10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

[X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2014

OR

[    ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from            to           

Commission File Number 001-15103

INVACARE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Ohio	95-2680965
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
One Invacare Way, P.O. Box 4028, Elyria, Ohio	44036
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(440) 329-6000

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes x  No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).  Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “small reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check One):    Large accelerated filer ¨    Accelerated filer x  Non-accelerated filer  ¨ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) Smaller reporting company ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes ¨  No  x

As of November 3, 2014, the registrant had 31,028,959 Common Shares and 1,084,747 Class B Common Shares outstanding.

INVACARE CORPORATION

INDEX

Item		Page
PART I: FINANCIAL INFORMATION
1	Financial Statements (Unaudited)
	Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss) - Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014 and September 30, 2013	FS-1
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets - September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013	FS-2
	Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows - Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014 and September 30, 2013	FS-3
	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements - September 30, 2014	FS-4
2	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	I-1
3	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	I-13
4	Controls and Procedures	I-15
PART II: OTHER INFORMATION
1	Legal Proceedings	I-15
1A.	Risk Factors	I-17
2	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	I-17
6	Exhibits	I-18
Signatures		I-18

Part I.    FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.    Financial Statements.

INVACARE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss) (unaudited)

(In thousands, except per share data)	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
Net sales	$	320,520		$	336,578		$	951,964		$	1,003,659
Cost of products sold	235,873			242,371			692,946			727,516
Gross Profit	84,647			94,207			259,018			276,143
Selling, general and administrative expenses	98,181			97,579			295,328			302,757
Charges related to restructuring activities	4,077			1,884			8,407			6,998
Asset write-downs related to intangible assets	8,253			167			8,253			167
Interest expense	549			639			2,284			2,355
Interest income	(38		)	(58		)	(429		)	(239		)
Loss from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes	(26,375		)	(6,004		)	(54,825		)	(35,895		)
Income tax provision	2,350			270			7,250			2,430
Net loss from Continuing Operations	(28,725		)	(6,274		)	$	(62,075	)	$	(38,325	)
Net Earnings from Discontinued Operations (net of tax of $585; $657; $985 and $1,707)	50			1,198			1,811			6,066
Gain on Sale of Discontinued Operations (net of tax of $3,490; $1,583; $3,490 and $11,083)	13,579			21,178			13,579			71,080
Total Net Earnings from Discontinued Operations	13,629			22,376			15,390			77,146
Net Earnings (Loss)	$	(15,096	)	$	16,102		(46,685		)	38,821
Dividends Declared per Common Share	$	0.0125		$	0.0125		$	0.0375		$	0.0375
Net Earnings (Loss) per Share—Basic
Net Loss from Continuing Operations	$	(0.90	)	$	(0.20	)	$	(1.94	)	$	(1.20	)
Net Earnings from Discontinued Operations	$	0.43		$	0.70		$	0.48		$	2.42
Net Earnings (Loss) per Share—Basic	$	(0.47	)	$	0.50		$	(1.46	)	$	1.22
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding—Basic	32,006			31,902			32,005			31,902
Net Earnings (Loss) per Share—Assuming Dilution
Net Loss from Continuing Operations	$	(0.90	)	$	(0.20	)	$	(1.94	)	$	(1.20	)
Net Earnings from Discontinued Operations	$	0.42		$	0.70		$	0.48		$	2.41
Net Earnings (Loss) per Share—Assuming Dilution	$	(0.47	)	$	0.50		$	(1.46	)	$	1.21
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding—Assuming Dilution	32,194			32,066			32,216			32,009
Net Earnings (Loss)	$	(15,096	)	$	16,102		$	(46,685	)	$	38,821
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation adjustments	(22,836		)	9,790			(21,124		)	554
Defined Benefit Plans:
Amortization of prior service costs and unrecognized gains	30			359			753			895
Amounts arising during the year, primarily due to the addition of new participants	—			(154		)	—			(320		)
Deferred tax adjustment resulting from defined benefit plan activity	(8		)	(71		)	(195		)	(199		)
Valuation reserve associated with defined benefit plan activity	6			69			29			193
Current period unrealized gain (loss) on cash flow hedges	809			(104		)	708			779
Deferred tax loss related to unrealized gain (loss) on cash flow hedges	(347		)	(15		)	(104		)	(57		)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(22,346		)	9,874			(19,933		)	1,845
Comprehensive Income (Loss)	$	(37,442	)	$	25,976		$	(66,618	)	$	40,666

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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INVACARE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited)

	September 30, 2014			December 31, 2013
	(In thousands)
Assets
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	29,066		$	29,785
Trade receivables, net	172,252			188,622
Installment receivables, net	1,324			1,562
Inventories, net	162,733			155,637
Deferred income taxes	2,389			2,761
Other current assets	37,261			41,172
Total Current Assets	405,025			419,539
Other Assets	32,001			45,936
Other Intangibles	45,819			62,584
Property and Equipment, net	93,481			106,149
Goodwill	448,105			462,226
Total Assets	$	1,024,431		$	1,096,434
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable	$	121,203		$	116,704
Accrued expenses	150,045			133,100
Current Taxes, payable and deferred	17,828			12,259
Short-term debt and current maturities of long-term obligations	781			14,102
Total Current Liabilities	289,857			276,165
Long-Term Debt	23,907			31,184
Other Long-Term Obligations	103,140			118,276
Shareholders’ Equity
Preferred Shares (Authorized 300 shares; none outstanding)	—			—
Common Shares (Authorized 100,000 shares; 34,193 and 34,084 issued in 2014 and 2013, respectively)—no par	8,584			8,539
Class B Common Shares (Authorized 12,000 shares; 1,086 issued and outstanding in 2014 and 2013, respectively)—no par	272			272
Additional paid-in-capital	239,190			234,620
Retained earnings	348,143			396,016
Accumulated other comprehensive earnings	105,223			125,156
Treasury shares (3,164 and 3,158 shares in 2014 and 2013, respectively)	(93,885		)	(93,794		)
Total Shareholders’ Equity	607,527			670,809
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity	$	1,024,431		$	1,096,434

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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INVACARE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows (unaudited)

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014			2013
Operating Activities	(In thousands)
Net earnings (loss)	$	(46,685	)	$	38,821
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities:
Gain on sale of businesses (pre-tax)	(17,069		)	(82,163		)
Depreciation and amortization	26,409			28,236
Provision for losses on trade and installment receivables	1,690			3,160
Provision for deferred income taxes	452			2,698
Provision for other deferred liabilities	(339		)	140
Provision for stock-based compensation	4,404			4,721
Loss on disposals of property and equipment	178			565
Asset write-downs related to intangible assets	8,253			167
Asset write-downs related to restructuring activities	1,163			—
Amortization of convertible debt discount	525			468
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Trade receivables	10,201			3,049
Installment sales contracts, net	(311		)	(633		)
Inventories	(12,059		)	10,599
Other current assets	3,269			7,539
Accounts payable	6,674			(16,848		)
Accrued expenses	26,973			(390		)
Other long-term liabilities	(13,590		)	(1,374		)
Net Cash Provided (Used) by Operating Activities	138			(1,245		)
Investing Activities
Purchases of property and equipment	(9,295		)	(11,086		)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment	9			856
Proceeds from sale of business	21,870			187,552
Change in other long-term assets	12,083			949
Other	177			(147		)
Net Cash Provided by Investing Activities	24,844			178,124
Financing Activities
Proceeds from revolving lines of credit and long-term borrowings	201,766			250,124
Payments on revolving lines of credit and long-term borrowings	(226,432		)	(432,185		)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	162			—
Payment of dividends	(1,188		)	(1,187		)
Net Cash Used by Financing Activities	(25,692		)	(183,248		)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	(9		)	203
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(719		)	(6,166		)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year	29,785			38,791
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	29,066		$	32,625

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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INVACARE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) - September 30, 2014

Accounting Policies

Nature of Operations: Invacare Corporation is a leading manufacturer and distributor of medical equipment used in the home or institutional setting based upon the Company’s distribution channels, breadth of product line and net sales. The Company designs, manufactures and distributes an extensive line of health care products for the non-acute care environment, including the home health care, retail and extended care markets.

Principles of Consolidation: The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries and include all adjustments, which were of a normal recurring nature, necessary to present fairly the financial position of the Company as of September 30, 2014, the results of its operations for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 and changes in its cash flow for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Certain foreign subsidiaries, represented by the European segment, are consolidated using an August 31 quarter end in order to meet filing deadlines. No material subsequent events have occurred related to the European segment, which would require disclosure or adjustment to the Company's financial statements. All significant intercompany transactions are eliminated.  The results of operations for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.

Use of Estimates: The consolidated financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements: In February 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2013-04, Liabilities (Topic 405), Obligations Resulting from Joint and Several Liability Arrangements for Which the Total Amount of the Obligation is Fixed at the Reporting Date. This update requires an entity to measure obligations resulting from joint and several liability arrangements for which the total amount of the obligation is fixed at the reporting date, as the sum of a) the amount the reporting entity agreed to pay on the basis of its arrangement among its co-obligors and b) any additional amount the reporting entity expects to pay on behalf of its co-obligors. The update also requires an entity to disclose the nature and amount of the obligation as well as other information about those obligations. The Company adopted ASU No. 2013-04 in the first quarter of 2014 with no impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss), Balance Sheets or Statement of Cash Flows.

In July 2013, the FASB issued ASU No. 2013-11, "Income Taxes (Topic 740): Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists." ASU 2013-11 requires an entity to present an unrecognized tax benefit in the financial statements as a reduction to a deferred tax asset for a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss or a tax credit carryforward, with limited exceptions. The amendments are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2013. ASU 2013-11 was adopted by the Company on January 1, 2014 and did not have a significant impact on the Company's financial statements.

In April 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-08 changing the presentation of discontinued operations on the statements of income and other requirements for reporting discontinued operations. Under the new standard, a disposal of a component or a group of components of an entity is required to be reported in discontinued operations if the disposal represents a strategic shift that has (or will have) a major effect on an entity’s operations and financial results when the component meets the criteria to be classified as held for sale or is disposed. The amendments in this update also require additional disclosures about discontinued operations and disposal of an individually significant component of an entity that does not qualify for discontinued operations. This standard must be prospectively applied to all reporting periods presented in financial reports issued after the effective date. Early adoption is permitted for disposals that have not been reported in financial statements previously issued or available for issuance. The new accounting guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2014. If applicable, this standard will change the presentation of the Company's financial statements but will not affect the calculation of net income, comprehensive income or earnings per share. The Company plans to adopt ASU 2014-08 effective January 1, 2015.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers." ASU 2014-09 requires a company to recognize revenue when promised goods or services are transferred to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods and services. The guidance requires five steps to be applied: 1) identify the contract(s) with customers, 2) identify the performance obligations in the contract, 3) determine the transaction price, 4) allocated the transaction price to the performance obligation in the contract and 5) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. The guidance also requires both quantitative and qualitative disclosures, which are more comprehensive than existing revenue standards. The disclosures are intended to enable financial statement users to

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INVACARE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) - September 30, 2014

understand the nature, timing and uncertainty of revenue and the related cash flow. An entity can apply the new revenue standard retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented or retrospective with the cumulative effect of initially applying the standard recognized at the date of initial application in retained earnings. The new accounting guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016 and early adoption is not permitted. The Company is currently reviewing the impact of the adoption of ASU 2014-09 on the Company's financial statements.

Discontinued Operations

On December 21, 2012, in order to focus on its core product lines, the Company entered into an agreement to sell Invacare Supply Group (ISG) and accordingly, the Company determined on that date that the "held for sale" criteria of ASC 360-10-45-9 were met. On January 18, 2013, the Company completed the sale of the ISG medical supplies business to AssuraMed, Inc. for a purchase price of $150,800,000 in cash. ISG had been operated on a stand-alone basis and reported as a reportable segment of the Company. The Company recorded a gain of $59,402,000 pre-tax in the first quarter of 2013 which represented the excess of the net sales price over the book value of the assets and liabilities of ISG, excluding cash. The sale of this business was dilutive to the Company's results. The Company utilized the proceeds from the sale to reduce debt outstanding under its revolving credit facility in the first quarter of 2013. The Company recorded expenses related to the sale of $5,350,000, of which $5,230,000 were paid as of September 30, 2014. The net sales and earnings before income taxes of the ISG discontinued operation were $18,498,000 and $402,000, retrospectively, for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013.

On August 6, 2013, the Company sold Champion Manufacturing, Inc. (Champion), its domestic medical recliner business for dialysis clinics, to Champion Equity Holdings, LLC for $45,000,000 in cash, which was subject to final post-closing adjustments. Champion had been operated on a stand-alone basis and reported as part of the IPG segment of the Company. The Company recorded a gain of $22,761,000 pre-tax in the third quarter of 2013, which represented the excess of the net sales price over the book value of the assets and liabilities of Champion. The sale of this business was dilutive to the Company's results. The Company utilized the proceeds from the sale to reduce debt outstanding under its revolving credit facility in the third quarter of 2013. The Company recorded expenses related to the sale of $2,130,000, of which $1,537,000 were paid as of September 30, 2014. The gain recorded by the Company reflects the Company's estimated final purchase adjustments. The net sales of the Champion discontinued operations were $2,643,000 and $15,857,000, respectively, for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and earnings before income taxes were $484,000 and $3,156,000, respectively, for the same periods. Results for Champion include an interest expense allocation from continuing operations to discontinued operations of $78,000 and $449,000for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 as proceeds from the sale were required to be utilized to pay down debt. The interest allocation was based on the net proceeds assumed to pay down debt applying the Company's average interest rates for the periods presented.

On August 29, 2014, the Company sold Altimate Medical, Inc. (Altimate), its manufacturer of stationary standing assistive devices for use in patient rehabilitation, to REP Acquisition Corporation for $23,000,000 in cash, which is subject to final post-closing adjustments. Altimate had been operated on a stand-alone basis and reported as part of the North America/HME segment of the Company. The Company recorded a gain of $17,069,000 pre-tax in the third quarter of 2014, which represented the excess of the net sales price over the book value of the assets and liabilities of Altimate. The sale of this business was dilutive to the Company's results. The Company utilized the proceeds from the sale to reduce debt outstanding under its revolving credit facility in the third quarter of 2014. The Company recorded expenses related to the sale of $1,300,000, of which $844,000 were paid as of September 30, 2014. The gain recorded by the Company reflects the Company's estimated final purchase adjustments.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) - September 30, 2014

The assets and liabilities of Altimate were the following as of the date of the sale, August 29, 2014, and as of December 31, 2013 (in thousands):

	August 29, 2014		December 31, 2013
Trade receivables, net	$	2,019	$	2,055
Inventories, net	1,954		1,703
Other current assets	246		10
Property and Equipment, net	176		181
Other Intangibles	1,047		1,530
Assets sold	$	5,442	$	5,479
Accounts payable	$	425	$	544
Accrued expenses	316		220
Liabilities sold	$	741	$	764

The net sales of the Altimate discontinued operations were $2,841,000 and $11,778,000, respectively, for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 and earnings before income taxes were $634,000 and $2,796,000, respectively for the same periods. For the for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013, net sales were $4,597,000 and $13,714,000, respectively, while earnings before income taxes were $1,371,000 and $4,215,000, respectively. Results for Altimate include an interest expense allocation from continuing operations to discontinued operations of $52,000 and $202,000for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 compared to $83,000 and $245,000for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 as proceeds from the sale were required to be utilized to pay down debt. The interest allocation was based on the net proceeds assumed to pay down debt applying the Company's average interest rates for the periods presented.

The Company recorded an incremental intra-period tax allocation expense to discontinued operations for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 and for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 representing the cumulative intra-period allocation expense to discontinued operations based on the Company's September 30, 2014 and September 30, 2013 estimates of the projected domestic taxable loss related to continuing operations for 2014 and 2013.

The Company has classified ISG, Champion and Altimate as discontinued operations for all periods presented.

Receivables

Accounts receivable are reduced by an allowance for amounts that may become uncollectible in the future. Substantially all of the Company’s receivables are due from health care, medical equipment providers and long term care facilities located throughout the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, China and Europe. A significant portion of products sold to providers, both foreign and domestic, is ultimately funded through government reimbursement programs such as Medicare and Medicaid in the U.S. As a consequence, changes in these programs can have an adverse impact on dealer liquidity and profitability. The estimated allowance for uncollectible amounts ($14,090,000 at September 30, 2014 and $17,715,000 at December 31, 2013) is based primarily on management’s evaluation of the financial condition of specific customers. In addition, as a result of the financing arrangement with De Lage Landen, Inc. ("DLL"), a third party financing company which the Company has worked with since 2000, management monitors the collection status of these contracts in accordance with the Company’s limited recourse obligations and provides amounts necessary for estimated losses in the allowance for doubtful accounts and establishing reserves for specific customers as needed. The Company charges off uncollectible trade accounts receivable after such receivables are moved to collection status and legal remedies are exhausted. See Concentration of Credit Risk in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of the financing arrangement. Long-term installment receivables are included in “Other Assets” on the consolidated balance sheet.

The Company’s U.S. customers electing to finance their purchases can do so using DLL. In addition, the Company often provides financing directly for its Canadian customers for which DLL is not an option, as DLL typically provides financing to Canadian customers only on a limited basis. The installment receivables recorded on the books of the Company represent a single portfolio segment of finance receivables to the independent provider channel and long-term care customers. The portfolio segment

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INVACARE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) - September 30, 2014

is comprised of two classes of receivables distinguished by geography and credit quality. The U.S. installment receivables are the first class and represent installment receivables re-purchased from DLL because the customers were in default. Default with DLL is defined as a customer being delinquent by three payments. The Canadian installment receivables represent the second class of installment receivables which were originally financed by the Company because third party financing was not available to the HME providers. The Canadian installment receivables are typically financed for twelve months and historically have had a very low risk of default.

The estimated allowance for uncollectible amounts and evaluation for impairment for both classes of installment receivables is based on the Company’s quarterly review of the financial condition of each individual customer with the allowance for doubtful accounts adjusted accordingly. Installments are individually and not collectively reviewed for impairment. The Company assesses the bad debt reserve levels based upon the status of the customer’s adherence to a legally negotiated payment schedule and the Company’s ability to enforce judgments, liens, etc.

For purposes of granting or extending credit, the Company utilizes a scoring model to generate a composite score that considers each customer’s consumer credit score and/or D&B credit rating, payment history, security collateral and time in business. Additional analysis is performed for customers desiring credit greater than $250,000, which generally includes a detailed review of the customer’s financials as well as consideration of other factors such as exposure to changing reimbursement laws.

Interest income is recognized on installment receivables based on the terms of the installment agreements. Installment accounts are monitored and if a customer defaults on payments and is moved to collection, interest income is no longer recognized. Subsequent payments received once an account is put on non-accrual status are generally first applied to the principal balance and then to the interest. Accruing of interest on collection accounts would only be restarted if the account became current again. All installment accounts are accounted for using the same methodology regardless of the duration of the installment agreements. When an account is placed in collection status, the Company initiates a legal process for pursuing collection of outstanding amounts, the length of which typically approximates eighteen months. Any write-offs are made after the legal process has been completed. The Company has not made any changes to either its accounting policies or methodology to estimation allowances for doubtful accounts in the last twelve months.

Installment receivables consist of the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014									December 31, 2013
	Current			Long- Term			Total			Current			Long- Term			Total
Installment receivables	$	2,940		$	5,854		$	8,794		$	3,242		$	5,677		$	8,919
Less: Unearned interest	(49		)	—			(49		)	(61		)	—			(61		)
	2,891			5,854			8,745			3,181			5,677			8,858
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(1,567		)	(4,650		)	(6,217		)	(1,619		)	(4,420		)	(6,039		)
	$	1,324		$	1,204		$	2,528		$	1,562		$	1,257		$	2,819

Installment receivables purchased from DLL during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 increased the gross installment receivables balance by $1,918,000. No sales of installment receivables were made by the Company during the quarter.

