Keep in mind that the chair will be reclining and tipping so save at least two feet of distance from walls and from the other pieces of furniture surrounding it. Since some would recline up to about 180 degrees, make sure that it will not knock anything over and cause damage to the other ornaments at home. And just last year (2009), another child from Indiana was found dead on a recliner by his nanny just as the parents were about to leave for work. The boy's head was trapped and suffocated due to the recliner while sleeping. If there ever is anything good with these tragic events, it's the fact that safety standards are finally being observed in the manufacture of lift chairs. This means they can position themselves in whatever sitting angle they prefer and at the same time be able to easily move from one area to another. Today, the best recliner chairs are all electric-driven. They come available with battery backups which are very effective should there be power interruption. This allows the latter to be adjusted in different comfortable positions. This chair is best used when the person intends to sleep in it every now and then. Moving around is obviously difficult for all of them so to provide them the ease and convenience, you can buy them a lift chair. Likewise, these chairs are endowed with remote controls so the disabled or seniors with limited mobility can once again enjoy living a normal life. The patient must also be "truly" incapable of rising up from a sitting position. Medicare has to make certain that the chair from where a patient is trying to stand up has enough of an ideal height for someone to say that the patient "really" cannot stand. Very low chairs will surely make it difficult for someone with knee problems to rise from a chair. When used at home, it can appear like a standard couch or a recliner without it standing out as a form of medical equipment. What sets them apart from the normal couch is that these chairs are operated by motors. There are a couple of buttons to push to activate the seat. In these modern times, they have been invented with remote controls.