Afflicted with both snoring and lower back pain, I’m interested in exploring the idea of sleeping on something like a chaise lounge, or an astronaut couch, or a modern dentist’s chair, instead of a traditional flat mattress. I notice that I nap pretty well on a loveseat whose cushions have been rearranged to mimic that sort of shape.
My Internet searches haven’t turned up anything yet, but I can’t think of what such a thing would be called, exactly.
So does the bean bag chair. 
It’s “chaise longue” (Fr., long chair). I say this not to be pedantic but because googling that phrase might turn up something of interest that “chaise lounge” would miss.
As for “sleeping on something like a chaise longue”, is a chaise longue not in fact pretty much what you want?
If its not, a high-spec hospital bed can usually be configured (and adjusted) with any degree of tilt up or down and the head or the foot, and often leaned to one side or other as well. But they are very expensive, and tend to take up a lot more space than a regular bed.
My mum got a bed that you can raise or lower the head half, she loves it. But maybe a CPAP machine is what you need.
We have my elderly mother sleeping in her power recliner chair now, since swinging her legs up into a bed has proved too difficult. You can buy special mattresses for recliners, but the home health care store told us to just get one of those eggcrate foam mattress toppers which we then covered with a mattress pad and sheet. She doesn’t ever roll over when she sleeps (hadn’t for years, since the arthritis started making moving difficult) so she says it is pretty comfy. My sister also sleeps most of the time in a recliner because of her back problems.
Any couch with loose cushions could do. Especially if the cushions are large and retainthe shape of your body. That allows you to put everything neatly back in place during the day. The ikea ektorp couch fits this bill perfectly.
I meant, that at nigt you can make the perfect back rest angle for you of the cushions… But i second the recommendation to get yourself sleeptested for sleep apnea.
You need an adjustable bed. My wife and I have been using them for years and there wasn’t a lot of choice back then. These days they seem to be everywhere.
The advantage of the couch/loveseat above a bed, is that it has an adge on the side. I suppose you may roll/sag out of bed if you sleep semi-reclined and it doesn’t has an edge to lean against.
It’s easy to fall asleep in a Zero gravity recliner. I likeLafuma brand. It locks into place, padded with armrests and head rest and air mattress now…
How about a huge recliner chair? They’re comfy, have leg support, and are hard to fall out of.
Wow. And the usual thing that happens to me in zero gravity is I go “whoo!” and then I go “oohaarghork” and puke. Great name for a comfy chair.
Yeah, bu you can’t change position in them. And sleepers change position about 20 times a night. They have to.
On nights when my back is giving me issues, I go out to the living room and sleep in my big-ass recliner. I usually wake up around 3am and then stumble back to bed at that point.
How about a reclining lawn chair? I got one at BBB for about $44. Minus the canopy. When it’s fully reclined (all the way back with you legs higher than your back), you get the same feel as those super-expensive recliners at the Relax the Back store.
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I think you’re mistaken about this. :dubious:
I recently sold a used hospital bed (an electric, fully adjustable, single size, that was in excellent shape) for $450.00 and I ‘priced’ it by looking on Craigs List to see what others were asking for comparable models.
Compared to the prices of new beds, I wouldn’t call $450 ‘very expensive’.
That chair does look comfortable, but I would have to put it on some sort of frame, I can’t lower or raise myself any longer. I like the looks of the gravity chair lounger. I dated a guy back in the early 80s that had a double bed width chair in leather that was the same sort of gravity chair bendy but was in fixed position that I used to nap in and it was reasonably comfy.
I have been thinking of getting a chair and a half recliner for the living room for afternoon naps and tv watching. We are probably upgrading to a king sized changable bed with each side bending independantly.
Those just seem to be chairs on which you can stretch out your legs. The ones that have the S-shape to elevate my knees seem to be the very contemporary ones with little to no padding. But thanks for the proper term.
That’s what a number of my elderly relatives use, but I’ve never been in one that seemed comfortable to me. They all push my neck too far forward.
I don’t seem to move around much, if at all. My arm might be on my chest or alongside, but I wake up pretty much exactly how and where I fell asleep.
Could be. Only nine years until I qualify for Medicare and can find out.