The movement in the installment receivables allowance for doubtful accounts was as follows (in thousands):

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014			Year Ended December 31, 2013
Balance as of beginning of period	$	6,039		$	3,823
Current period provision	543			3,457
Direct write-offs charged against the allowance	(365		)	(1,241		)
Balance as of end of period	$	6,217		$	6,039

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) - September 30, 2014

Installment receivables by class as of September 30, 2014 consist of the following (in thousands):

	Total Installment Receivables		Unpaid Principal Balance		Related Allowance for Doubtful Accounts		Interest Income Recognized
U.S.
Impaired Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded	$	7,580	$	7,580	$	6,136	$	—
Canada
Non-Impaired Installment receivables with no related allowance recorded	1,133		1,084		—		64
Impaired Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded	81		81		81		—
Total Canadian Installment Receivables	$	1,214	$	1,165	$	81	$	64
Total
Non-Impaired Installment receivables with no related allowance recorded	1,133		1,084		—		64
Impaired Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded	7,661		7,661		6,217		—
Total Installment Receivables	$	8,794	$	8,745	$	6,217	$	64

Installment receivables by class as of December 31, 2013 consist of the following (in thousands):

	Total Installment Receivables		Unpaid Principal Balance		Related Allowance for Doubtful Accounts		Interest Income Recognized
U.S.
Impaired Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded	$	7,464	$	7,464	$	5,951	$	—
Canada
Non-Impaired Installment receivables with no related allowance recorded	1,367		1,306		—		101
Impaired Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded	88		88		88		—
Total Canadian Installment Receivables	$	1,455	$	1,394	$	88	$	101
Total
Non-Impaired Installment receivables with no related allowance recorded	1,367		1,306		—		101
Impaired Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded	7,552		7,552		6,039		—
Total Installment Receivables	$	8,919	$	8,858	$	6,039	$	101

Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded as noted in the table above represent those installment receivables on a non-accrual basis in accordance with ASU 2010-20. As of September 30, 2014, the Company had no U.S. installment receivables past due of 90 days or more for which the Company is still accruing interest. Individually, all U.S. installment receivables are assigned a specific allowance for doubtful accounts based on management’s review when the Company does not expect to receive both the contractual principal and interest payments as specified in the loan agreement.

In Canada, the Company had an immaterial amount of Canadian installment receivables which were past due of 90 days or more as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 for which the Company is still accruing interest.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) - September 30, 2014

The aging of the Company’s installment receivables was as follows (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014						December 31, 2013
	Total		U.S.		Canada		Total		U.S.		Canada
Current	$	1,104	$	—	$	1,104	$	1,338	$	—	$	1,338
0-30 Days Past Due	8		—		8		7		—		7
31-60 Days Past Due	1		—		1		—		—		—
61-90 Days Past Due	—		—		—		—		—		—
90+ Days Past Due	7,681		7,580		101		7,574		7,464		110
	$	8,794	$	7,580	$	1,214	$	8,919	$	7,464	$	1,455

Inventories

Inventories consist of the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
Finished goods	$	86,690	$	77,909
Raw materials	61,534		63,123
Work in process	14,509		14,605
	$	162,733	$	155,637

Other Current Assets

Other current assets consist of the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
Value added tax receivables	$	18,438	$	20,445
Recoverable income taxes	2,359		2,465
Derivatives (foreign currency forward contracts)	1,140		789
Prepaid insurance	214		4,556
Prepaid and other current assets	15,110		12,917
	$	37,261	$	41,172

Other Long-Term Assets

Other long-term assets consist of the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
Cash surrender value of life insurance policies	$	24,700	$	36,522
Deferred Financing Fees	333		1,096
Investments	642		998
Installment receivables	1,204		1,257
Deferred taxes	3,894		4,741
Other	1,228		1,322
	$	32,001	$	45,936

During 2014, the Company sold $12,250,000 of life insurance policies to fund payments, including future payments, as the result of the retirement of two executives in 2014.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) - September 30, 2014

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment consist of the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014			December 31, 2013
Machinery and equipment	$	353,389		$	358,061
Land, buildings and improvements	89,467			91,389
Furniture and fixtures	12,448			12,774
Leasehold improvements	14,937			14,931
	470,241			477,155
Less allowance for depreciation	(376,760		)	(371,006		)
	$	93,481		$	106,149

Goodwill

The goodwill change reflected on the balance sheet from December 31, 2013 to September 30, 2014 was due to foreign currency translation.

Other Intangibles

All of the Company’s other intangible assets have been assigned definite lives and continue to be amortized over their useful lives, except for $30,681,000 related to trademarks, which have indefinite lives. The changes in intangible balances reflected on the balance sheet from December 31, 2013 to September 30, 2014 were the result of foreign currency translation and amortization except for intangible impairment write-downs, noted below, which totaled $8,253,000.

The Company evaluates the carrying value of definite-lived assets whenever events or circumstances indicate possible impairment. Definite-lived assets are determined to be impaired if the future un-discounted cash flows expected to be generated by the asset are less than the carrying value. Actual impairment amounts for definite-lived assets are then calculated using a discounted cash flow calculation. The Company reviews indefinite-lived assets for impairment annually in the fourth quarter of each year and whenever events or circumstances indicate possible impairment. Any impairment amounts for indefinite-lived assets are calculated as the difference between the future discounted cash flows expected to be generated by the asset less than the carrying value for the asset.

For the quarter ended September 30, 2014, the Company recognized intangible impairment write-down charges of $8,103,000 for a customer list and $150,000 for a non-compete agreement in the IPG segment as the actual and remaining cash flows associated with the intangibles were less than the cash flow originally used to value the intangibles, primarily driven by reduced net sales. The after-tax and pre-tax impairment amounts were the same for each of the above impairments.

The Company's intangibles consist of the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014				December 31, 2013
	Historical Cost		Accumulated Amortization		Historical Cost		Accumulated Amortization
Customer Lists	$	83,681	$	70,451	$	92,637	$	65,158
Trademarks	30,681		—		31,649		—
License Agreements	1,322		1,322		1,393		1,393
Developed Technology	8,663		6,522		9,916		7,191
Patents	6,226		5,821		6,107		5,568
Other	6,619		7,257		7,702		7,510
	$	137,192	$	91,373	$	149,404	$	86,820

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) - September 30, 2014

Amortization expense related to other intangibles was $14,630,000 in the first nine months of 2014 and is estimated to be $16,226,000 in 2014, $5,536,000 in 2015, $4,402,000 in 2016, $1,191,000 in 2017, $1,168,000 in 2018 and $1,166,000 in 2019. Amortized intangibles are being amortized on a straight-line basis over remaining lives of 1 to 10 years with the majority of the intangibles being amortized over an average remaining life of approximately 6 years.

Current Liabilities

Accrued expenses consist of accruals for the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
Salaries and wages	$	38,506	$	39,861
Taxes other than income taxes, primarily Value Added Taxes	26,554		24,525
Warranty cost	32,464		27,393
Supplemental Executive Retirement Program	8,671		391
Freight	6,255		7,636
Professional	7,019		6,516
Product liability, current portion	3,487		3,183
Rebates	2,137		1,681
Insurance	2,432		2,549
Interest	1,167		1,041
Derivative liabilities	3,609		1,212
Severance	4,734		3,986
Other items, principally trade accruals	13,010		13,126
	$	150,045	$	133,100

Accrued rebates relate to several volume incentive programs the Company offers its customers. The Company accounts for these rebates as a reduction of revenue when the products are sold in accordance with the guidance in ASC 605-50, Customer Payments and Incentives.

Generally, the Company's products are covered by warranties against defects in material and workmanship for various periods depending on the product from the date of sales to the customer. Certain components carry a lifetime warranty. A provision for estimated warranty cost is recorded at the time of sale based upon actual experience. The Company continuously assesses the adequacy of its product warranty accrual and makes adjustments as needed. Historical analysis is primarily used to determine the Company's warranty reserves. Claims history is reviewed and provisions are adjusted as needed. However, the Company does consider other events, such as a product field action and recalls, which could warrant additional warranty reserve provision. The increase in the liability for pre-existing warranties in 2014 is primarily the result of the Company's joystick product recall.

The Company's warranty expense for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 includes $11,493,000 for three specific product issues. First, an expense of $6,559,000 for a field action that is under review related to a component in a stationary oxygen concentrator that was manufactured in the Company’s facility in Suzhou, China, and sold globally. The component is no longer used in production. The Company is aware of five reported incidents in Europe. There have been no reported injuries, and no incidents reported elsewhere. This expense was recorded in the European segment ($3,395,000) and North America/HME segment ($3,164,000). Second, an expense of $2,057,000 for the recall of a sieve bed component used within stationary oxygen concentrators manufactured during August 2014, which was recorded in the North America/HME segment. Third, an incremental expense of $2,877,000 related to the Company's joystick recall as a result of higher than previously anticipated response rates from larger customers in the U.S. and Canada and a shift in the product mix toward higher cost joysticks, which was recorded in the North America/HME segment ($1,612,000) and the Asia/Pacific segment ($1,265,000). These warranty reserves are subject to adjustment in future periods as new developments change the Company's estimate of the total cost of these matters.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) - September 30, 2014

The following is a reconciliation of the changes in accrued warranty costs for the reporting period (in thousands):

Balance as of January 1, 2014	$	27,393
Warranties provided during the period	17,763
Settlements made during the period	(17,051		)
Changes in liability for pre-existing warranties during the period, including expirations	4,359
Balance as of September 30, 2014	$	32,464

Long-Term Debt

Debt consists of the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014			December 31, 2013
Senior secured revolving credit facility, due in October 2015	$	8,000		$	28,109
Convertible senior subordinated debentures at 4.125%, due in February 2027	11,166			10,641
Other notes and lease obligations	5,522			6,536
	24,688			45,286
Less current maturities of long-term debt	(781		)	(14,102		)
	$	23,907		$	31,184

On January 31, 2014, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the "Amended and Restated Credit Agreement") by and among the Company, the other Borrowers party thereto, the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, which amended and restated the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 28, 2010, by and among the Company and the other parties named therein, as amended (the “Prior Credit Agreement”). On September 30, 2014, the Company entered into a First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the "Amendment") which provided the Company with additional flexibility on its financial covenants through the duration of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as amended by the Amendment, among other things, provided for the following:

• An increase in the maximum leverage ratio for the first three quarters of 2014, with quarterly ratios as described in the following table:

Fiscal Quarter Ending	Maximum Leverage Ratio
March 31, 2014	4.75	to	1.00
June 30, 2014	4.50	to	1.00
September 30, 2014	4.00	to	1.00
December 31, 2014 and thereafter	3.50	to	1.00

The quarterly minimum interest coverage ratio remained 3.50 to 1.00 in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.

• In calculating the Company’s EBITDA for purposes of determining the leverage and interest coverage ratios, the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement allows the Company to add back to EBITDA up to $20,000,000 for one-time cash restructuring charges incurred after May 30, 2013, which is an incremental increase of $5,000,000 from the terms of the Prior Credit Agreement. The Amendment on September 30, 2014 allows for an additional add back to EBITDA for warranty expense accrued up to $10,000,000 and subtracts related cash payments when made in future periods.

• A decrease in the aggregate principal amount of the revolving credit facility to $100,000,000 from $250,000,000 through the maturity date of the facility in October 2015, as well as reductions in the facility’s swing line loan, optional currency and foreign borrower sublimits.

• Reductions in the allowances under the facility for capital expenditures (down to $25,000,000 annually), dividends, other indebtedness and liens.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) - September 30, 2014

• Further restrictions on acquisitions, share repurchases, certain investments and repurchases of convertible debt until after the Company confirms compliance with the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement following the quarter ending December 31, 2014.

• An increase of 25 basis points in the margin applicable to determining the interest rate on borrowings under the revolving credit facility.

As a result of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, the Company incurred $351,000 in fees in the first quarter of 2014 which were capitalized and are being amortized through October, 2015. In addition, as a result of reducing the capacity of the facility from $250,000,000 to $100,000,000, the Company wrote-off $1,070,000 in previously capitalized fees in the first quarter of 2014, which is reflected in the expense of the North America / HME segment.

In 2007, the Company issued $135,000,000 principal amount of Convertible Senior Subordinated Debentures due 2027. The debentures are unsecured senior subordinated obligations of the Company guaranteed by substantially all of the Company’s domestic subsidiaries, pay interest at 4.125% per annum on each February 1 and August 1, and are convertible upon satisfaction of certain conditions into cash, common shares of the Company, or a combination of cash and common shares of the Company, subject to certain conditions. The debentures allow the Company to satisfy the conversion using any combination of cash or stock, and at the Company’s discretion. The Company intends to satisfy the accreted value of the debentures using cash. Assuming adequate cash on hand at the time of conversion, the Company also intends to satisfy the conversion spread using cash, as opposed to stock.

The Company may from time to time seek to retire or purchase its 4.125% Convertible Senior Subordinated Debentures due 2027, in privately negotiated transactions or otherwise. Such purchases or exchanges, if any, will depend on prevailing market conditions, the Company's liquidity requirements, contractual restrictions and other factors. The amounts involved in any such transactions, individually or in the aggregate, may be material.

The liability components of the Company’s convertible debt consist of the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014			December 31, 2013
Principal amount of liability component	$	13,350		$	13,350
Unamortized discount	(2,184		)	(2,709		)
Net carrying amount of liability component	$	11,166		$	10,641

As of September 30, 2014, the weighted average floating interest rate on revolving credit borrowings was 2.66% compared to 2.39% as of December 31, 2013.

Other Long-Term Obligations

Other long-term obligations consist of the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (SERP) liability	$	18,673	$	27,049
Product liability	17,555		17,185
Deferred income taxes	33,834		36,328
Deferred compensation	7,808		11,679
Uncertain tax obligation including interest	15,897		15,524
Other	9,373		10,511
Total long-term obligations	$	103,140	$	118,276

As a result of the retirement of two executives of the Company during 2014, deferred compensation payments of $2,545,000 were made during the nine months ended September 30, 2014. Furthermore, based on the retirement agreements for the same executives, the Company estimates SERP payments of $8,280,000 will be made in the first quarter of 2015 as well as deferred compensation payments of $847,000 during the next twelve months. Accordingly, the Company has reclassified $9,127,000 from Other Long-Term Obligations to Current Liabilities as of September 30, 2014.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) - September 30, 2014

Equity Compensation

On May 16, 2013, the shareholders of the Company approved the Invacare Corporation 2013 Equity Compensation Plan (the “2013 Plan”), which was adopted on March 27, 2013 by the Company's Board of Directors (the “Board”). The Board adopted the 2013 Plan to replace the Company's prior equity plan, the Invacare Corporation Amended and Restated 2003 Performance Plan (the “2003 Plan”), which expired on May 21, 2013. Due to its expiration, no new awards may be granted under the 2003 Plan; however, awards granted prior to its expiration will remain in effect under their original terms.

The 2013 Plan uses a fungible share-counting method, under which each common share underlying an award of stock options or stock appreciation rights (“SAR”) will count against the number of total shares available under the 2013 Plan as one share; and each common share underlying any award other than a stock option or a SAR will count against the number of total shares available under the 2013 Plan as two shares. Any common shares that are added back to the 2013 Plan as the result of the cancellation or forfeiture of an award granted under the 2013 Plan will be added back in the same manner such shares were originally counted against the total number of shares available under the 2013 Plan. Each common share that is added back to the 2013 Plan due to a cancellation or forfeiture of an award granted under the 2003 Plan will be added back as one common share.

The Compensation and Management Development Committee of the Board (the “Compensation Committee”), in its discretion, may grant an award under the 2013 Plan to any director or employee of the Company or an affiliate. The 2013 Plan initially allows the Compensation Committee to grant up to 4,460,337 common shares in connection with the following types of awards with respect to shares of the Company's common shares: incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, SARs, restricted stock, restricted stock units, unrestricted stock and performance shares. The Compensation Committee also may grant performance units that are payable in cash. The Committee has the authority to determine which participants will receive awards, the amount of the awards and the other terms and conditions of the awards. 

As of September 30, 2014, there was $11,093,000 of total unrecognized compensation cost from stock-based compensation arrangements granted under the Company's 2013 Plan and previous plans, which is related to non-vested options and shares, and includes $5,491,000 related to restricted stock awards, $3,546,000 related to non-qualified stock options and $2,056,000 related to performance share awards. Total unrecognized compensation cost will be adjusted for future changes in actual and estimated forfeitures and for updated vesting assumptions for the performance share awards (see "Performance Shares and Performance Share Units" below). No tax benefit for share-based compensation was realized during 2014 or 2013 as a result of a valuation allowance against deferred tax assets.

The amount of stock-based compensation expense recognized under the provisions of Compensation-Stock Compensation, ASC 718 was as follows (in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,				For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014		2013		2014	2013
Stock-based compensation expense recognized as part of selling, general and administrative expense	$	1,934	$	2,148	4,404	4,721

Stock Options

During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Compensation Committee granted 8,977 non-qualified stock options. Generally, non-qualified stock option awards typically have a term of ten years and are granted at the fair market value of the Company’s Common Shares on the date of grant. Compensation expense of $2,724,000 was recognized during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 related to stock options previously awarded. The Company expects the compensation expense to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 2 years.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) - September 30, 2014

The following table summarizes information about stock option activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2014:

	September 30, 2014			Weighted Average Exercise Price
Options outstanding at January 1, 2014	4,533,782			$	23.86
Granted	8,977			16.71
Exercised	(9,885		)	14.76
Canceled	(638,206		)	28.54
Options outstanding at September 30, 2014	3,894,668			$	23.10
Options exercise price range at September 30, 2014	$ 12.42 to
	$	47.80
Options exercisable at September 30, 2014	3,152,241
Shares available for grant at September 30, 2014*	3,646,676

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 * Shares available for grant as of September 30, 2014 reduced by net restricted stock and restricted stock unit award and performance share and performance share unit award activity of 462,352 shares and 341,332 shares, respectively during the quarter.

The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding at September 30, 2014:

	Options Outstanding				Options Exercisable
Exercise Prices	Number Outstanding At 9/30/14	Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years)	Weighted Average Exercise Price		Number Exercisable At 9/30/14	Weighted Average Exercise Price
$ 12.42 – $15.00	1,057,821	8.0	$	13.92	437,501	$	13.79
$ 15.01 – $25.00	1,523,112	4.6	22.45		1,403,441	22.36
$ 25.01 – $35.00	884,470	4.7	25.73		882,034	25.71
$ 35.01 – $47.80	429,265	0.7	42.61		429,265	42.61
Total	3,894,668	5.1	$	23.10	3,152,241	$	24.86

When stock options have been awarded, they generally become exercisable over a four -year vesting period whereby options vest in equal installments each year. Options granted with graded vesting are accounted for as single options. The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with assumptions for expected dividend yield, expected stock price volatility, risk-free interest rate and expected life. The assumed expected life is based on the Company's historical analysis of option history. The expected stock price volatility is also based on actual historical volatility, and expected dividend yield is based on historical dividends as the Company has no current intention of changing its dividend policy.

The 2013 Plan provides that shares granted come from the Company's authorized but unissued common shares or treasury shares. In addition, the Company's stock-based compensation plans allow employee participants to exchange shares for minimum withholding taxes, which results in the Company acquiring treasury shares.

Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units

During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, an aggregate of 231,176 restricted shares and restricted share units (for non-U.S. recipients) were granted without cost to the recipients, 89,616 restricted shares were forfeited, and 27,925 restricted shares vested. The awards granted during the first quarter are subject to three year cliff vesting and thus vest in their entirety on May 15, 2017. The awards of restricted shares/units are classified as equity awards as they are issued as common shares, or will be settled in common shares upon vesting. The fair value of the awards is based on the stock price on the date of grant discounted for the estimated value of dividends foregone as the awards are not eligible for dividends except to the extent vested. The fair value of the awards granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 was $19.14 per share. Compensation expense is recognized ratably over the service period and $1,257,000 was recognized during the nine months ended September 30, 2014

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) - September 30, 2014

related to restricted shares/units and there were shares/units outstanding totaling 502,157 shares that were not vested. The Company expects the compensation expense to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 1.5 years.

Performance Shares and Performance Share Units

During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, an aggregate of 152,800 performance shares and performance share units (for non-U.S. recipients) were granted as performance awards with a 3 year performance period with payouts based on achievement of certain performance goals. There was no vesting of performance awards during the period and 29,156 awards were cancelled. The awards are classified as equity awards as they will be settled in common shares upon vesting. The number of shares earned will be determined at the end of the performance period based on achievement of performance criteria for January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016 established by the Compensation Committee at the time of grant. Recipients will be entitled to receive a number of common shares equal to the number of performance shares that vest based upon the levels of achievement which may range between 0% and 150% of the target number of shares with the target being 100% of the initial grant.

The fair value of the performance awards is based on the stock price on the date of grant discounted for the estimated value of dividends foregone as the awards are not eligible for dividends except to the extent vested. The fair value of the awards granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 was $20.05 per share. The Company assesses the probability that the performance targets will be met with expense recognized whenever it is probable that at least the minimum performance criteria will be achieved. Depending upon the Company's assessment of the probability of achievement of the goals, the Company may not recognize any expense associated with performance awards in a given period, may reverse prior expense recorded or record additional expense to make up for expense not recorded in a prior period. Compensation expense of $423,000 was recognized during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 related to performance awards. The Company expects the compensation expense to be recognized over 3.0 years.

