Questions about recliner chairs

I saw a nasty accident in a care home involving a resident who had her own recliner at her bedside. Her family brought it from home.

It was the style with the pop up leg rest. I would advise against this type for anyone with Alzheimer’s.

The elderly lady ( Alzheimer’s) was sitting comfortably with her legs raised and her daughter left her bedside to make a cup of tea. The lady decided to get out of the chair, couldn’t recall how to use the remote and instead bent her knees and stepped into the gap between the seat area and the extended leg rest. Then she lent forward on the leg rest with her hands and it snapped shut across her shins. Her legs were badly bruised and cut. The chair, just a few months old, was thrown in the skip.

My husband sometimes struggles with the recliner controls. I have put numbers beside each button, hoping I can tell him which button to press. Perhaps that would help.