At ComforTek Seating Seniors, creating a compassionate and caring world is our main focus. Caregivers—whether they're paid professionals or unpaid family members— are lacking the support and resources they need to make their incredibly demanding work a bit easier. This journey has brought us to an understanding of how important patient center care (now called Person Directed Living) is to senior care culture.

The job of all caregivers is one that can be physically intense. Especially if the caregiver is working at an assisted living facility or memory care facility. Care staff can be more physically extended if they are scheduled during mealtimes. Pushing, pulling, and shoving can become physically demanding, especially if the person they are caring for is more than average weight, has cognitive limitations, or is just not wanting to be a burden. When caregivers have to put all their energy into their physical capacities it can limit their ability to emotionally care.

When people are under constant stress, as many caregiver constantly are, it leads to activating our epinephrine and cortisol hormones. These hormones are designed to keep us safe, as they make us alert and make us fear for our safety. The result is less ability to focus on other activities. Consider caregivers who are moving multiple people, multiple times a day during their caregiving hours. The stress and physical demands may impact the ability to deliver care.

As a company, we decided we wanted to help caregivers deliver better care at mealtimes. Our founder, Randy Schellenberg, decided to create a chair in the caregivers perspectives while keeping the dignity of those who receive care. The purpose of a chair that roll or one that swivels is to allow the caregiver to reduce their stress levels when physically assisting someone they care for to the dining table. As result, caregivers are able to focus on the joy a meal brings.