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) by Component

Changes in accumulated other comprehensive income ("OCI") for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 and September 30, 2013, respectively, were as follows (in thousands):

	Foreign Currency			Long-Term Notes			Defined Benefit Plans			Derivatives			Total
June 30, 2014	$	137,352		$	(4,361	)	$	(4,855	)	$	(567	)	$	127,569
OCI before reclassifications	(24,470		)	1,634			(56		)	451			(22,441		)
Amount reclassified from accumulated OCI	—			—			84			11			95
Net current-period OCI	(24,470		)	1,634			28			462			(22,346		)
September 30, 2014	$	112,882		$	(2,727	)	$	(4,827	)	$	(105	)	$	105,223

December 31, 2013	$	143,845		$	(12,566	)	$	(5,414	)	$	(709	)	$	125,156
OCI before reclassifications	(30,963		)	9,839			380			127			(20,617		)
Amount reclassified from accumulated OCI	—			—			207			477			684
Net current-period OCI	(30,963		)	9,839			587			604			(19,933		)
September 30, 2014	$	112,882		$	(2,727	)	$	(4,827	)	$	(105	)	$	105,223

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) - September 30, 2014

	Foreign Currency		Long-Term Notes			Defined Benefit Plans			Derivatives			Total
June 30, 2013	$	117,817	$	(6,743	)	$	(6,419	)	$	59		$	104,714
OCI before reclassifications	17,852		(8,062		)	265			(197		)	9,858
Amount reclassified from accumulated OCI	—		—			(62		)	78			16
Net current-period OCI	17,852		(8,062		)	203			(119		)	9,874
September 30, 2013	$	135,669	$	(14,805	)	$	(6,216	)	$	(60	)	$	114,588

December 31, 2012	$	117,465	$	2,845		$	(6,785	)	$	(782	)	$	112,743
OCI before reclassifications	18,204		(17,650		)	750			650			1,954
Amount reclassified from accumulated OCI	—		—			(181		)	72			(109		)
Net current-period OCI	18,204		(17,650		)	569			722			1,845
September 30, 2013	$	135,669	$	(14,805	)	$	(6,216	)	$	(60	)	$	114,588

Reclassifications out of accumulated OCI for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 and September 30, 2013 were as follows (in thousands):

	Amount reclassified from OCI												Affected line item in the Statement of Comprehensive (Income) Loss
	For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
Defined Benefit Plans
Service and interest costs	84			(64		)	$	207		$	(187	)	Selling, General and Administrative
Tax	—			2			—			6			Income Taxes
Total after tax	$	84		$	(62	)	$	207		$	(181	)
Derivatives
Foreign currency forward contracts hedging sales	$	369		$	(54	)	$	517		$	(496	)	Net Sales
Foreign currency forward contracts hedging purchases	(316		)	128			68			453			Cost of Products Sold
Interest rate swaps	—			13			12			139			Interest Expense
Total before tax	53			87			597			96
Tax	(42		)	(9		)	(120		)	(24		)	Income Taxes
Total after tax	$	11		$	78		$	477		$	72

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INVACARE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) - September 30, 2014

Charges Related to Restructuring Activities

The Company's restructuring charges recorded since 2011 were necessitated primarily by continued declines in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement by the U.S. government, as well as similar healthcare reimbursement pressures abroad, which negatively affect the Company's customers (e.g. home health care providers) and continued pricing pressures faced by the Company as a result of outsourcing by competitors to lower cost locations. In addition, restructuring decisions were also the result of reduced profitability in the North America/HME segment impacted by the FDA consent decree. While the Company's restructuring efforts have been executed on a timely basis resulting in operating cost savings, the savings have been more than offset by continued margin decline, principally as a result of product mix, reduced volumes and regulatory and compliance costs related to quality system improvements which are unrelated to the restructuring actions. The Company expects any near-term cost savings from restructuring will be offset by the continued investment in regulatory and compliance costs related to quality system improvements at least until the Company has completed its quality systems remediation efforts, and reduced net sales in the North America/HME segment at least until the Company has successfully completed the previously described third-party expert certification audit and FDA inspection and has received written notification from the FDA that the Company may resume full operations.

The Company's restructuring commenced in the second quarter of 2011 with the Company's decision to close the Hong, Denmark assembly facility as part of the Company's ongoing globalization initiative to reduce complexity in the Company's supply chain, which is intended to reduce expenses to help offset pricing pressures. In the third quarter of 2011, the Company continued to execute on the closure of the Hong, Denmark assembly facility and initiated the closure of a smaller facility in the U.S. Charges for the quarter ended December 31, 2011 were primarily incurred at the Company's corporate headquarters for severance, with additional costs incurred as a result of the closure of the Hong, Denmark facility. The facility closures were completed in 2012 in addition to the elimination of various positions principally in the North America/Home Medical Equipment (HME) and Asia/Pacific segments.

Charges for the year ended December 31, 2011 totaled $10,534,000 including charges for severance ($8,352,000), contract exit costs primarily related to the closure of the Hong, Denmark assembly facility ($1,788,000) and inventory write-offs ($277,000) recorded in cost of products sold and other miscellaneous costs ($117,000). The majority of the 2011 North America/HME charges were incurred for severance, primarily at the corporate headquarters as the result of the elimination of various positions principally in sales and administration in Elyria, Ohio. These eliminations were permanent reductions in workforce which primarily resulted in reduced selling, general and administrative expenses. In Europe, the charges were the result of the closure of the Company's Hong, Denmark facility. The assembly activities were transferred to other Company facilities or outsourced to third parties. This closure enabled the Company to reduce fixed operating costs related to the facility and reduce headcount with the transfer of a portion of the production to other Company facilities. The 2011 charges have been fully paid/utilized and were funded with operating cash flows.

Charges for the year ended December 31, 2012 totaled $11,395,000 including charges for severance ($6,775,000), lease termination costs ($1,725,000), building and asset write-downs, primarily related to the closure of the Hong, Denmark assemblyfacility, and other miscellaneous charges in Europe and Asia/Pacific ($2,404,000) and inventory write-offs ($491,000) in Asia/Pacific recorded in cost of products sold. Severance charges were primarily incurred in the North America/HME segment ($4,242,000), Asia/Pacific segment ($1,681,000) and Europe segment ($817,000). The charges were incurred as a result of the elimination of various positions as part of the Company's globalization initiatives. In addition, a portion of the North America/HME segment severance was related to positions eliminated, principally in sales and marketing as well as manufacturing, at the Company's Taylor Street facility as a result of the FDA consent decree. The savings from these charges have been reflected primarily in reduced selling, general and administrative expenses and manufacturing expenses for the Company. In Europe, positions were eliminated as a result of finalizing the exit from the manufacturing facility in Denmark and an elimination of a senior management position in Switzerland. In Asia/Pacific, at the end of October 2012, the Company's management approved a plan to restructure the Company's operations in this segment. In Australia, the Company consolidated offices / warehouses, decreased staffing and exited various activities while returning to a focus on distribution. At the Company's subsidiary, which produces microprocessor controllers, the Company decided to cease the contract manufacturing business for companies outside of the healthcare industry. Restructuring payments/utilization for the year ended December 31, 2012 were $9,381,000 and the cash payments were funded with operating cash flows. The 2012 charges have now been fully paid and were funded with operating cash flows.

Charges for the year ended December 31, 2013 totaled $9,336,000 including charges for severance ($8,282,000), lease termination costs ($698,000) and other miscellaneous charges principally in North America/HME ($356,000). Severance charges were primarily incurred in the North America/HME segment ($5,405,000), Europe segment ($1,640,000) and Asia/Pacific segment ($970,000). The charges were incurred as a result of the elimination of various positions as part of the Company's globalization

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) - September 30, 2014

initiatives. North America/HME segment severance was principally related to positions eliminated due to lost sales volumes resulting from the impact of the FDA consent decree. The savings from these charges have been reflected primarily in reduced selling, general and administrative expenses and manufacturing expenses for the Company. In Europe, severance was incurred for the elimination of certain sales and supply chain positions. In Asia/Pacific, severance was principally incurred at the Company's microprocessor controller production subsidiary as a result of the Company's decision in 2012 to cease the contract manufacturing business for companies outside of the healthcare industry. The lease termination costs were principally related to Australia as a result of the restructuring announced in 2012. Restructuring payments/utilization for the year ended December 31, 2013 were $11,844,000 and the cash payments were funded with operating cash flows and cash on hand. The majority of the 2013 charges are expected to be paid during 2014.

Restructuring continued during 2014, including the work force reduction announced during the third quarter of 2014, resulting in restructuring charges of $8,407,000 in the first nine months of 2014 related to severance costs ($6,733,000) and other costs ($1,674,000), which principally included building write-downs in the Europe and IPG segments. The severance costs were incurred primarily in the NA/HME segment, and to a lesser extent the Europe and IPG segments. The building write-down in the IPG segment was associated with the previously announced closure of the London, Canada facility. The building write-down in the European segment was associated with a facility in Sweden, which the Company exited in 2011. Restructuring payments/utilization for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 were $7,809,000 and the cash payments were funded with the Company's credit facility. The majority of the outstanding charge accruals at September 30, 2014 are expected to be paid during the next twelve months.

There have been no material changes in accrued balances related to the charges, either as a result of revisions in the plan or changes in estimates. In addition, the savings anticipated as a result of the Company's restructuring plans have been or are expected to be achieved, primarily resulting in reduced salary and benefit costs principally impacting Selling, General and Administrative expenses, and to a lesser extent, Costs of Products Sold. However, the Company expects any near-term cost savings from restructuring will be offset by the continued investment in regulatory and compliance costs related to quality system improvements at least until the Company has completed its quality systems remediation efforts.

A progression by reporting segment of the accruals recorded as a result of the restructuring is as follows (in thousands):

	Severance			Product Line Discontinuance			Contract Terminations			Other			Total
December 31, 2010 Balance
Total	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
Charges
NA/HME	4,755			—			—			4			4,759
IPG	123			—			—			—			123
Europe	3,288			277			1,788			113			5,466
Asia/Pacific	186			—			—			—			186
Total	8,352			277			1,788			117			10,534
Payments
NA/HME	(1,663		)	—			—			(4		)	(1,667		)
IPG	(52		)	—			—			—			(52		)
Europe	(1,546		)	(277		)	(1,714		)	(113		)	(3,650		)
Asia/Pacific	(186		)	—			—			—			(186		)
Total	(3,447		)	(277		)	(1,714		)	(117		)	(5,555		)
December 31, 2011 Balance
NA/HME	3,092			—			—			—			3,092
IPG	71			—			—			—			71
Europe	1,742			—			74			—			1,816
Asia/Pacific	—			—			—			—			—
Total	$	4,905		$	—		$	74		$	—		$	4,979

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) - September 30, 2014

	Severance			Product Line Discontinuance			Contract Terminations			Other			Total
Charges
NA/HME	$	4,242		$	—		$	5		$	—		$	4,247
IPG	35			—			—			—			35
Europe	817			—			53			1,223			2,093
Asia/Pacific	1,681			491			1,667			1,181			5,020
Total	6,775			491			1,725			2,404			11,395
Payments
NA/HME	(3,587		)	—			(5		)	—			(3,592		)
IPG	(106		)	—			—			—			(106		)
Europe	(1,964		)	—			(127		)	(1,223		)	(3,314		)
Asia/Pacific	(812		)	(340		)	(42		)	(1,175		)	(2,369		)
Total	(6,469		)	(340		)	(174		)	(2,398		)	(9,381		)
December 31, 2012 Balance
NA/HME	3,747			—			—			—			3,747
IPG	—			—			—			—			—
Europe	595			—			—			—			595
Asia/Pacific	869			151			1,625			6			2,651
Total	5,211			151			1,625			6			6,993
Charges
NA/HME	5,405			—			164			353			5,922
IPG	267			—			—			—			267
Europe	1,640			—			—			—			1,640
Asia/Pacific	970			—			534			3			1,507
Total	8,282			—			698			356			9,336
Payments
NA/HME	(6,347		)	—			(164		)	(353		)	(6,864		)
IPG	(175		)	—			—			—			(175		)
Europe	(1,146		)	—			—			—			(1,146		)
Asia/Pacific	(1,839		)	(151		)	(1,660		)	(9		)	(3,659		)
Total	(9,507		)	(151		)	(1,824		)	(362		)	(11,844		)
December 31, 2013 Balance
NA/HME	2,805			—			—			—			2,805
IPG	92			—			—			—			92
Europe	1,089			—			—			—			1,089
Asia/Pacific	—			—			499			—			499
	3,986			—			499			—			4,485
Charges
NA/HME	803			—			—			—			803
IPG	340			—			—			719			1,059
Europe	378			—			—			—			378
Asia/Pacific	—			—			—			—			—
Total	$	1,521		$	—		$	—		$	719		$	2,240

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) - September 30, 2014

	Severance			Product Line Discontinuance		Contract Terminations			Other			Total
Payments
NA/HME	$	(1,120	)	$	—	$	—		$	—		$	(1,120	)
IPG	(35		)	—		—			(719		)	(754		)
Europe	(597		)	—		—			—			(597		)
Asia/Pacific	—			—		(154		)	—			(154		)
Total	(1,752		)	—		(154		)	(719		)	(2,625		)
March 31, 2014 Balance
NA/HME	2,488			—		—			—			2,488
IPG	397			—		—			—			397
Europe	870			—		—			—			870
Asia/Pacific	—			—		345			—			345
	3,755			—		345			—			4,100
Charges
NA/HME	845			—		—			—			845
IPG	394			—		—			264			658
Europe	58			—		—			525			583
Asia/Pacific	—			—		4			—			4
Total	1,297			—		4			789			2,090
Payments
NA/HME	(1,303		)	—		—			—			(1,303		)
IPG	(32		)	—		—			(264		)	(296		)
Europe	(226		)	—		—			(525		)	(751		)
Asia/Pacific	—			—		—			—			—
Total	(1,561		)	—		—			(789		)	(2,350		)
June 30, 2014 Balance
NA/HME	2,030			—		—			—			2,030
IPG	759			—		—			—			759
Europe	702			—		—			—			702
Asia/Pacific	—			—		349			—			349
	3,491			—		349			—			3,840
Charges
NA/HME	3,041			—		—			—			3,041
IPG	429			—		—			162			591
Europe	69			—		—			—			69
Asia/Pacific	376			—		—			—			376
Total	3,915			—		—			162			4,077
Payments
NA/HME	(1,466		)	—		—			—			(1,466		)
IPG	(618		)	—		—			(162		)	(780		)
Europe	(240		)	—		—			—			(240		)
Asia/Pacific	(348		)	—		—			—			(348		)
Total	$	(2,672	)	$	—	$	—		$	(162	)	$	(2,834	)

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INVACARE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) - September 30, 2014

	Severance		Product Line Discontinuance		Contract Terminations		Other		Total
September 30, 2014 Balance
NA/HME	$	3,605	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	3,605
IPG	570		—		—		—		570
Europe	531		—		—		—		531
Asia/Pacific	28		—		349		—		377
	$	4,734	$	—	$	349	$	—	$	5,083

Income Taxes

The Company had an effective tax rate provision of 8.9% and 13.2% on losses before tax from continuing operations for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014, respectively, compared to an expected benefit at the U.S. statutory rate of 35%. The Company's effective tax rate for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 was higher than the beneficial U.S. federal statutory rate, principally due to the negative impact of the Company not being able to record tax benefits related to the significant losses in countries which had tax valuation allowances except for a benefit in the United States on a small portion of the United States loss due to the intraperiod allocation with discontinued operations. The rate benefitted by taxes recognized outside the United States, excluding countries with tax valuation allowances, at an effective rate lower than the U.S. statutory rate.

The Company had an effective tax rate provision of 4.5% and 6.8% on losses before tax from continuing operations for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013, respectively, compared to the expected benefit at the U.S. statutory rate of 35%. The Company's effective tax rate for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 was higher than the beneficial U.S. federal statutory rate, principally due to losses overseas without tax benefit due to valuation allowances, foreign dividends which reduced the domestic intra-period allocation benefit in continuing operations, and the recording of a discreet adjustment of $3,143,000 related to a federal domestic valuation allowance adjustment. The rate was benefited by taxes outside the United States, excluding countries with valuation allowances that were in losses in 2013, recorded at a lower effective rate than the U.S. statutory rate.

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INVACARE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) - September 30, 2014

Net Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net earnings (loss) per common share for the periods indicated.

(In thousands except per share data)	For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
Basic
Average common shares outstanding	32,006			31,902			32,005			31,902
Net loss from continuing operations	(28,725		)	(6,274		)	(62,075		)	(38,325		)
Net earnings from discontinued operations	13,629			22,376			15,390			77,146
Net earnings (loss)	(15,096		)	16,102			(46,685		)	38,821
Net loss per common share from continuing operations	$	(0.90	)	$	(0.20	)	$	(1.94	)	$	(1.20	)
Net earnings per common share from discontinued operations	$	0.43		$	0.70		$	0.48		$	2.42
Net earnings (loss) per common share	$	(0.47	)	$	0.50		$	(1.46	)	$	1.22
Diluted
Average common shares outstanding	32,006			31,902			32,005			31,902
Stock options and awards	188			164			211			107
Average common shares assuming dilution	32,194			32,066			32,216			32,009
Net loss from continuing operations	$	(28,725	)	$	(6,274	)	$	(62,075	)	$	(38,325	)
Net earnings from discontinued operations	$	13,629		$	22,376		$	15,390		$	77,146
Net earnings (loss)	$	(15,096	)	$	16,102		$	(46,685	)	$	38,821
Net loss per common share from continuing operations *	$	(0.90	)	$	(0.20	)	$	(1.94	)	$	(1.20	)
Net earnings per common share from discontinued operations	$	0.42		$	0.70		$	0.48		$	2.41
Net earnings (loss) per common share *	$	(0.47	)	$	0.50		$	(1.46	)	$	1.21

* Net loss per common share assuming dilution calculated utilizing weighted average shares outstanding-basic for the periods in which there was a net loss.

At September 30, 2014, 3,607,069 and 3,104,623 shares associated with stock options were excluded from the average common shares assuming dilution for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 as they were anti-dilutive. At September 30, 2014, the majority of the anti-dilutive shares were granted at an exercise price of $41.87, which was higher than the average fair market value prices of $15.24 and $17.55, respectively, for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014. At September 30, 2013, 4,375,829 and 4,406,045 shares associated with stock options were excluded from the average common shares assuming dilution for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 as they were anti-dilutive. At September 30, 2013, the majority of the anti-dilutive shares were granted at an exercise price of $41.87, which was higher than the average fair market value prices of $15.88 and $15.04, respectively, for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013. For the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 and September 30, 2013, there were no shares necessary to settle a conversion spread on the convertible notes to be included in the common shares assuming dilution as the average market price of the Company stock for these periods did not exceed the conversion price.

Concentration of Credit Risk

The Company manufactures and distributes durable medical equipment to the home health care, retail and extended care markets. The Company performs credit evaluations of its customers’ financial condition. The Company utilizes De Lage Landen, Inc. (“DLL”), a third party financing company, to provide the majority of future lease financing to the Company’s North America customers. The DLL agreement provides for direct leasing between DLL and the Invacare customer. The Company retains a recourse obligation of $4,831,000 at September 30, 2014 to DLL for events of default under the contracts, which total $36,218,000 at September 30, 2014. The Company's recourse is re-evaluated by DLL biannually, considers activity between the biannual dates

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INVACARE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) - September 30, 2014

and excludes any receivables repurchased by the Company from DLL. The Company monitors the collections status of these contracts and has provided amounts for estimated losses in its allowances for doubtful accounts in accordance with Receivables, ASC 310-10-05-4. Credit losses are provided for in the financial statements.

Substantially all of the Company’s receivables are due from health care, medical equipment providers and long term care facilities located throughout the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Europe. A significant portion of products sold to dealers, both foreign and domestic, is ultimately funded through government reimbursement programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. The Company has also seen a significant shift in reimbursement to customers from managed care entities. As a consequence, changes in these programs can have an adverse impact on dealer liquidity and profitability. In addition, reimbursement guidelines in the home health care industry have a substantial impact on the nature and type of equipment an end user can obtain as well as the timing of reimbursement and, thus, affect the product mix, pricing and payment patterns of the Company’s customers.

