWorks reported about a New Jersey woman who has made it her mission to see to it that folks in the nursing home get a little cheer in their day via day-old grocery story bouquets. She picks up the day old bouquets and then transports them to several nursing homes, spending nearly three hours a day making her deliveries. The article says that Patricia Gallagher gets enough of these bouquets that would otherwise be tossed away to fill up a shopping cart…what it does not say is how she transports the bouquets from her car into and around the various nursing homes that she visits.
So yes, even nursing home volunteers can make use of material handling solutions. Instead of having to carry items in or relying on staff members to help (and taking them away from their duties), having a motorized cart available for volunteers and families who are distributing gifts or setting up donations would be a great idea.
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