Derivatives

ASC 815 requires companies to recognize all derivative instruments in the consolidated balance sheet as either assets or liabilities at fair value. The accounting for changes in fair value of a derivative is dependent upon whether or not the derivative has been designated and qualifies for hedge accounting treatment and the type of hedging relationship. For derivatives designated and qualifying as hedging instruments, the Company must designate the hedging instrument, based upon the exposure being hedged, as a fair value hedge, cash flow hedge, or a hedge of a net investment in a foreign operation.

Cash Flow Hedging Strategy

The Company uses derivative instruments in an attempt to manage its exposure to foreign currency exchange risk and interest rate risk. Foreign forward exchange contracts are used to manage the price risk associated with forecasted sales denominated in foreign currencies and the price risk associated with forecasted purchases of inventory over the next twelve months. Interest rate swaps are, at times, utilized to manage interest rate risk associated with the Company’s fixed and floating-rate borrowings.

The Company recognizes its derivative instruments as assets or liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet measured at fair value. A majority of the Company’s derivative instruments are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges. Accordingly, the effective portion of the gain or loss on the derivative instrument is reported as a component of other comprehensive income and reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods during which the hedged transaction affects earnings. The remaining gain or loss on the derivative instrument in excess of the cumulative change in the fair value of the hedged item, if any, is recognized in current earnings during the period of change.

During a portion of 2014 and all of 2013, the Company was a party to interest rate swap agreements that qualified as cash flow hedges and effectively converted floating-rate debt to fixed-rate debt, so the Company could avoid the risk of changes in market interest rates. The gains or losses on interest rate swaps are reflected in interest expense on the consolidated statement of comprehensive income (loss).

To protect against increases/decreases in forecasted foreign currency cash flows resulting from inventory purchases/sales over the next year, the Company utilizes foreign currency forward contracts to hedge portions of its forecasted purchases/sales denominated in foreign currencies. The gains and losses are included in cost of products sold and selling, general and administrative expenses on the consolidated statement of comprehensive income (loss). If it is later determined that a hedged forecasted transaction is unlikely to occur, any prospective gains or losses on the forward contracts would be recognized in earnings. The Company does not expect any material amount of hedge ineffectiveness related to forward contract cash flow hedges during the next twelve months.

The Company has historically not recognized any material amount of ineffectiveness related to forward contract cash flow hedges because the Company generally limits its hedges to between 60% and 90% of total forecasted transactions for a given entity’s exposure to currency rate changes and the transactions hedged are recurring in nature. Furthermore, the majority of the hedged transactions are related to intercompany sales and purchases for which settlement occurs on a specific day each month. Forward contracts with a total notional amount in USD of $42,890,000 and $118,017,000 matured for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 compared to forward contracts with a total notional amount in USD of $51,250,000 and $131,923,000 that matured for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) - September 30, 2014

Outstanding foreign currency forward exchange contracts qualifying and designated for hedge accounting treatment were as follows (in thousands USD):

	September 30, 2014					December 31, 2013
	Notional Amount		Unrealized Net Gain (Loss)			Notional Amount		Unrealized Net Gain (Loss)
USD / AUD	$	582	$	10		$	—	$	—
USD / CNY	3,242		(24		)	11,730		(66		)
USD / CHF	97		2			486		4
USD / EUR	14,563		533			51,106		(168		)
USD / GBP	604		(19		)	2,686		(45		)
USD / NZD	1,012		(19		)	—		—
USD / SEK	479		37			2,485		58
USD / MXP	2,754		6			5,960		102
EUR / AUD	163		(11		)	—		—
EUR / CAD	380		(7		)	1,710		(1		)
EUR / CHF	718		13			2,654		1
EUR / DKK	306		(1		)	1,382		(5		)
EUR / GBP	7,603		(529		)	29,614		(501		)
EUR / SEK	808		48			3,432		75
EUR / NOK	962		(10		)	3,135		66
EUR / NZD	1,747		61			6,959		(111		)
AUD / CAD	354		8			—		—
AUD / NZD	255		(13		)	—		—
GBP / CHF	218		(14		)	837		(26		)
GBP / SEK	519		(67		)	2,078		(101		)
DKK / SEK	1,193		(50		)	5,337		(94		)
NOK / SEK	818		(39		)	3,418		31
	$	39,377	$	(85	)	$	135,009	$	(781	)

Derivatives Not Qualifying or Designated for Hedge Accounting Treatment

The Company also utilizes foreign currency forward contracts that are not designated as hedges in accordance with ASC 815. These contracts are entered into to eliminate the risk associated with the settlement of short-term intercompany trading receivables and payables between Invacare Corporation and its foreign subsidiaries. The currency forward contracts are entered into at the same time as the intercompany receivables or payables are created so that upon settlement, the gain/loss on the settlement is offset by the gain/loss on the foreign currency forward contract. No material net gain or loss was realized by the Company in 2014 or 2013 related to these contracts and the associated short-term intercompany trading receivables and payables.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) - September 30, 2014

Foreign currency forward exchange contracts not qualifying or designated for hedge accounting treatment entered into in 2014 and 2013, respectively, and outstanding were as follows (in thousands USD):

	September 30, 2014					December 31, 2013
	Notional Amount		Gain (Loss)			Notional Amount		Gain (Loss)
AUD / USD	$	4,200	$	110		$	225	$	(1	)
CAD / USD	4,565		(103		)	—		$	—
CNY / USD	3,247		(29		)	—		—
EUR / USD	98,628		(1,617		)	14,867		250
CHF / USD	328		(14		)	1,645		35
DKK / USD	11,344		(580		)	—		—
GBP / USD	8,653		(49		)	—		—
NOK / USD	3,774		(52		)	—		—
NZD / USD	4,500		68			3,824		(1		)
SEK / USD	719		(32		)	—		—
EUR / AUD	2,142		(85		)	2,039		80
EUR / CAD	19		(1		)	—		—
EUR / DKK	33		—			5,470		(3		)
AUD / CAD	—		—			5,989		10
EUR / NOK	4		—			—		—
	$	142,156	$	(2,384	)	$	34,059	$	370

The fair values of the Company’s derivative instruments were as follows (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014				December 31, 2013
	Assets		Liabilities		Assets		Liabilities
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments under ASC 815
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts	$	740	$	825	$	414	$	1,195
Interest rate swap contracts	—		—		—		12
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments under ASC 815
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts	400		2,784		375		5
Total derivatives	$	1,140	$	3,609	$	789	$	1,212

The fair values of the Company’s foreign currency forward exchange contract assets and liabilities are included in Other Current Assets and Accrued Expenses, respectively in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) - September 30, 2014

The effect of derivative instruments on Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (OCI) and the Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss) and was as follows (in thousands):

Derivatives in ASC 815 cash flow hedge relationships	Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Accumulated OCI on Derivatives (Effective Portion)			Amount of Gain  (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated  OCI into Income (Effective Portion)			Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivatives  (Ineffective Portion and Amount Excluded from Effectiveness Testing)
Three months ended September 30, 2014
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts	$	451		$	(11	)	$	—
Nine months ended September 30, 2014
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts	$	127		$	(465	)	$	(22	)
Interest rate swap contracts	—			(12		)	—
	$	127		$	(477	)	$	(22	)
Three months ended September, 2013
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts	$	48		$	(65	)	$	2
Interest rate swap contracts	(245		)	(13		)	—
	$	(197	)	$	(78	)	$	2
Nine months ended September 30, 2013
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts	$	495		$	67		$	37
Interest rate swap contracts	155			(139		)	—
	$	650		$	(72	)	$	37
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments under ASC 815							Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivatives
Three months ended September 30, 2014
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts							$	(2,240	)
Nine months ended September 30, 2014
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts							$	(2,384	)
Three months ended September 30, 2013
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts							$	361
Nine months ended September 30, 2013
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts							$	617

The gains or losses recognized as the result of the settlement of cash flow hedge foreign currency forward contracts are recognized in net sales for hedges of inventory sales and in cost of product sold for hedges of inventory purchases. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, net sales were decreased by $369,000 and $517,000 while cost of product sold was decreased by $316,000 and increased by $68,000 for net pre-tax realized losses of $53,000 and $585,000, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, net sales were increased by $54,000 and $496,000 while cost of product sold was increased by $128,000 and $453,000 for a net realized pre-tax loss of $74,000 and a gain of $43,000, respectively.

The Company recognized pre-tax expense of $12,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 compared to pre-tax expense of $13,000 and $139,000for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013, respectively, related to interest rate swap agreements, which is reflected in interest expense on the consolidated statement of comprehensive income (loss).

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) - September 30, 2014

A loss of $2,240,000 and a loss of $2,384,000 were recognized in selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014, respectively, compared to gains of $361,000 and $617,000for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013, respectively, on ineffective forward contracts and forward contracts not designated as hedging instruments that were entered into to offset gains/losses that were also recorded in SG&A expenses on intercompany trade receivables or payables. Any gains/losses on the non-designated hedging instruments were substantially offset by gains/losses also recorded in SG&A expenses on intercompany trade payables.

The Company has entered into foreign currency forward exchange contracts and, at times, interest rate swap contracts (the “agreements”) with various bank counterparties, each of which are subject to provisions which are similar to a master netting agreement. The agreements provide for a net settlement payment in a single currency upon a default by the Company. Furthermore, the agreements provide the counterparty with a right of set off in the event of a default that would enable the counterparty to offset any net payment due by the counterparty to the Company under the applicable agreement by any amount due by the Company to the counterparty under any other agreement. For example, the terms of the agreement would permit a counterparty to a derivative contract that is also a lender under the Company's Amended and Restated Credit Agreement to reduce any derivative settlement amounts owed to the Company under the derivative contract by any amounts owed to the counterparty by the Company under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. In addition, the agreements contain cross-default provisions that could trigger a default by the Company under the agreement in the event of a default by the Company under another agreement with the same counterparty. The Company does not present any derivatives on a net basis in its financial statements and all derivative balances presented are subject to provisions that are similar to master netting agreements.

Fair Values

Pursuant to ASC 820, the inputs used to derive the fair value of assets and liabilities are analyzed and assigned a level I, II or III priority, with level I being the highest and level III being the lowest in the hierarchy. Level I inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level II inputs are quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets: quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs are observable in active markets. Level III inputs are based on valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs are unobservable.

The following table provides a summary of the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured on a recurring basis (in thousands):

				Basis for Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date
				Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets / (Liabilities)	Significant Other Observable Inputs			Significant Other Unobservable Inputs
	Total			Level I	Level II			Level III
September 30, 2014
Forward Exchange Contracts—net	$	(2,469	)	—	$	(2,469	)	—
December 31, 2013
Forward Exchange Contracts—net	$	(411	)	—	$	(411	)	—
Interest Rate Swap Agreements—net	(12		)	—	(12		)	—

Forward Contracts: The Company operates internationally and as a result is exposed to foreign currency fluctuations. Specifically, the exposure includes intercompany loans and third party sales or payments. In an attempt to reduce this exposure, foreign currency forward contracts are utilized and accounted for as hedging instruments. The forward contracts are used to hedge the following currencies: AUD, CAD, CHF, CNY, DKK, EUR, GBP, MXP, NOK, NZD, SEK and USD. The Company does not use derivative financial instruments for speculative purposes. Fair values for the Company’s foreign exchange forward contracts are based on quoted market prices for contracts with similar maturities.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) - September 30, 2014

The carrying values and fair values of the Company’s financial instruments are as follows (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014						December 31, 2013
	Carrying Value			Fair Value			Carrying Value			Fair Value
Cash and cash equivalents	$	29,066		$	29,066		$	29,785		$	29,785
Other investments	642			642			998			998
Installment receivables, net of reserves	2,528			2,528			2,819			2,819
Long-term debt (including current maturities of long-term debt)	(24,688		)	(23,794		)	(45,286		)	(46,124		)
Forward contracts in Other Current Assets	1,140			1,140			789			789
Forward contracts in Accrued Expenses	(3,609		)	(3,609		)	(1,200		)	(1,200		)
Interest rate swap agreements in Accrued Expenses	—			—			(12		)	(12		)

The Company, in estimating its fair value disclosures for financial instruments, used the following methods and assumptions:

Cash, cash equivalents: The carrying value reported in the balance sheet for cash, cash equivalents equals its fair value.

Other investments: The Company has made other investments in limited partnerships and non-marketable equity securities, which are accounted for using the cost method, adjusted for any estimated declines in value. These investments were acquired in private placements and there are no quoted market prices or stated rates of return. The Company does not have the ability to easily sell these investments.

Installment receivables: The carrying value reported in the balance sheet for installment receivables approximates its fair value. The interest rates associated with these receivables have not varied significantly since inception. Management believes that after consideration of the credit risk, the net book value of the installment receivables approximates market value.

Long-term debt: Fair values for the Company’s convertible debt is based on quoted market-based estimates as of the end of the period, while the revolving credit facility fair values are based upon the Company’s estimate of the market for similar borrowing arrangements. The fair values are deemed to be categorized as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

Forward contracts and interest rate swaps: Fair values for the Company’s foreign exchange forward contracts are based on quoted market prices for contracts with similar maturities, while the fair values of the interest rate swaps are based on model-derived calculations using inputs that are observable in active markets.

Business Segments

The Company operates in four primary business segments: North America/Home Medical Equipment (North America/HME), Institutional Products Group (IPG), Europe and Asia/Pacific.

The North America/HME segment sells each of three primary product lines, which includes: lifestyle, mobility and seating and respiratory therapy products. IPG sells or rents long-term care medical equipment, health care furnishings and accessory products. Europe and Asia/Pacific sell product lines similar to North America/HME and IPG.

The Company evaluates performance and allocates resources based on profit or loss from operations before income taxes for each reportable segment. The accounting policies of each segment are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies for the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Intersegment sales and transfers are based on the costs to manufacture plus a reasonable profit element. Therefore, intercompany profit or loss on intersegment sales and transfers is not considered in evaluating segment performance except for Asia/Pacific due to its significant intercompany sales volume relative to the segment.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) - September 30, 2014

The information by segment is as follows (in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
Revenues from external customers
North America/HME	$	124,258		$	146,454		$	383,109		$	448,547
Institutional Products Group	25,151			28,083			76,072			87,135
Europe	158,505			150,265			455,263			429,650
Asia/Pacific	12,606			11,776			37,520			38,327
Consolidated	$	320,520		$	336,578		$	951,964		$	1,003,659
Intersegment revenues
North America/HME	$	20,730		$	20,427		$	60,084		$	59,443
Institutional Products Group	1,414			1,254			5,840			4,243
Europe	2,681			1,890			6,494			6,156
Asia/Pacific	7,694			6,411			20,044			19,417
Consolidated	$	32,519		$	29,982		$	92,462		$	89,259
Restructuring charges before income taxes
North America/HME	$	3,041		$	1,210		$	4,689		$	4,837
Institutional Products Group	591			36			2,308			237
Europe	69			542			1,030			722
Asia/Pacific	376			96			380			1,202
Consolidated	$	4,077		$	1,884		$	8,407		$	6,998
Earnings (loss) before income taxes
North America/HME	$	(22,568	)	$	(11,563	)	$	(54,821	)	$	(37,808	)
Institutional Products Group	(7,275		)	1,010			(7,636		)	1,955
Europe	12,181			13,136			33,190			27,344
Asia/Pacific	(1,736		)	(2,233		)	(6,835		)	(9,871		)
All Other (1)	(6,977		)	(6,354		)	(18,723		)	(17,515		)
Consolidated	$	(26,375	)	$	(6,004	)	$	(54,825	)	$	(35,895	)

  ________________________

(1) Consists of un-allocated corporate SG&A costs and intercompany profits, which do not meet the quantitative criteria for determining reportable segments.

Contingencies

General

In the ordinary course of its business, the Company is a defendant in a number of lawsuits, primarily product liability actions in which various plaintiffs seek damages for injuries allegedly caused by defective products. All of the product liability lawsuits that the Company faces in the United States have been referred to the Company's captive insurance company and/or excess insurance carriers while all non-U.S. lawsuits have been referred to the Company's commercial insurance carriers. All such lawsuits are generally contested vigorously. The coverage territory of the Company's insurance is worldwide with the exception of those countries with respect to which, at the time the product is sold for use or at the time a claim is made, the U.S. government has suspended or prohibited diplomatic or trade relations. The amount recorded for identified contingent liabilities is based on estimates. Amounts recorded are reviewed periodically and adjusted to reflect additional technical and legal information that becomes available. Actual costs to be incurred in future periods may vary from the estimates, given the inherent uncertainties in evaluating certain exposures.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) - September 30, 2014

As a medical device manufacturer, the Company is subject to extensive government regulation, including numerous laws directed at preventing fraud and abuse and laws regulating reimbursement under various government programs. The marketing, invoicing, documenting and other practices of health care suppliers and manufacturers are all subject to government scrutiny. Most of the Company's facilities are subject to periodic inspection by the FDA or similar medical device regulatory agencies in other jurisdictions. Violations of law or regulations can result in administrative, civil and criminal penalties and sanctions, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business.

On November 15, 2013, an amended complaint, in a lawsuit originally instituted on May 24, 2013, was filed against Invacare Corporation, Gerald B. Blouch and A. Malachi Mixon III in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, alleging that the defendants violated federal securities laws by failing to properly disclose the issues that the Company has faced with the FDA. The lawsuit seeks class certification and unspecified damages and attorneys' fees for purchasers of the Company's common shares between July 22, 2010 and December 7, 2011. This lawsuit has been referred to the Company's insurance carriers. The Company intends to vigorously defend this lawsuit.

On September 12, 2014, a second amended complaint, in a lawsuit originally instituted on August 26, 2013, was filed against Invacare Corporation, Gerald B. Blouch, A. Malachi Mixon III and Patricia Stumpp, as well as outside directors Dale C. LaPorte, Michael F. Delaney and Charles S. Robb, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, alleging that the defendants breached their fiduciary duties and violated the Employment Retirement Security Act (ERISA) in the administration and maintenance of the Company stock fund in the Company’s Retirement Savings Plan (401(k) Plan). The lawsuit seeks class certification and unspecified damages and attorneys' fees for participants in the Company's stock fund of the 401(k) Plan between July 22, 2010 and the present. This lawsuit has been referred to the Company's insurance carriers. The Company intends to vigorously defend this lawsuit.

Medical Device Regulatory Matters

The FDA in the United States regulates virtually all aspects of the development, testing, manufacturing, labeling, promotion, distribution and marketing of a medical device. The Company and its products are subject to the laws and regulations of the FDA and other regulatory bodies in the various jurisdictions where the Company's products are manufactured or sold. The Company's failure to comply with the regulatory requirements of the FDA and other applicable medical device regulatory requirements can subject the Company to administrative or judicially imposed sanctions or enforcement actions. These sanctions include injunctions, consent decrees, warning letters, civil penalties, criminal penalties, product seizure or detention, product recalls and total or partial suspension of production.

In December 2012, the Company reached agreement with the FDA on the terms of the consent decree of injunction with respect to the Company's Corporate facility and its Taylor Street wheelchair manufacturing facility in Elyria, Ohio. A complaint and consent decree were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, and on December 21, 2012, the Court approved the consent decree and it became effective. The consent decree limits the Company's manufacture and distribution of power and manual wheelchairs, wheelchair components and wheelchair sub-assemblies at or from its Taylor Street manufacturing facility. The decree also temporarily limited design activities related to wheelchairs and power beds that take place at the impacted Elyria, Ohio facilities. The Company is entitled to continue to produce from the Taylor Street manufacturing facility certain medically necessary wheelchairs provided that documentation and record-keeping requirements are followed, as well as ongoing replacement, service and repair of products already in use, under terms delineated in the consent decree. Under the terms of the consent decree, in order to resume full operations at the impacted facilities, the Company must successfully complete a third-party expert certification audit at the impacted Elyria facilities, which is comprised of three distinct reports that must be submitted to, and accepted by, the FDA. After the final certification report is submitted to the FDA, as well as the Company’s own report as to its compliance status together with its responses to any observations in the certification report, the FDA is expected to inspect the Company's Corporate and Taylor Street facilities to determine whether they are in compliance with the Quality System Regulation (QSR) governing the manufacture of medical devices and the terms of the consent decree. If the FDA is satisfied with the Company's compliance, the FDA will provide written notification that the Company is permitted to resume full operations at the impacted facilities.

During 2013, the Company completed the first two of the expert certification audits, and the FDA found the results of both to be acceptable. In these reports, the third-party expert certified that the Company's equipment and process validation procedures and its design control systems are compliant with the FDA's QSR. As a result of the FDA's acceptance of the first certification report on May 13, 2013, the Taylor Street facility was able to resume supplying parts and components for the further manufacturing of medical devices at other Company facilities. The Company's receipt of the FDA's acceptance of the second certification report on July 15, 2013, resulted in the Company being able to resume design activities at the impacted facilities related to power wheelchairs and power beds.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) - September 30, 2014

The third, expert certification audit is an overall review of the Company's compliance with the FDA's QSR at the impacted Elyria facilities. This audit process is the most comprehensive and challenging of the three expert certification audits, and it encompasses all areas of the Company's Corporate and Taylor Street quality system. As part of this process, the Company has determined that it needs to better demonstrate that its quality system is sustainably compliant and that each subsystem is properly integrated. Accordingly, the Company has engaged additional consultants to help improve the functionality and capabilities of certain of its quality subsystems, most notably complaint handling and corrective and preventative actions (CAPA). The Company respects the comprehensive nature of the audit process and is working diligently to be in a position to ultimately demonstrate compliance to the third-party expert auditor and subsequently, the FDA.

The Company cannot predict the timing or the outcome of the final expert certification audit. According to the consent decree, once the expert's third certification audit is completed and the certification report is submitted to the FDA, as well as the Company’s own report related to its compliance status, together with its responses to any observations in the certification report, the FDA will inspect the Company's Corporate and Taylor Street facilities to determine whether they are in compliance with the FDA's QSR. If the FDA is satisfied with the Company's compliance, the FDA will provide written notification that the Company is permitted to resume full operations at the impacted facilities.

After resumption of full operations, the Company must undergo five years of audits by a third-party expert auditor to determine whether the facilities are in continuous compliance with FDA's QSR and the consent decree. The auditor will inspect the Corporate and Taylor Street facilities’ activities every six months during the first year following the resumption of full operations and then every 12 months for the next four years thereafter.

As described above, because the limitations on production are expected to be temporary in nature, and partial production is allowed, the Company does not anticipate any major repair, replacement or scrapping of its fixed assets at the Taylor Street manufacturing facility. Based on the Company's expectations at the time of filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q with respect to the utilization of such raw material and with respect to expected future cash flows from production at the Taylor Street manufacturing facility, the Company concluded that there is no impairment in the value of the fixed assets related to the Taylor Street manufacturing facility at September 30, 2014.

The majority of the production from the Taylor Street facility is "made to order" custom wheelchairs for customers and, as a result, there was not a significant amount of finished goods inventory on hand at September 30, 2014, and the inventory is expected to be fully utilized. Accordingly, the Company concluded that there was not an impairment of the work in process and finished goods at the Taylor Street facility at September 30, 2014. Further, based on its analysis of the raw material inventory at the Taylor Street facility and the Company's expectations at the time of filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q with respect to the time frame for completion of the third-party expert certification audits and FDA inspection, the Company concluded that the value of the inventory was not excessive or impaired at September 30, 2014. However, if the Company's expectations regarding the impacts of the limitations in the consent decree or the time frame for completion of the third-party expert certification audits and FDA inspection were to change, the Company may, in future periods, conclude that an impairment exists with respect to its fixed assets or inventory at the Taylor Street facility.

Although the North America/HME segment is the segment primarily impacted by the limitations in the FDA consent decree, the Asia/Pacific segment also is negatively affected as a result of the consent decree due to the lower sales volume of microprocessor controllers. During 2012, before the effective date of the consent decree, the Company started to experience decreases in net sales in the North America/HME and Asia/Pacific segments. The Company believes that those decreases were driven in large part by the consent decree which has led to delays in new product introductions and to uncertainty regarding the timing of exiting the consent decree, which limited the Company's ability to renegotiate and bid on certain customer contracts and otherwise led to a decline in customer orders.  Separately, net sales in the North America/HME segment were likely impacted by uncertainty on the part of the Company's customers as they coped with prepayment reviews and post-payment audits by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") and contemplated their participation in the next round of National Competitive Bidding ("NCB"). The negative effect of the consent decree on customer orders and net sales in these segments has been considerable, and the Company expects to continue to experience low levels of net sales in the North America/HME and Asia/Pacific segments at least until it has successfully completed the previously-described third-party expert certification audit and FDA inspection and has received written notification from the FDA that the Company may resume full operations at the Corporate and Taylor Street facilities. Even after the Company is permitted to resume full operations at the affected facilities, it is uncertain as to whether, or how quickly, the Company will be able to rebuild net sales to more typical historical levels, irrespective of market conditions. Accordingly, when compared to the Company's 2010 results, the limitations in the consent decree had, and likely will continue to have, a material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition and results of operations.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) - September 30, 2014

For additional information regarding the consent decree, please see the following sections of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2013: Item 1. Business - Government Regulation and Item 1A. Risk Factors and the following sections of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q: Item 1. Legal Proceedings; and Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Outlook and - Liquidity and Capital Resources.

The Company' recorded additional warranty expense for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 totaling $11,493,000 for three specific product issues. First, an expense of $6,559,000 for a field action that is under review related to a component in a stationary oxygen concentrator that was manufactured in the Company’s facility in Suzhou, China, and sold globally. The component is no longer used in production. The Company is aware of five reported incidents in Europe. There have been no reported injuries, and no incidents reported elsewhere. This expense was recorded in the European segment ($3,395,000) and North America/HME segment ($3,164,000). Second, an expense of $2,057,000 for the recall of a sieve bed component used within stationary oxygen concentrators manufactured during August 2014, which was recorded in the North America/HME segment. Third, an incremental expense of $2,877,000 related to the Company's joystick recall as a result of higher than previously anticipated response rates from large customers in the U.S. and Canada and a product mix toward higher cost joysticks, which was recorded in the North America/HME segment ($1,612,000) and the Asia/Pacific segment ($1,265,000). These warranty reserves are subject to adjustment in future periods as new developments change the Company's estimate of the total cost of these matters.

In December 2010, the Company received a warning letter from the FDA related to quality system processes and procedures at the Company's Sanford, Florida facility. In October 2014, the FDA conducted an inspection at the Sanford facility and, at the conclusion, issued its Form 483 inspectional observations to the Company, reflecting areas where the FDA does not believe the Company is in compliance with QSR requirements. The FDA had four inspectional observations, three of which related to complaint handling and CAPA and a fourth related to production process controls. The results of regulatory claims, proceedings, investigations, or litigation are difficult to predict. An unfavorable resolution or outcome of the FDA warning letter or other FDA enforcement related to the Sanford facility could materially and adversely affect the Company's business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Any of the above contingencies could have an adverse impact on the Company's financial condition or results of operations.

Supplemental Guarantor Information

Effective February 12, 2007, substantially all of the domestic subsidiaries (the “Guarantor Subsidiaries”) of the Company became guarantors of the indebtedness of Invacare Corporation under its 4.125% Convertible Senior Subordinated Debentures due 2027 (the “Debentures”) with an original aggregate principal amount of $135,000,000. The majority of the Company’s subsidiaries are not guaranteeing the indebtedness of the Debentures (the “Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries”). Each of the Guarantor Subsidiaries has fully and unconditionally guaranteed, on a joint and several basis, to pay principal, premium, and interest related to the Debentures and each of the Guarantor Subsidiaries are directly or indirectly 100%-owned subsidiaries of the Company. Specifically, the Debentures are guaranteed on an unsecured senior subordinated basis by all of the Company's existing domestic subsidiaries (other than the Company's captive insurance subsidiary and any receivables subsidiaries) and certain future direct and indirect 100% owned domestic subsidiaries. All of the guarantors are released and relieved of any liability under such guarantees upon the satisfaction and discharge of the indenture governing the debentures and the payment in full of the debentures. Additionally, in the event any subsidiary guarantor no longer guarantees any of the Company's existing or future senior debt incurred in a public or private U.S. capital markets transaction, such guarantor shall be released and relieved of any liability which it has under the indenture governing the debentures.

Presented below are the consolidating condensed financial statements of Invacare Corporation (Parent), its combined Guarantor Subsidiaries and combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries with their investments in subsidiaries accounted for using the equity method. The Company does not believe that separate financial statements of the Guarantor Subsidiaries are material to investors and accordingly, separate financial statements and other disclosures related to the Guarantor Subsidiaries are not presented.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) - September 30, 2014

CONSOLIDATING CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

	The Company (Parent)			Combined Guarantor Subsidiaries			Combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Total
Three month period ended September 30, 2014	(in thousands)
Net sales	$	55,333		$	96,947		$	192,482		$	(24,242	)	$	320,520
Cost of products sold	49,799			76,819			133,533			(24,278		)	235,873
Gross Profit	5,534			20,128			58,949			36			84,647
Selling, general and administrative expenses	32,124			19,765			46,375			(83		)	98,181
Charge related to restructuring activities	3,149			—			928			—			4,077
Asset write-downs to intangibles	—			8,253			—			—			8,253
Income (loss) from equity investee	13,251			8,476			(63		)	(21,664		)	—
Interest expense	57			406			48			—			511
Earnings (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes	(16,545		)	180			11,535			(21,545		)	(26,375		)
Income taxes (benefit)	(1,449		)	400			3,399			—			2,350
Net Earnings (Loss) from Continuing Operations	(15,096		)	(220		)	8,136			(21,545		)	(28,725		)
Net Earnings from Discontinued Operations	—			13,629			—			—			13,629
Net Earnings (loss)	$	(15,096	)	$	13,409		$	8,136		$	(21,545	)	$	(15,096	)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	(22,346		)	(5,327		)	(9,521		)	14,848			(22,346		)
Comprehensive Income (Loss)	$	(37,442	)	$	8,082		$	(1,385	)	$	(6,697	)	$	(37,442	)

Three month period ended September 30, 2013
Net sales	$	60,641		$	114,950		$	184,299	$	(23,312	)	$	336,578
Cost of products sold	52,454			84,997			128,232		(23,312		)	242,371
Gross Profit	8,187			29,953			56,067		—			94,207
Selling, general and administrative expenses	29,046			24,223			44,310		—			97,579
Charge related to restructuring activities	1,597			36			251		—			1,884
Asset write-downs to intangibles	—			167			—		—			167
Income (loss) from equity investee	32,513			8,935			22		(41,470		)	—
Interest expense (income)—net	(603		)	1,107			77		—			581
Earnings (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes	10,660			13,355			11,451		(41,470		)	(6,004		)
Income taxes (benefit)	(5,442		)	(480		)	6,192		—			270
Net Earnings (Loss) from Continuing Operations	16,102			13,835			5,259		(41,470		)	(6,274		)
Net Earnings from Discontinued Operations	—			22,376			—		—			22,376
Net Earnings (loss)	$	16,102		$	36,211		$	5,259	$	(41,470	)	$	16,102
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	9,874			220			10,135		(10,355		)	9,874
Comprehensive Income (Loss)	$	25,976		$	36,431		$	15,394	$	(51,825	)	$	25,976

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INVACARE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) - September 30, 2014

CONSOLIDATING CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

	The Company (Parent)			Combined Guarantor Subsidiaries			Combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Total
Nine month period ended September 30, 2014	(in thousands)
Net sales	$	160,054		$	307,801		$	554,060		$	(69,951	)	$	951,964
Cost of products sold	144,620			234,288			384,025			(69,987		)	692,946
Gross Profit	15,434			73,513			170,035			36			259,018
Selling, general and administrative expenses	95,990			62,633			136,788			(83		)	295,328
Charge related to restructuring activities	5,203			(95		)	3,299			—			8,407
Asset write-downs to intangibles	—			8,253			—			—			8,253
Income (loss) from equity investee	37,596			23,103			(127		)	(60,572		)	—
Interest expense (income)—net	(227		)	1,668			414			—			1,855
Earnings (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes	(47,936		)	24,157			29,407			(60,453		)	(54,825		)
Income taxes (benefit)	(1,251		)	—			8,501			—			7,250
Net Earnings (Loss) from Continuing Operations	(46,685		)	24,157			20,906			(60,453		)	(62,075		)
Net Earnings from Discontinued Operations	—			15,390			—			—			15,390
Net Earnings (loss)	$	(46,685	)	$	39,547		$	20,906		$	(60,453	)	$	(46,685	)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	(19,933		)	(3,038		)	(18,476		)	21,514			(19,933		)
Comprehensive Income (Loss)	$	(66,618	)	$	36,509		$	2,430		$	(38,939	)	$	(66,618	)

Nine month period ended September 30, 2013
Net sales	$	186,453		$	350,291		$	535,805		$	(68,890	)	$	1,003,659
Cost of products sold	159,884			258,609			378,287			(69,264		)	727,516
Gross Profit	26,569			91,682			157,518			374			276,143
Selling, general and administrative expenses	99,338			69,085			131,640			2,694			302,757
Charge related to restructuring activities	5,078			49			1,871			—			6,998
Asset write-downs to intangibles	—			167			—			—			167
Income (loss) from equity investee	105,501			21,472			(93		)	(126,880		)	—
Interest expense (income)—net	(1,418		)	2,819			715			—			2,116
Earnings (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes	29,072			41,034			23,199			(129,200		)	(35,895		)
Income taxes (benefit)	(9,749		)	(1,470		)	13,649			—			2,430
Net Earnings (Loss) from Continuing Operations	38,821			42,504			9,550			(129,200		)	(38,325		)
Net Earnings from Discontinued Operations	—			77,146			—			—			77,146
Net Earnings (loss)	$	38,821		$	119,650		$	9,550		$	(129,200	)	$	38,821
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	1,845			(415		)	2,228			(1,813		)	1,845
Comprehensive Income (Loss)	$	40,666		$	119,235		$	11,778		$	(131,013	)	$	40,666

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INVACARE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) - September 30, 2014

CONSOLIDATING CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

	The Company (Parent)		Combined Guarantor Subsidiaries		Combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Total
September 30, 2014	(in thousands)
Assets
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,752	$	471	$	26,843	$	—		$	29,066
Trade receivables, net	51,229		27,551		93,472		—			172,252
Installment receivables, net	—		413		911		—			1,324
Inventories, net	24,361		27,902		113,045		(2,575		)	162,733
Deferred income taxes	—		—		2,389		—			2,389
Intercompany advances, net	8,919		1,861		68,139		(78,919		)	—
Other current assets	6,138		467		36,836		(6,180		)	37,261
Total Current Assets	92,399		58,665		341,635		(87,674		)	405,025
Investment in subsidiaries	1,430,467		477,900		—		(1,908,367		)	—
Intercompany advances, net	1,022,820		1,656,292		183,397		(2,862,509		)	—
Other Assets	28,990		1,031		1,980		—			32,001
Other Intangibles	366		5,456		39,997		—			45,819
Property and Equipment, net	31,056		14,407		48,018		—			93,481
Goodwill	—		16,661		431,444		—			448,105
Total Assets	$	2,606,098	$	2,230,412	$	1,046,471	$	(4,858,550	)	$	1,024,431
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable	$	52,179	$	7,408	$	61,616	$	—		$	121,203
Accrued expenses	41,846		21,541		92,838		(6,180		)	150,045
Current Taxes, payable and deferred	6,791		—		11,037		—			17,828
Intercompany advances, net	63,749		2,050		13,120		(78,919		)	—
Short-term debt and current maturities of long-term obligations	—		8		773		—			781
Total Current Liabilities	164,565		31,007		179,384		(85,099		)	289,857
Long-Term Debt	19,166		8		4,733		—			23,907
Other Long-Term Obligations	40,169		—		62,971		—			103,140
Intercompany advances, net	1,774,671		1,026,223		61,615		(2,862,509		)	—
Total Shareholders’ Equity	607,527		1,173,174		737,768		(1,910,942		)	607,527
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity	$	2,606,098	$	2,230,412	$	1,046,471	$	(4,858,550	)	$	1,024,431

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INVACARE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) - September 30, 2014

CONSOLIDATING CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

	The Company (Parent)		Combined Guarantor Subsidiaries		Combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Total
December 31, 2013	(in thousands)
Assets
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,401	$	313	$	28,071	$	—		$	29,785
Trade receivables, net	72,272		28,317		88,033		—			188,622
Installment receivables, net	—		452		1,110		—			1,562
Inventories, net	30,806		27,472		100,444		(3,085		)	155,637
Deferred income taxes	—		—		2,761		—			2,761
Intercompany advances, net	4,179		380		44,292		(48,851		)	—
Other current assets	9,970		568		35,461		(4,827		)	41,172
Total Current Assets	118,628		57,502		300,172		(56,763		)	419,539
Investment in subsidiaries	1,475,156		450,021		—		(1,925,177		)	—
Intercompany advances, net	959,071		1,620,683		179,451		(2,759,205		)	—
Other Assets	42,831		1,061		2,044		—			45,936
Other Intangibles	466		17,109		45,009		—			62,584
Property and Equipment, net	35,169		17,774		53,206		—			106,149
Goodwill	—		16,660		445,566		—			462,226
Total Assets	$	2,631,321	$	2,180,810	$	1,025,448	$	(4,741,145	)	$	1,096,434
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable	$	42,521	$	7,237	$	66,946	$	—		$	116,704
Accrued expenses	30,314		17,228		90,385		(4,827		)	133,100
Current Taxes, payable and deferred	5,375		—		6,884		—			12,259
Intercompany advances, net	42,314		2,124		4,413		(48,851		)	—
Short-term debt and current maturities of long-term obligations	13,118		8		976		—			14,102
Total Current Liabilities	133,642		26,597		169,604		(53,678		)	276,165
Long-Term Debt	25,642		61		5,481		—			31,184
Other Long-Term Obligations	53,470		—		64,806		—			118,276
Intercompany advances, net	1,747,758		959,172		52,275		(2,759,205		)	—
Total Shareholders’ Equity	670,809		1,194,980		733,282		(1,928,262		)	670,809
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity	$	2,631,321	$	2,180,810	$	1,025,448	$	(4,741,145	)	$	1,096,434

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INVACARE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) - September 30, 2014

CONSOLIDATING CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

	The Company (Parent)			Combined Guarantor Subsidiaries			Combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Total
Nine month period ended September 30, 2014	(in thousands)
Net Cash Provided (Used) by Operating Activities	$	(30,886	)	$	(498	)	$	8,089		$	23,433		$	138
Investing Activities
Purchases of property and equipment	(1,901		)	(1,030		)	(6,364		)	—			(9,295		)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment	—			—			9			—			9
Proceeds from sale of business	—			21,870			—			—			21,870
Other long-term assets	12,060			—			23			—			12,083
Other	40,728			(17,093		)	(25		)	(23,433		)	177
Net Cash Provided (Used) for Investing Activities	50,887			3,747			(6,357		)	(23,433		)	24,844
Financing Activities
Proceeds from revolving lines of credit and long-term borrowings	201,766			—			—			—			201,766
Payments on revolving lines of credit and long-term borrowings	(220,390		)	(3,091		)	(2,951		)	—			(226,432		)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	162			—			—			—			162
Payment of dividends	(1,188		)	—			—			—			(1,188		)
Net Cash Used by Financing Activities	(19,650		)	(3,091		)	(2,951		)	—			(25,692		)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	—			—			(9		)	—			(9		)
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	351			158			(1,228		)	—			(719		)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year	1,401			313			28,071			—			29,785
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	1,752		$	471		$	26,843		$	—		$	29,066

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INVACARE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) - September 30, 2014

CONSOLIDATING CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

	The Company (Parent)			Combined Guarantor Subsidiaries			Combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Total
Nine month period ended September 30, 2013	(in thousands)
Net Cash Provided (Used) by Operating Activities	$	35,179		$	(81,077	)	$	(20,736	)	$	65,389		$	(1,245	)
Investing Activities
Purchases of property and equipment	(3,234		)	(3,611		)	(4,241		)	—			(11,086		)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment	—			11			845			—			856
Proceeds from sale of business	—			187,552			—			—			187,552
Other long-term assets	783			—			166			—			949
Other	171,353			(103,417		)	—			(68,083		)	(147		)
Net Cash Provided (Used) for Investing Activities	168,902			80,535			(3,230		)	(68,083		)	178,124
Financing Activities
Proceeds from revolving lines of credit and long-term borrowings	226,189			—			23,935			—			250,124
Payments on revolving lines of credit and long-term borrowings	(431,709		)	(476		)	—			—			(432,185		)
Payment of dividends	(1,187		)	—			(2,694		)	2,694			(1,187		)
Net Cash Provided (Used) by Financing Activities	(206,707		)	(476		)	21,241			2,694			(183,248		)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	—			—			203			—			203
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(2,626		)	(1,018		)	(2,522		)	—			(6,166		)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year	5,774			1,018			31,999			—			38,791
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	3,148		$	—		$	29,477		$	—		$	32,625

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Item 2.    Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Continuing Operations.

OUTLOOK

In August, the Company took a first step to improve the profitability in the North America/HME and Asia/Pacific businesses by announcing a workforce restructuring that is expected to generate $14 to $15 million in annualized pre-tax savings in 2015. This workforce reduction was deemed necessary in light of the Company's financial results in 2014. As a result of this restructuring, the Company expected to incur cash restructuring charges for continuance of pay and benefits not to exceed $6 million on a pre-tax basis. The majority of the restructuring expense was recorded in the third quarter of 2014 with the remainder expected to be incurred in the fourth quarter of 2014 and the first quarter of 2015. From a cash flow perspective, the majority of the restructuring accruals are expected to be paid out within the next twelve months.

As the Company continues its work to turn around the business, the Company remains focused on managing its debt exposure. In the third quarter, the Company announced the sale of Altimate Medical and used the net proceeds of $21,870,000 to reduce total debt outstanding to $26,872,000, which included $8,000,000 drawn on the revolving credit facility, as of September 30, 2014. In addition, the Company is in negotiations to enter into a new credit facility, as its existing credit facility matures in October 2015.

The Company continued to experience pressure on its organic net sales, cash flow and operating profitability during the first nine months of 2014 and expects the same for at least as long as the injunctive phase of the consent decree is in place and then in the related recovery period thereafter. The key drivers of these pressures include the limited net sales of those power wheelchairs impacted by the consent decree, volume declines in lifestyle products, ongoing quality systems remediation costs and the related diversion of resources, which also has impacted the Company’s ability to introduce new products. The net sales decline of power wheelchairs is largely due to the FDA consent decree, which limits the manufacture and distribution of power and manual wheelchairs at or from the Taylor Street manufacturing facility to only those products having properly completed verification of medical necessity (VMN) documentation. The VMN is a signed document from a clinician, and in some instances a physician, that certifies that the product is deemed medically necessary for a particular patient's condition, which cannot be adequately addressed by another manufacturer's product or which is a replacement of a patient's existing product. The Company is focused on completing its expert certification audits in order to proceed to the expected FDA inspection of the Corporate and Taylor Street facilities. If the FDA is satisfied with the Company's compliance, the FDA will provide written notification that the Company is permitted to resume full production at the impacted facilities.

The North America/HME segment also is being negatively impacted by market factors including the ongoing pre- and post-payment Medicare audits of home medical equipment providers, which the Company believes adversely impacts the utilization of lifestyle products. In addition, this segment has been negatively impacted by a shift toward lower cost products that are subject to National Competitive Bidding (NCB). The Company continued to closely monitor the roll-out of the second round of NCB, which became effective in 91 additional metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) on July 1, 2013. The Company has worked closely with providers over the last three years in preparation for NCB, offering programs to assist them in improving their operational efficiency, as well as addressing its product portfolio to address market opportunities. The Company believes that products such as the HomeFill^® Oxygen System can enable providers an opportunity to reduce costs and transform their business model. The Company estimates that, for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, approximately $226,000,000 or 84% of the net sales of its U.S. HME equipment business, the major division within the North America/HME segment, were products sold to homecare providers included in the NCB product categories across the United States. When the Company's products are ordered by HME customers, the Company does not know if the products are then billed by the customer for Medicare, Medicaid or private pay reimbursement or sold as cash sales. However, industry studies have shown historically that approximately 40% of HME providers' revenues on average are from sales paid by Medicare. Additionally, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") estimated in its July 2014 Proposed Rule that the first two rounds of NCB, which include a total of 100 metropolitan statistical areas, account for approximately 50% of Medicare's spending on durable medical equipment. Taking the $226,000,000 of U.S. HME net sales of NCB bid categorized product for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and applying the previously mentioned 40% and then the 50% estimate, the portion of the Company's revenues from products potentially exposed to NCB for 2014 may have been approximately $45,200,000. By January 1, 2016, CMS expects to begin expanding NCB to 100% of the Medicare population. It also is worth noting that this estimate does not include other potential pricing pressures that also could impact HME providers from other payors. The impact of NCB on net sales is hard to measure, as the Company does not have zip code level visibility into customers' sales, rental data or Medicare fulfillment data.

The Company had a net loss from continuing operations of $0.90 and $1.94 per share for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014, respectively, compared to a net loss of $0.20 and $1.20 per share, respectively, for the same periods a year ago. These results are indicative of the continued pressures on the Company's net sales and margins that were present throughout 2013 and into 2014. The Company expects to continue to experience decreased net sales primarily in the North America/HME segment at least until it has successfully completed the previously described third-party expert certification audit and FDA inspection

I-1

and has received written notification from the FDA that the Company may resume full operations at its corporate and Taylor Street manufacturing facilities. Even after the Company receives the FDA notification that it may resume full operations at its Taylor Street facility, it is uncertain as to whether, or how quickly, the Company will be able to rebuild net sales to more typical historical levels, irrespective of market conditions. Accordingly, the Company expects that these challenges will likely negatively impact the Company's operating results throughout 2014.

STATUS OF THE CONSENT DECREE

The Company's quality systems team, which has been expanded over the last few years, has been developing action plans relating to our quality systems remediation. With the help of the consulting firm that the Company engaged earlier this year, the Company is working diligently to improve the functionality and capabilities of certain quality subsystems, most notably complaint handling and corrective and preventative actions (CAPA). However, the Company has more work to do in order to have a sustainable and integrated quality system.

The FDA consent decree at the Corporate and Taylor Street facilities in Elyria, Ohio, requires that a third-party expert perform three separate certification audits. In order to resume full operations, the third-party certification audit reports must be submitted to the FDA for review and acceptance. The Company already has received the FDA's acceptance of two of the three certification reports.

The Company cannot predict the timing or the outcome of the final expert certification audit. According to the consent decree, once the expert's third certification audit is completed and the certification report is submitted to the FDA, as well as the Company’s own report related to its compliance status, together with its responses to any observations in the certification report, the FDA will inspect the Company's Corporate and Taylor Street facilities to determine whether they are in compliance with the FDA's Quality System Regulation (QSR). If the FDA is satisfied with the Company's compliance, the FDA will provide written notification that the Company is permitted to resume full operations at the impacted facilities.

See the “Contingencies” note to the financial statements contained in Item 1 of this Form 10-Q and “Forward-Looking Statements” contained below in this Item.

RESULTS OF CONTINUING OPERATIONS

Except for free cash flow, the financial information for all periods excludes the results of discontinued operations. Discontinued operations include ISG, the Company's former domestic medical supplies business that was divested on January 18, 2013, Champion, the Company's former domestic medical recliner business for dialysis clinics that was divested on August 6, 2013, and Altimate, the Company's former manufacturer of stationary standing assistive devices for use in patient rehabilitation that was divested on August 29, 2014. Champion and Altimate were part of the Institutional Products Group segment. For more information, see the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Net Sales. Consolidated net sales for the quarter ended September 30, 2014decreased4.8% to $320,520,000 versus $336,578,000 for the same period last year. Foreign currency translation increased net sales by 1.2 percentage points. Organic net sales, which the Company defines as the difference between reported net sales and foreign currency translation, for the quarter decreased by 6.0% over the same period last year as increased net sales in the European and Asia/Pacific segments were more than offset by net sales decline in the North America/HME segment, primarily in respiratory products, as well as a decline in net sales for the IPG segment. Regarding sales of products manufactured from the Taylor Street facility, which included some products sold outside of North America/HME and is impacted by the Company's consent decree with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), net sales were approximately $11,900,000 in the third quarter of the current year compared to approximately $12,000,000 in the third quarter of last year.

Net sales for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014decreased5.2% to $951,964,000 versus $1,003,659,000 for the same period last year. Foreign currency translation increased net sales by 1.3 percentage points. Organic net sales, which the Company defines as the difference between reported net sales and foreign currency translation, for the quarter decreased by 6.5% over the same period last year as increased net sales in the European segment were more than offset by declines in all other segments. The Company estimates that sales of products manufactured from the Taylor Street facility, which included some products sold outside of the North America/HME segment, were approximately $31,900,000 in the first nine months of 2014 compared to approximately $43,700,000 in the first nine months of last year. The net sales for the first nine months of 2013 benefited from the fulfillment of quotes and orders which existed prior to the effective date of the FDA consent decree.

I-2

Europe

For the quarter, European net sales increased5.5% to $158,505,000 versus $150,265,000 for the third quarter last year with foreign currency translation increasing net sales by 2.8 percentage points. The organic net sales increase of 2.7% was primarily related to increases in net sales of lifestyle and mobility and seating products. For the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014, European net sales increased6.0% to $455,263,000 versus $429,650,000 for the same period last year as foreign currency translation increased net sales by 3.7 percentage points. The organic net sales increase of 2.3% was primarily related to increases net sales of lifestyle and mobility and seating products, which were partially offset by declines in respiratory products.

North America/Home Medical Equipment (HME)

North America/HME net sales decreased15.2% for the quarter to $124,258,000 as compared to $146,454,000 for the same period a year ago with foreign currency translation decreasing net sales by 0.4 of a percentage point. The organic net sales decrease of 14.8% was driven by declines in all product categories. The net sales decline in respiratory products is primarily attributable to a significant shipment of Invacare^® Homefill^® oxygen systems to a large national account last year which did not repeat in the current year. The net sales decline in lifestyle products was impacted by market factors including the ongoing pre- and post-payment Medicare audits of home medical equipment providers, which the Company believes adversely impacts the utilization of lifestyle products. In addition, the segment has been negatively impacted by a shift toward lower cost products for certain lifestyle products that are subject to National Competitive Bidding. The net sales decline in mobility and seating products was primarily driven by reduced net sales of scooter products, which the Company decided to exit domestically. While the mobility and seating product category has been impacted by the FDA consent decree, which limits production of custom power wheelchairs and seating systems at the Taylor Street manufacturing facility, net sales of power wheelchairs in this segment were comparable in the third quarter 2014 versus the same period last year. Power wheelchairs ordered from the Taylor Street facility continued to be fulfilled with properly completed VMN documentation. However, the number of new domestic power wheelchair units shipped from the facility in the third quarter of 2014 and 2013 represented only approximately 11.5% and 11.2%, respectively, of the pre-consent decree domestic units shipped in the third quarter of 2012.

For the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014, net sales decreased14.6% to $383,109,000 as compared to $448,547,000 for the same period a year ago with foreign currency translation decreasing net sales by 0.5 of a percentage point. The organic net sales decrease of 14.1% was driven by declines in all product categories, which were primarily attributable to factors similar to those that drove the third quarter decline.

Institutional Products Group (IPG)

IPG net sales for the quarter decreased10.4% to $25,151,000 compared to $28,083,000 for the same period last year as foreign currency decreased net sales by 0.1 of a percentage point. Organic net sales decreased by 10.3% driven primarily by declines in bed sales. Net sales for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014decreased12.7% to $76,072,000 compared to $87,135,000 for the same period last year as foreign currency decreased net sales by 0.2 of a percentage point. Organic net sales decreased by 12.5% driven primarily by declines in bed sales and declines in interior design projects.

Asia/Pacific

Asia/Pacific net sales increased7.0% for the quarter to $12,606,000 as compared to $11,776,000 for the same period a year ago. Organic net sales increased 2.9% as foreign currency translation increased net sales by 4.1 percentage points. This increase in net sales was primarily attributable to volume increases at the Company's distribution business in Australia, partially offset by declines in both the Company's subsidiary that produces microprocessor controllers and the New Zealand distribution business. Net sales for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014decreased2.1% to $37,520,000 as compared to $38,327,000 for the same period a year ago. Organic net sales decreased2.2% as foreign currency translation increased net sales by 0.1 percentage points. This decrease in net sales was primarily attributable to declines at the Company's subsidiary that produces microprocessor controllers and the New Zealand distribution business. This was partially offset by growth in the Company's Australian distribution business.

Gross Profit. Consolidated gross profit as a percentage of net sales for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 was 26.4% and 27.2%, respectively, compared to 28.0% and 27.5%, respectively, in the same periods last year. Gross margin for the third quarter of 2014 includes warranty expense of $9,256,000, or 2.9 percentage points, related to three specific product issues. First, an expense of $6,559,000 for a field action that is under review related to a component in a stationary oxygen concentrator that was manufactured in the Company’s facility in Suzhou, China, and sold globally. The component is no longer used in production. The Company is aware of five reported incidents in Europe. There have been no reported injuries, and no incidents reported elsewhere. This expense was recorded in the European segment ($3,395,000) and North America/HME segment ($3,164,000).

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Second, an expense of $2,057,000 for the recall of a sieve bed component used within stationary oxygen concentrators manufactured during August 2014, which was recorded in the North America/HME segment. Third, an incremental expense of $640,000 related to the Company's joystick recall as a result of a product mix toward higher cost joysticks, which was recorded in the North America/HME segment ($304,000) and Asia/Pacific segment ($336,000). Excluding the incremental warranty expense recorded in 2014 for the three specific product issues, gross margin as a percentage of net sales for the third quarter of 2014 increased 1.3 percentage points as compared to the third quarter of last year, primarily driven by product cost reductions.

Gross margin for the first nine months of 2014 includes warranty expense of $11,493,000, or 1.2 percentage points, related to three specific product issues. First, an expense of $6,559,000 for a field action related to stationary oxygen concentrators noted above which was recorded in the European segment ($3,395,000) and North America/HME segment ($3,164,000). Second, an expense of $2,057,000 for the recall of a sieve bed component which was recorded in the North America/HME segment. Third, an incremental expense of $2,877,000 related to the Company's joystick recall as a result of higher than previously anticipated response rates from larger customers in the U.S. and Canada and a shift in the product mix toward higher cost joysticks. This expense was recorded in the North America/HME segment ($1,612,000) and Asia/Pacific segment ($1,265,000). Gross margin for the nine months ended 2013 included warranty expense of $3,800,000, or 0.4 of a percentage point, related to the Company's joystick recall recorded in the Asia/Pacific segment ($3,400,000) and NA/HME segment ($400,000). Excluding the warranty expense recorded in 2014 for the three specific product issues and the warranty expense recorded in 2013 for the joystick recall, gross margin as a percentage of net sales for the first nine months of 2014 increased 0.5 of a percentage point as compared to the same period of 2013, primarily driven by product cost reductions. These warranty reserves are subject to adjustment in future periods as new developments change the Company's estimate of the total cost of these matters.

For the first nine months of the year, gross profit in Europe as a percentage of net sales increased1.3 percentage points compared to the same period last year. Gross profit was favorably impacted by favorable customer and product mix and lower product costs, including favorable foreign currency transactions. Gross profit for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 was negatively impacted by 0.7 of a percentage point for the incremental warranty expense of $3,395,000 recorded in the third quarter of 2014 related to the potential field action described above for a stationary oxygen concentrator component that is no longer being used in production.

For the first nine months of the year, North America/HME gross profit as a percentage of net sales decreased by 3.3 percentage points compared to the same period last year. The decline in margins was primarily as a result of unfavorable sales mix toward lower margin customers and lower margin products and increased warranty expense of $6,833,000 in the first nine months of 2014 related to the three product issues discussed above as compared to $400,000 in the first nine months of 2013 related to the joystick recall which negatively impacted margin by 1.8 percentage points and 0.1 of a percentage point, respectively.

For the first nine months of the year, IPG gross profit as a percentage of net sales increased3.4 percentage points compared to the same period last year. The increase in margin is primarily attributable to reduced warranty and research and development expenses.

For the first nine months of the year, gross profit in Asia/Pacific as a percentage of net sales increased by 0.7 percentage points compared to the same period last year. The increase was primarily attributable to lower warranty expense related to the Company's power wheelchair joystick recall with $1,265,000 recorded in the first nine months of 2014 as compared to $3,400,000 recorded in the first nine months of 2013. For the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 and September 30, 2013, the joystick recall negatively impacted margins by 3.4 and 8.9 percentage points, respectively. Excluding the warranty expense recorded for the joystick recall in both years, gross profit as a percentage of net sales declined due to reduced volumes and unfavorable absorption of fixed costs at the Company's subsidiary which produces microprocessor controllers.

Selling, General and Administrative. Consolidated selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses as a percentage of net sales for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 was 30.6% and 31.0%, respectively, compared to 29.0% and 30.2%, respectively, for the same period a year ago. SG&A expenses increased by $602,000, or 0.6%, for the quarter and decreased by $7,429,000, or 2.5%, for the first nine months of 2014 compared to the same periods a year ago with foreign currency translation increasing SG&A expenses by $844,000, or 0.8 percentage points, for the quarter and by $2,649,000, or 0.8 percentage points, for the first nine months. Excluding foreign currency translation, SG&A costs decreased for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 by $242,000, or 0.2%, and $10,078,000, or 3.3%, respectively, compared to the same periods a year ago. SG&A expense decreased for the quarter compared to the same quarter last year despite a $1,900,000 increase in regulatory and compliance expense, primarily due to higher consulting costs, and a $1,800,000 incremental expense related to the retirement of an executive officer of the Company. The executive officer retirement expense is recorded in the Other segment. These increased costs were entirely offset by reduced associate and bad debt expenses.

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The decrease in SG&A expense for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 compared to the same period a year ago was primarily the result of lower associate, consulting and bad debt expenses partially offset by incremental costs of $2,758,000 related to the retirement two executive officers of the Company.

European SG&A expenses increased by 8.2%, or $2,685,000, for the quarter and increased by 6.9%, or $6,831,000, for the first nine months of 2014 compared to the same periods a year ago, with foreign currency translation increasing SG&A expenses by approximately $859,000, or 2.6 percentage points, for the quarter and by approximately $3,548,000, or 3.6 percentage points, for the first nine months of the year. Excluding the foreign currency translation impact, SG&A expenses increased by $1,826,000, or 5.6%, for the quarter and increased by $3,283,000, or 3.3%, for the first nine months of the year primarily due to increased associate costs.

SG&A expenses for North America/HME decreased3.3%, or $1,602,000, and decreased8.0%, or $12,256,000, for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014, respectively, as compared to the same periods a year ago. Foreign currency translation decreased SG&A expenses by $173,000, or 0.4 of a percentage point, for the quarter and decreased SG&A expenses by $762,000, or 0.5 of a percentage point, for the first nine months of the year. Excluding the foreign currency translation, SG&A expenses decreased $1,429,000, or 2.9 percentage points, for the quarter and $11,494,000, or 7.5 percentage points, for the first nine months of the year. The decrease in expense for the quarter was primarily attributable to reduced associate costs and bad debt expense partially offset by increased regulatory and compliance costs. The expense decrease for the first nine months of the year was principally due to reduced associate, bad debt and consulting expenses, including regulatory and compliance costs.

SG&A expenses for IPG decreased by 3.0%, or $323,000, for the quarter and decreased by 4.7%, or $1,569,000, for the first nine months of the year compared to the same periods a year ago. Foreign currency translation decreased SG&A expenses by $42,000, or 0.4 of a percentage point, for the quarter and decreased SG&A expenses by $103,000, or 0.3 of a percentage point, for the first nine months of the year. The SG&A expense decrease for the quarter and first nine months was primarily attributable to lower associate costs.

Asia/Pacific SG&A expenses decreased2.9%, or $158,000, for the quarter and decreased2.6%, or $435,000, for the first nine months of the year, with foreign currency translation increasing SG&A expenses by approximately $200,000, or 3.6 of a percentage point, in the quarter and decreasing SG&A expenses by approximately $34,000, or 0.2 percentage points, in the first nine months of the year. Excluding the foreign currency translation impact, SG&A expenses decreased by $358,000, or 6.5%, for the quarter and decreased by $401,000, or 2.4%, for the first nine months of the year. The year-to-date decrease in expense is largely attributable to reduced bad debt, associate and consulting expenses.

Charge Related to Restructuring Activities. Restructuring continued during the third quarter of 2014 and totaled $4,077,000, including the workforce reduction which was announced during the third quarter of 2014. Restructuring charges for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 were $8,407,000 related to severance costs ($6,733,000) and other costs ($1,674,000), which principally included building write-downs in the Europe and IPG segments. The severance costs were incurred principally in the NA/HME segment, and to a lesser extent the Europe and IPG segments. The building write-down in the IPG segment was associated with the previously announced closure of the London, Canada facility. The building write-down in the European segment was associated with a facility in Sweden, which the Company exited in 2011. Restructuring charges of $1,884,000 and $6,998,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, respectively, were incurred principally for severance in NA/HME and to a lesser extent Europe and Asia/Pacific as a result of the permanent elimination of certain positions. The majority of the outstanding restructuring accruals at September 30, 2014 are expected to be paid out within the next twelve months.

Asset Write-downs Related to Intangible Assets. The Company evaluates the carrying value of its intangible assets whenever events or circumstances indicate possible impairment. As a result, in the third quarter of 2014, the Company recorded an intangible asset impairment write-down charge of $8,253,000 in the IPG segment, as the actual and remaining cash flows associated with the intangibles were less than the cash flows originally used to value the intangibles, primarily driven by reduced net sales. The intangible assets write-down was related to a customer list and non-compete intangible assets. In the third quarter of 2013, the Company decided to cease business operations at its subsidiary that offered repair services to U.S. homecare and long-term care medical equipment providers. As a result, the Company recognized an intangible asset impairment write-down charge of $167,000 related to a customer list intangible asset in the NA/HME segment.

Interest. Interest expense decreased to $549,000 and $2,284,000for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014, respectively, compared to $639,000 and $2,355,000, respectively, for the same periods a year ago, representing decreases of 14.1% and 3.0%, respectively. The decrease in the third quarter of this year compared to the same period a year ago was primarily attributable to the use of the net proceeds from the sale of Altimate to decrease debt levels. Interest income was $38,000 and $429,000for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014, respectively, as compared to $58,000 and $239,000, respectively,

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for the same periods last year due to interest received on a German valued added tax (VAT) claim partially offset by a reduction in the volume of financing provided to customers.

Income Taxes. The Company had an effective tax rate provision of 8.9% and 13.2% on losses before tax from continuing operations for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014, respectively, compared to an expected benefit at the U.S. statutory rate of 35%. The Company's effective tax rate for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 was higher than the beneficial U.S. federal statutory rate, principally due to the negative impact of the Company not being able to record tax benefits related to the significant losses in countries which had tax valuation allowances except for a benefit in the United States on a small portion of the United States loss due to the intraperiod allocation with discontinued operations. The rate benefitted by taxes recognized outside the United States, excluding countries with tax valuation allowances, at an effective rate lower than the U.S. statutory rate.

The Company had an effective tax rate provision of 4.5% and 6.8% on losses before tax from continuing operations for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013, respectively, compared to the expected benefit at the U.S. statutory rate of 35%. The Company's effective tax rate for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 was higher than the beneficial U.S. federal statutory rate, principally due to losses overseas without tax benefit due to valuation allowances, foreign dividends which reduced the domestic intra-period allocation benefit in continuing operations, and the recording of a discreet adjustment of $3,143,000 related to a federal domestic valuation allowance adjustment. The rate was benefited by taxes outside the United States, excluding countries with valuation allowances that were in losses in 2013, recorded at a lower effective rate than the U.S. statutory rate.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

The Company continues to maintain an adequate liquidity position through its unused bank lines of credit (see Long-Term Debt in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in this report) and working capital management.

The Company's total debt outstanding, inclusive of the debt discount included in equity in accordance with FSB APB 14-1, decreased by $21,123,000 to $26,872,000 at September 30, 2014 from $47,995,000 as of December 31, 2013. The Company's balance sheet reflects the impact of ASC 470-20, which reduced debt and increased equity by $2,184,000 and $2,709,000 as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively. The debt decrease during the first nine months was principally a result of utilizing the net proceeds of $21,870,000 from the sale of Altimate. The Company's cash and cash equivalents were $29,066,000 at September 30, 2014, down from $29,785,000 as of December 31, 2013. At September 30, 2014, the Company had outstanding borrowings of $8,000,000 on its revolving credit facility versus $28,109,000 as of December 31, 2013.

The Company's borrowing capacity and cash on hand were utilized for normal operations during the period ended September 30, 2014. Debt repurchases, acquisitions, divestitures, the timing of vendor payments, the granting of extended payment terms to significant national accounts and other activity can have a significant impact on the Company's cash flow and borrowings outstanding such that the debt reported at the end of a given period may be materially different than debt levels during a given period. For the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014, the outstanding borrowings on the Company's revolving credit facility varied from a low of $8,000,000 to a high of $66,300,000. While the Company has cash balances in various jurisdictions around the world, there are no material restrictions under the credit facility regarding the use of such cash for dividends within the Company, loans or other purposes.

On January 31, 2014, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement which contains certain covenants that are customary for similar credit arrangements, including covenants relating to, among other things, financial reporting and notification, compliance with laws, preservation of existence, maintenance of books and records, use of proceeds, maintenance of properties and insurance, and limitations on liens, dispositions, issuance of debt, investments, payment of dividends, repurchases of capital stock, acquisitions, transactions with affiliates and capital expenditures. There also are financial covenants that currently require the Company to maintain a maximum leverage ratio (consolidated funded indebtedness to consolidated EBITDA, each as defined in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement) and a minimum interest coverage ratio (consolidated EBITDA to consolidated interest charges, each as defined in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement). On September 30, 2014, the Company entered into a First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the "Amendment") which provided the Company with additional flexibility on its financial covenants through the duration of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as amended by the Amendment, among other things, provided for the following:

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• An increase in the maximum leverage ratio for the first three quarters of 2014, with quarterly ratios as described in the following table:

Fiscal Quarter Ending	Maximum Leverage Ratio
March 31, 2014	4.75	to	1.00
June 30, 2014	4.50	to	1.00
September 30, 2014	4.00	to	1.00
December 31, 2014 and thereafter	3.50	to	1.00

The quarterly minimum interest coverage ratio remained 3.50 to 1.00 in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.

• In calculating the Company’s EBITDA for purposes of determining the leverage and interest coverage ratios, the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement allows the Company to add back to EBITDA up to $20,000,000 for one-time cash restructuring charges incurred after May 30, 2013, which is an incremental increase of $5,000,000 from the terms of the Prior Credit Agreement. The Amendment on September 30, 2014 allows for an additional add back to EBITDA for warranty expense accrued up to $10,000,000 and subtracts related cash payments when made in future periods.

• A decrease in the aggregate principal amount of the revolving credit facility to $100,000,000 from $250,000,000 through the maturity date of the facility in October 2015, as well as reductions in the facility’s swing line loan, optional currency and foreign borrower sublimits.

• Reductions in the allowances under the facility for capital expenditures (down to $25,000,000 annually), dividends, other indebtedness and liens.

• Further restrictions on acquisitions, share repurchases, certain investments and repurchases of convertible debt until after the Company confirms compliance with the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement following the quarter ending December 31, 2014.

• An increase of 25 basis points in the margin applicable to determining the interest rate on borrowings under the revolving credit facility.

As a result of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, the Company incurred $351,000 in fees in the first quarter of 2014 which were capitalized and are being amortized through October 2015. In addition, as a result of reducing the capacity of the facility from $250,000,000 to $100,000,000, the Company wrote-off $1,070,000 in previously capitalized fees in the first quarter of 2014, which is reflected in the expense of the North America / HME segment.

The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement provides for the issuance of swing line loans. Borrowings under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement bear interest, at the Company's election, at (i) the London Inter-Bank Offer Rate (“LIBOR”) plus a margin; or (ii) a Base Rate Option plus a margin. The applicable margin is currently 2.25% per annum for LIBOR loans and 1.25% for the Base Rate Option loans based on the Company's leverage ratio. In addition to interest, the Company is required to pay commitment fees on the unused portion of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. The commitment fee rate is currently 0.35% per annum. Like the interest rate spreads, the commitment fee is subject to adjustment based on the Company's leverage ratio. The obligations of the borrowers under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement are secured by substantially all of the Company's U.S. assets and are guaranteed by substantially all of the Company's material domestic and foreign subsidiaries.

As of September 30, 2014, the Company's leverage ratio for the trailing twelve months was 1.76 and the Company's interest coverage ratio for the trailing twelve months was 7.17 compared to a leverage ratio of 2.30 and an interest coverage ratio of 7.51 for the trailing twelve months as of December 31, 2013. The September 30, 2014 leverage ratio reflects a net positive adjustment to adjusted EBITDA (as defined in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement) of $9,058,000 as permitted under the provision of the September 30, 2014 Amendment allowing for the add back of warranty expense accruals up to $10,000,000 and the subtraction of related cash payments when paid. This net positive adjustment was comprised of warranty expense of $9,256,000 offset by cash payments of $198,000 related to the three specific product issues accrued for in the third quarter of 2014. As of September 30, 2014, the Company was in compliance with all covenant requirements and under the most restrictive covenant of the Company's borrowing arrangements, the Company had the capacity to borrow up to an additional $43,902,000. In future quarters, the utilization of the warranty accruals for the three specific product issues will negatively impact the operating cash flows of the Company and the leverage ratio. In addition, future payments expected to be made to the two executive officers who retired in 2014 will also negatively impact the operating cash flows of the Company and could impact the leverage ratio if cash on hand or cash flow

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generation is not sufficient to cover the payments and the Company has to borrow the funds. Compliance with the ratios is tested at the end of the quarter in accordance with the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.

The Company's Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as well as cash flows from operations, have been a principal source of financing for much of its liquidity needs. If the Company were unsuccessful in meeting its leverage or interest coverage ratios, or other, financial or operating covenants in its credit facility, it would result in a default, which could trigger acceleration of, or the right to accelerate, the related debt. Because of cross-default provisions in the agreements and instruments governing certain of the Company's indebtedness, a default under the credit facility could result in a default under, and the acceleration of, certain other Company indebtedness. In addition, the Company's lenders would be entitled to proceed against the collateral securing the indebtedness.

Based on the Company's current expectations, the Company believes that its cash balances and available borrowing capacity under its senior credit facility or any alternative credit facility that the Company may establish should be sufficient to meet working capital needs, capital requirements and commitments for at least the next twelve months. However, the Company's ability to satisfy its liquidity needs will depend on many factors, including the operating performance of the business, the Company's ability to successfully complete in a timely manner the third-party expert certification audit and FDA inspection contemplated under the consent decree and receipt of the written notification from the FDA permitting the Company to resume full operations, as well as the Company's continued compliance with the covenants under its credit facility. Notwithstanding the Company's expectations, if the Company's operating results decline substantially more than it currently anticipates, or if the Company is unable to successfully complete the consent decree-related third-party expert certification audit and FDA inspection (including as a result of any need to complete significant additional remediation arising from the third-party expert certification audits or the FDA inspection), the Company may be unable to comply with the financial covenants, and its lenders could demand repayment of the amounts outstanding under the Company's credit facility.

As a result, continued compliance with, in particular, the leverage covenant under the Company's credit facility is a high priority, which means the Company has remained focused on generating sufficient cash and managing its expenditures. In addition, the Company has reviewed options relating to its capital structure, and is actively negotiating for the establishment of a new credit facility as its existing credit facility matures in October 2015. The existing credit facility has been accounted for as a current liability since October 2014 and will remain so until a new credit facility is finalized. The Company also may examine alternatives such as raising additional capital through permitted asset sales. In addition, if necessary or advisable, the Company may seek to further amend or renegotiate its credit facility in order to remain in compliance. The Company has increased the number and amount of letters of credit over the last year and additional increases regarding letters of credit may be required in future periods. The Company can make no assurances that under such circumstances its financing arrangements could be renegotiated, or that alternative financing would be available on terms acceptable to the Company, if at all.

The Company may from time to time seek to retire or purchase its 4.125% Convertible Senior Subordinated Debentures due 2027, in open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions or otherwise. Such purchases or exchanges, if any, will depend on prevailing market conditions, the Company's liquidity requirements, contractual restrictions and other factors. The amounts involved in any such transactions, individually or in the aggregate, may be material. At September 30, 2014, the Company had $13,350,000 aggregate principal amount outstanding of its Convertible Senior Subordinated Debentures.

While there is general concern about the potential for rising interest rates, the Company believes that its exposure to interest rate fluctuations is manageable as the Company has the ability to utilize swaps to exchange variable rate debt for fixed rate debt, if needed, and the Company expects that it will be able to absorb any modest rate increases in the months ahead without any material impact on its liquidity or capital resources. As of September 30, 2014, the weighted average floating interest rate on revolving credit borrowings was 2.66% compared to 2.39% as of December 31, 2013.

CAPITAL EXPENDITURES

There are no individually material capital expenditure commitments outstanding as of September 30, 2014. The Company estimates that capital investments for 2014 could approximate between $15,000,000 and $20,000,000, compared to actual capital expenditures of $14,158,000 in 2013. The Company believes that its balances of cash and cash equivalents, together with funds generated from operations and existing borrowing facilities, will be sufficient to meet its operating cash requirements and fund required capital expenditures. The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, entered into on January 31, 2014, limits the Company's annual capital expenditures to $25,000,000.

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CASH FLOWS

Cash flows provided by operating activities were $138,000 for the first nine months of 2014, compared to cash flows used by operating activities of $1,245,000 in the first nine months of 2013. The cash flow in 2014 was primarily driven by an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses as well as a benefit from higher receivable collections principally offset by the net loss for the period and higher inventory levels. Operating cash flows for the first nine months of 2014 was negatively impacted by payments related to the retirement of two executive officers totaled $2,474,000. Operating cash flow for the first nine months of 2013 was negatively impacted by accelerated payments and fees paid related to the sale of ISG.

Cash flows provided by investing activities were $24,844,000 for the first nine months of 2014, compared to cash provided of $178,124,000 in the first nine months of 2013. The significant change in investing cash flow was primarily attributable to the receipt of $187,552,000 in net proceeds resulting from the sale of ISG and Champion last year compared to net proceeds of $21,870,000 for the sale Altimate in the current year. In addition, the Company sold life insurance assets of $12,250,000 in the first nine months of 2014 to fund payments, including future payments, as a result of the retirement of two executives in 2014. The majority of the future payments are expected to be paid out by the end of the first quarter of 2015 which will negatively impact operating cash flows for the Company.

Cash flows used by financing activities were $25,692,000 in the first nine months of 2014 compared to cash flow used of $183,248,000 in the first nine months of 2013. Cash flows used in the first nine months of 2014 and 2013 reflected the net pay down in debt with the proceeds from the sale of Altimate in 2014 and ISG and Champion in 2013.

During the first nine months of 2014, free cash flow was negative $3,009,000 compared to negative $3,670,000 in the first nine months of 2013. The negative free cash flow in 2014 was primarily driven by the net loss for the period and higher inventory levels partially offset by an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses as well as a benefit from higher receivable collections. The nine months of 2013 were negatively impacted by accelerated payments and fees related to the sale of ISG. Free cash flow is a non-GAAP financial measure that is comprised of net cash used by operating activities, excluding net cash flow impact related to restructuring activities, less purchases of property and equipment, net of proceeds from sales of property and equipment. Management believes that this financial measure provides meaningful information for evaluating the overall financial performance of the Company and its ability to repay debt or make future investments (including acquisitions, etc.).

The non-GAAP financial measure is reconciled to the GAAP measure as follows (in thousands):

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014			2013
Net cash provided (used) by operating activities	$	138		$	(1,245	)
Plus: Net cash impact related to restructuring activities	6,139			7,805
Less: Purchases of property and equipment—net	(9,286		)	(10,230		)
Free Cash Flow	$	(3,009	)	$	(3,670	)

DIVIDEND POLICY

On August 12, 2014, the Company's Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.0125 per Common Share to shareholders of record as of October 2, 2014, which was paid on October 10, 2014.  At the current rate, the cash dividend will amount to $0.05 per Common Share on an annual basis.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES

The Consolidated Financial Statements included in the report include accounts of the Company and all majority-owned subsidiaries. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions in certain circumstances that affect amounts reported in the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements and related footnotes. In preparing the financial statements, management has made its best estimates and judgments of certain amounts included in the financial statements, giving due consideration to materiality. However, application of these accounting policies involves the exercise of judgment and use of assumptions as to future uncertainties and, as a result, actual results could differ from these estimates.

The following critical accounting policies, among others, affect the more significant judgments and estimates used in preparation of the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

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Revenue Recognition

Invacare’s revenues are recognized when products are shipped or services provided to unaffiliated customers. Revenue Recognition, ASC 605, provides guidance on the application of generally accepted accounting principles to selected revenue recognition issues. The Company has concluded that its revenue recognition policy is appropriate and in accordance with GAAP and ASC 605. Shipping and handling costs are included in cost of goods sold.

Sales are made only to customers with whom the Company believes collection is reasonably assured based upon a credit analysis, which may include obtaining a credit application, a signed security agreement, personal guarantee and/or a cross corporate guarantee depending on the credit history of the customer. Credit lines are established for new customers after an evaluation of their credit report and/or other relevant financial information. Existing credit lines are regularly reviewed and adjusted with consideration given to any outstanding past due amounts.

The Company offers discounts and rebates, which are accounted for as reductions to revenue in the period in which the sale is recognized. Discounts offered include: cash discounts for prompt payment, base and trade discounts based on contract level for specific classes of customers. Volume discounts and rebates are given based on large purchases and the achievement of certain sales volumes. Product returns are accounted for as a reduction to reported sales with estimates recorded for anticipated returns at the time of sale. The Company does not ship any goods on consignment.

Distributed products sold by the Company are accounted for in accordance with the revenue recognition guidance in ASC 605-45-05. The Company records distributed product sales gross as a principal since the Company takes title to the products and has the risks of loss for collections, delivery and returns.

Product sales that give rise to installment receivables are recorded at the time of sale when the risks and rewards of ownership are transferred. Interest income is recognized on installment agreements in accordance with the terms of the agreements. Installment accounts are monitored and if a customer defaults on payments, interest income is no longer recognized. All installment accounts are accounted for using the same methodology, regardless of duration of the installment agreements.

Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts Receivable

The estimated allowance for uncollectible amounts is based primarily on management's evaluation of the financial condition of the customer. In addition, as a result of the third party financing arrangement, management monitors the collection status of these contracts in accordance with the Company's limited recourse obligations and provides amounts necessary for estimated losses in the allowance for doubtful accounts and establishing reserves for specific customers as needed.

The Company continues to closely monitor the credit-worthiness of its customers and adhere to tight credit policies. In 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced new Medicare prices which became effective in July 2013 for the second round of the NCB program, which was expanded to include 91 additional MSAs. By January 1, 2016, CMS expects to begin expanding NCB to 100% of the Medicare population. The Company believes the changes announced could have a significant impact on the collectability of accounts receivable for those customers which are in the MSA locations impacted and which have a portion of their revenues tied to Medicare reimbursement. As a result, this is an additional risk factor which the Company considers when assessing the collectability of accounts receivable.

The Company has an agreement with DLL, a third party financing company, to provide the majority of future lease financing to Invacare's North America customers. The DLL agreement provides for direct leasing between DLL and the Invacare customer. The Company retains a recourse obligation for events of default under the contracts. The Company monitors the collections status of these contracts and has provided amounts for estimated losses in its allowances for doubtful accounts.

Inventories and Related Allowance for Obsolete and Excess Inventory

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market with cost determined by the first-in, first-out method. Inventories have been reduced by an allowance for excess and obsolete inventories. The estimated allowance is based on management’s review of inventories on hand compared to estimated future usage and sales. A provision for excess and obsolete inventory is recorded as needed based upon the discontinuation of products, redesigning of existing products, new product introductions, market changes and safety issues. Both raw materials and finished goods are reserved for on the balance sheet.

In general, Invacare reviews inventory turns as an indicator of obsolescence or slow moving product as well as the impact of new product introductions. Depending on the situation, the Company may partially or fully reserve for the individual item. The Company continues to increase its overseas sourcing efforts, increase its emphasis on the development and introduction of new

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products, and decrease the cycle time to bring new product offerings to market. These initiatives are potential sources of inventory obsolescence for both raw material and finished goods.

Goodwill, Intangible and Other Long-Lived Assets

Property, equipment, intangibles and certain other long-lived assets are amortized over their useful lives. Useful lives are based on management's estimates of the period that the assets will generate revenue. Under Intangibles-Goodwill and Other, ASC 350, goodwill and intangible assets deemed to have indefinite lives are subject to annual impairment tests. The Company's measurement date for its annual goodwill impairment test is October 1. Furthermore, goodwill and other long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. The majority of the Company's goodwill and intangible assets relate to the Company's Europe and IPG segments which have continued to be profitable.

To review goodwill for impairment in accordance with ASC 350, the Company first estimates the fair value of each reporting unit and compares the calculated fair value to the carrying value of the each reporting unit. A reporting unit is defined as an operating segment or one level below. The Company has determined that its reporting units are the same as its operating segments. The Company completes its annual impairment tests in the fourth quarter of each year. To estimate the fair values of the reporting units, the Company utilizes a discounted cash flow (DCF) method in which the Company forecasts income statement and balance sheet amounts based on assumptions regarding future sales growth, profitability, inventory turns, days' sales outstanding, etc. to forecast future cash flows. The cash flows are discounted using a weighted average cost of capital discount rate where the cost of debt is based on quoted rates for 20-year debt of companies of similar credit risk and the cost of equity is based upon the 20-year treasury rate for the risk free rate, a market risk premium, the industry average beta and a small cap stock adjustment. The discount rates used have a significant impact upon the discounted cash flow methodology utilized in the Company's annual impairment testing as higher discount rates decrease the fair value estimates. The assumptions used are based on a market participant's point of view and yielded a discount rate of 10.00% in 2013 for the Company's annual impairment analysis compared to 9.88% in 2012 and 9.27% in 2011.

The Company also utilizes an Enterprise Value (EV) to Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) Method to compute the fair value of its reporting units which considers potential acquirers and their EV to EBITDA multiples adjusted by an estimated premium. While more weight is given to the discounted cash flow method, the EV to EBITDA method does provide corroborative evidence of the reasonableness of the discounted cash flow method results.

A future potential impairment is possible, for each or any of the Company's segments, should actual results differ materially from forecasted results used in the valuation analysis. Furthermore, the Company's annual valuation of goodwill can differ materially if the market inputs used to determine the discount rate change significantly. For instance, higher interest rates or greater stock price volatility would increase the discount rate and thus increase the chance of impairment. In consideration of this potential, the Company reviewed the results if the discount rate used were 100 basis points higher for the 2013 impairment analysis and determined that there still would not be any indicator of potential impairment for the segments with goodwill which are Europe and IPG.

The Company's intangible assets consist of intangible assets with defined lives as well as intangible assets with indefinite lives. Defined-lived intangible assets consist principally of customer lists, developed technology, license agreements, patents and other miscellaneous intangibles such as non-compete agreements. The Company's indefinite lived intangible assets consist entirely of trademarks.

The Company evaluates the carrying value of definite-lived assets whenever events or circumstances indicate possible impairment. Definite-lived assets are determined to be impaired if the future un-discounted cash flows expected to be generated by the asset are less than the carrying value. Actual impairment amounts for definite-lived assets are then calculated using a discounted cash flow calculation. The Company reviews indefinite-lived assets for impairment annually in the fourth quarter of each year and whenever events or circumstances indicate possible impairment. Any impairment amounts for indefinite-lived assets are calculated as the difference between the future discounted cash flows expected to be generated by the asset less than the carrying value for the asset.

Product Liability

The Company’s captive insurance company, Invatection Insurance Co., currently has a policy year that runs from September 1 to August 31 and insures annual policy losses of $10,000,000 per occurrence and $13,000,000 in the aggregate of the Company’s North American product liability exposure. The Company also has additional layers of external insurance coverage insuring up to $75,000,000 in aggregate losses per policy year arising from individual claims anywhere in the world that exceed the captive insurance company policy limits or the limits of the Company’s per country foreign liability limits, as applicable. There can be no assurance that the Company’s current insurance levels will continue to be adequate or available at affordable rates.

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Product liability reserves are recorded for individual claims based upon historical experience, industry expertise and other indicators. Additional reserves, in excess of the specific individual case reserves, are provided for incurred but not reported claims based upon actuarial valuations at the time such valuations are conducted. Historical claims experience and other assumptions are taken into consideration by the Company in estimating the ultimate reserves. For example, the actuarial analysis assumes that historical loss experience is an indicator of future experience, that the distribution of exposures by geographic area and nature of operations for ongoing operations is expected to be very similar to historical operations with no dramatic changes and that the government indices used to trend losses and exposures are appropriate.

Estimates made are adjusted on a regular basis and can be impacted by actual loss awards and settlements on claims. While actuarial analysis is used to help determine adequate reserves, the Company is responsible for the determination and recording of adequate reserves in accordance with accepted loss reserving standards and practices.

Warranty

Generally, the Company’s products are covered by warranties against defects in material and workmanship for various periods depending on the product from the date of sale to the customer. Certain components carry a lifetime warranty. A provision for estimated warranty cost is recorded at the time of sale based upon actual experience. The Company continuously assesses the adequacy of its product warranty accrual and makes adjustments as needed. Historical analysis is primarily used to determine the Company’s warranty reserves. Claims history is reviewed and provisions are adjusted as needed. However, the Company does consider other events, such as a product field actions and recalls, which could warrant additional warranty reserve provision. See Current Liabilities in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a reconciliation of the changes in the warranty accrual.

Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation

The Company accounts for share based compensation under the provisions of Compensation—Stock Compensation, ASC 718. The Company has not made any modifications to the terms of any previously granted options and no changes have been made regarding the valuation methodologies or assumptions used to determine the fair value of options granted and the Company continues to use a Black-Scholes valuation model. As of September 30, 2014, there was $11,093,000 of total unrecognized compensation cost from stock-based compensation arrangements granted under the Company's 2013 Plan and previous plans, which is related to non-vested options and shares, and includes $5,491,000 related to restricted stock awards, $3,546,000 related to non-qualified stock options and $2,056,000 related to performance share awards.

The substantial majority of the options awarded have been granted at exercise prices equal to the market value of the underlying stock on the date of grant. Restricted stock awards granted without cost to the recipients are expensed on a straight-line basis over the vesting periods. Performance share awards are expensed during the periods recipients provide service based on achievement of performance goals.

Income Taxes

As part of the process of preparing its financial statements, the Company is required to estimate income taxes in various jurisdictions. The process requires estimating the Company’s current tax liability, including assessing uncertainties related to tax return filing positions, as well as estimating temporary differences due to the different treatment of items for tax and accounting policies. The temporary differences are reported as deferred tax assets and or liabilities. The Company also must estimate whether it will more likely than not realize its deferred tax assets and whether a valuation allowance should be established. Substantially all of the Company’s U.S., Australia and New Zealanddeferred tax assets are offset by a valuation allowance.  In the event that actual results differ from its estimates, the Company’s provision for income taxes could be materially impacted. The Company does not believe that there is a substantial likelihood that materially different amounts would be reported related to its critical accounting policies.

RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

Recent Accounting Pronouncements: In February 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2013-04, Liabilities (Topic 405), Obligations Resulting from Joint and Several Liability Arrangements for Which the Total Amount of the Obligation is Fixed at the Reporting Date. This update requires an entity to measure obligations resulting from joint and several liability arrangements for which the total amount of the obligation is fixed at the reporting date, as the sum of a) the amount the reporting entity agreed to pay on the basis of its arrangement among its co-obligors and b) any additional amount the reporting entity expects to pay on behalf of its co-obligors. The update also requires an entity to disclose the nature and amount of the obligation as well as other information about those obligations. The Company

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adopted ASU No. 2013-04 in the first quarter of 2014 with no impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss), Balance Sheets or Statement of Cash Flows.

In July 2013, the FASB issued ASU No. 2013-11, "Income Taxes (Topic 740): Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists." ASU 2013-11 requires an entity to present an unrecognized tax benefit in the financial statements as a reduction to a deferred tax asset for a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss or a tax credit carryforward, with limited exceptions. The amendments are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2013. ASU 2013-11 was adopted by the Company on January 1, 2014 and did not have a significant impact on the Company's financial statements.

In April 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-08 changing the presentation of discontinued operations on the statements of income and other requirements for reporting discontinued operations. Under the new standard, a disposal of a component or a group of components of an entity is required to be reported in discontinued operations if the disposal represents a strategic shift that has (or will have) a major effect on an entity’s operations and financial results when the component meets the criteria to be classified as held for sale or is disposed. The amendments in this update also require additional disclosures about discontinued operations and disposal of an individually significant component of an entity that does not qualify for discontinued operations. This standard must be prospectively applied to all reporting periods presented in financial reports issued after the effective date. Early adoption is permitted for disposals that have not been reported in financial statements previously issued or available for issuance. The new accounting guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2014. If applicable, this standard will change the presentation of the Company's financial statements but will not affect the calculation of net income, comprehensive income or earnings per share. The Company plans to adopt ASU 2014-08 effective January 1, 2015.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers." ASU 2014-09 requires a company to recognize revenue when promised goods or services are transferred to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods and services. The guidance requires five steps to be applied: 1) identify the contract(s) with customers, 2) identify the performance obligations in the contract, 3) determine the transaction price, 4) allocated the transaction price to the performance obligation in the contract and 5) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. The guidance also requires both quantitative and qualitative disclosures, which are more comprehensive than existing revenue standards. The disclosures are intended to enable financial statement users to understand the nature, timing and uncertainty of revenue and the related cash flow. An entity can apply the new revenue standard retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented or retrospective with the cumulative effect of initially applying the standard recognized at the date of initial application in retained earnings. The new accounting guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016 and early adoption is not permitted. The Company is currently reviewing the impact of the adoption of ASU 2014-09 on the Company's financial statements.

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET RISK

The Company is exposed to market risk through various financial instruments, including fixed rate and floating rate debt instruments. The Company does at times use interest swap agreements to mitigate its exposure to interest rate fluctuations. Based on September 30, 2014 debt levels, a 1% change in interest rates would impact annual interest expense by approximately $80,000. Additionally, the Company operates internationally and, as a result, is exposed to foreign currency fluctuations. Specifically, the exposure results from intercompany loans, intercompany sales or payments and third party sales or payments. In an attempt to reduce this exposure, foreign currency forward contracts are utilized to hedge intercompany purchases and sales as well as third party purchases and sales. The Company does not believe that any potential loss related to these financial instruments would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.

On January 31, 2014, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement which provides for a $100,000,000 senior secured revolving credit facility maturing in October 2015 at variable rates. As of September 30, 2014, the Company had outstanding $13,350,000 in principal amount of 4.125% Convertible Senior Subordinated Debentures due in February 2027, of which $2,184,000 is included in equity. Accordingly, while the Company is exposed to increases in interest rates, its exposure to the volatility of the current market environment is limited as the Company does not currently need to immediately re-finance any of its debt. However, the Company’s Amended and Restated Credit Agreement contains covenants with respect to, among other items, consolidated funded indebtedness to consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) and interest coverage, as defined in the agreement.

On September 30, 2014, the Company entered into a First Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Amendment”), by and among the Company, the other Borrowers party thereto, the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, which amended the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2014, by and among the Company and the other parties named therein.

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The Amendment, among other things, provides the Company with additional flexibility on its financial covenants through the duration of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. Specifically, the Amendment amends the definition of consolidated EBITDA under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement so that, in calculating the Company’s maximum leverage ratio (consolidated funded indebtedness to consolidated EBITDA, each as defined in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement) and the Company’s minimum interest coverage ratio (consolidated EBITDA to consolidated interest charges, each as defined in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement), it provides an add-back to consolidated EBITDA for warranty expense accruals up to $10,000,000 and subtracts cash payments when actually paid in future periods.

As of September 30, 2014, the Company was in compliance with all covenant requirements, but should it fall out of compliance with these requirements, the Company would have to attempt to obtain alternative financing and thus likely be required to pay much higher interest rates.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the “Safe Harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Terms such as “will,” “should,” “could,” “plan,” “intend,” “expect,” “continue,” “believe” and “anticipate,” as well as similar comments, denote forward-looking statements that are subject to inherent uncertainties that are difficult to predict. Actual results and events may differ significantly from those expressed or anticipated as a result of risks and uncertainties, which include, but are not limited to, the following: legal actions, including adverse judgments or settlements of litigation or claims in excess of available insurance limits; regulatory proceedings or the Company's failure to comply with regulatory requirements or receive regulatory clearance or approval for the Company's products or operations in the United States or abroad; adverse effects of regulatory or governmental inspections of Company facilities and governmental enforcement actions; product liability or warranty claims; product recalls, including more extensive recall experience than expected; compliance costs, limitations on the production and/or distribution of the Company's products, inability to bid on or win certain contracts, unabsorbed capacity utilization, including fixed costs and overhead, or other adverse effects of the FDA consent decree of injunction; any circumstances or developments that might further delay or adversely impact the results of the final, most comprehensive third-party expert certification audit or FDA inspection of the Company's quality systems at the Elyria, Ohio, facilities impacted by the FDA consent decree, including any possible requirement to perform additional remediation activities or further resultant delays in receipt of the written notification to resume operations (which could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition, liquidity or results of operations);the failure or refusal of customers or healthcare professionals to sign verification of medical necessity (VMN) documentation or other certification forms required by the exceptions to the FDA consent decree; possible adverse effects of being leveraged, including interest rate or event of default risks, including those relating to the Company's financial covenants under its credit facility (particularly as might result from the impacts associated with the FDA consent decree even in light of the new credit agreement amendment); the Company's inability to satisfy its liquidity needs, including efforts to establish a new credit agreement, or additional costs to do so; adverse changes in government and other third-party payor reimbursement levels and practices both in the U.S. and in other countries (such as, for example, more extensive pre-payment reviews and post-payment audits by payors, or the Medicare National Competitive Bidding program); impacts of the U.S. Affordable Care Act of 2010 (such as, for example, the impact on the Company of the excise tax on certain medical devices, which began on January 1, 2013, and the Company's ability to successfully offset such impact); ineffective cost reduction and restructuring efforts or inability to realize anticipated cost savings or achieve desired efficiencies from such efforts; delays, disruptions or excessive costs incurred in facility closures or consolidations; exchange rate or tax rate fluctuations; inability to design, manufacture, distribute and achieve market acceptance of new products with greater functionality or lower costs or new product platforms that deliver the anticipated benefits; consolidation of health care providers; lower cost imports; uncollectible accounts receivable; difficulties in implementing/upgrading Enterprise Resource Planning systems; risks inherent in managing and operating businesses in many different foreign jurisdictions; decreased availability or increased costs of materials which could increase the Company's costs of producing or acquiring the Company's products, including possible increases in commodity costs or freight costs; heightened vulnerability to a hostile takeover attempt arising from depressed market prices for Company shares; provisions of Ohio law or in the Company's debt agreements, shareholder rights plan or charter documents that may prevent or delay a change in control, as well as the risks described from time to time in the Company's reports as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Except to the extent required by law, the Company does not undertake and specifically declines any obligation to review or update any forward-looking statements or to publicly announce the results of any revisions to any of such statements to reflect future events or developments or otherwise.

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

The information called for by this item is provided under the same caption under Item 2 - Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Item 4.    Controls and Procedures.

(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As of September 30, 2014, an evaluation was performed, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)). Based on that evaluation, the Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2014, in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files and submits under the Exchange Act is (1) recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms and (2) accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(b) Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Company’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Part II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.    Legal Proceedings.

In the ordinary course of its business, the Company is a defendant in a number of lawsuits, primarily product liability actions in which various plaintiffs seek damages for injuries allegedly caused by defective products. All of the product liability lawsuits that the Company faces in the United States have been referred to the Company's captive insurance company and/or excess insurance carriers while all non-U.S. lawsuits have been referred to the Company's commercial insurance carriers. All such lawsuits are generally contested vigorously. The coverage territory of the Company's insurance is worldwide with the exception of those countries with respect to which, at the time the product is sold for use or at the time a claim is made, the U.S. government has suspended or prohibited diplomatic or trade relations. Management does not believe that the outcome of any of these actions will have a material adverse effect upon the Company's business or financial condition.

In December 2012, the Company reached agreement with the FDA on the terms of the consent decree of injunction with respect to the Company's Corporate facility and its Taylor Street wheelchair manufacturing facility in Elyria, Ohio. A complaint and consent decree were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, and on December 21, 2012, the Court approved the consent decree and it became effective. The consent decree limits the Company's manufacture and distribution of power and manual wheelchairs, wheelchair components and wheelchair sub-assemblies at or from its Taylor Street manufacturing facility. The decree also temporarily limited design activities related to wheelchairs and power beds that take place at the impacted Elyria, Ohio facilities. The Company is entitled to continue to produce from the Taylor Street manufacturing facility certain medically necessary wheelchairs provided that documentation and record-keeping requirements are followed, as well as ongoing replacement, service and repair of products already in use, under terms delineated in the consent decree. Under the terms of the consent decree, in order to resume full operations at the impacted facilities, the Company must successfully complete a third-party expert certification audit at the impacted Elyria facilities, which is comprised of three distinct reports that must be submitted to, and accepted by, the FDA. After the final certification report is submitted to the FDA, along with the Company’s own report as to its compliance as well as responses to any observations in the certification report, the FDA will perform an inspection of the Company's Corporate and Taylor Street facilities to determine whether they are in compliance with the Quality System Regulation (QSR) and the consent decree. The FDA has the authority to inspect at any time. If satisfied with the Company's compliance, the FDA will provide written notification that the Company is permitted to resume full operations at the impacted facilities.

During 2013, the Company completed the first two of the expert certification audits, and the FDA found the results of both to be acceptable. In these reports, the third-party expert certified that the Company's equipment and process validation procedures and its design control systems are compliant with the FDA's QSR. As a result of the FDA's acceptance of the first certification report on May 13, 2013, the Taylor Street facility was able to resume supplying parts and components for the further manufacturing of medical devices at other Company facilities. The Company's receipt of the FDA's acceptance of the second certification report

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on July 15, 2013, resulted in the Company being able to resume design activities at the impacted facilities related to power wheelchairs and power beds.

The third, expert certification audit is an overall review of the Company's compliance with the FDA's QSR at the impacted Elyria facilities. This audit process is the most comprehensive and challenging of the three expert certification audits, and it encompasses all areas of the Company's Corporate and Taylor Street quality system. As part of the process, the Company has determined that it needs to better demonstrate that its quality system is sustainably compliant and that each subsystem is properly integrated. Accordingly, the Company has engaged additional consultants to help improve the functionality and capabilities of certain of its quality subsystems, most notably complaint handling and corrective and preventative actions (CAPA). The Company respects the comprehensive nature of the audit process and is working diligently to be in a position to ultimately demonstrate compliance to the third-party expert auditor and subsequently, the FDA.

The Company cannot predict the timing or the outcome of the final expert certification audit. According to the consent decree, once the expert's third certification audit is completed and the certification report is submitted to the FDA, as well as the Company’s own report related to its compliance status, together with its responses to any observations in the certification report, the FDA will inspect the Company's Corporate and Taylor Street facilities to determine whether they are in compliance with the FDA's QSR. If the FDA is satisfied with the Company's compliance, the FDA will provide written notification that the Company is permitted to resume full operations at the impacted facilities.

After resumption of full operations, the Company must undergo five years of audits by a third-party expert auditor to determine whether the facilities are in continuous compliance with FDA's QSR and the consent decree. The auditor will inspect the Corporate and Taylor Street facilities’ activities every six months during the first year following the resumption of full operations and then every 12 months for the next four years thereafter.

Under the consent decree, the FDA has the authority to inspect the Corporate and Taylor Street facilities at any time. The FDA also has the authority to order the Company to take a wide variety of actions if the FDA finds that the Company is not in compliance with the consent decree or FDA regulations, including requiring the Company to shut down all operations relating to Taylor Street products. The FDA can also order the Company to undertake a partial shutdown or a recall, issue a safety alert, public health advisory, or press release, or to take any other corrective action the FDA deems necessary with respect to Taylor Street products.

The FDA also has authority under the consent decree to assess liquidated damages of $15,000 per violation per day for any violations of the consent decree, FDA regulations or the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The FDA may also assess liquidated damages for shipments of adulterated or misbranded devices, except as permitted by the consent decree, in the amount of twice the sale price of any such adulterated or misbranded device. The liquidated damages are capped at $7,000,000 for each calendar year. The liquidated damages are in addition to any other remedies otherwise available to the FDA, including civil money penalties.

For additional information regarding the consent decree, please see the following sections of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2013: Item 1. Business - Government Regulation and Item 1A. Risk Factors; and Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Outlook and - Liquidity and Capital Resources in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

As previously disclosed, in December 2010, the Company received a warning letter from the FDA related to quality system processes and procedures at the Company's Sanford, Florida facility. In October 2014, the FDA conducted an inspection at the Sanford facility and, at the conclusion, issued its Form 483 inspectional observations to the Company, reflecting areas where the FDA does not believe the Company is in compliance with QSR requirements. The FDA had four inspectional observations, three of which related to complaint handling and CAPA and a fourth related to production process controls. At the time of filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, this matter remains pending. See Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2013.

On November 15, 2013, an amended complaint, in a lawsuit originally instituted on May 24, 2013, was filed against Invacare Corporation, Gerald B. Blouch and A. Malachi Mixon III in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, alleging that the defendants violated federal securities laws by failing to properly disclose the issues that the Company has faced with the FDA. The lawsuit seeks class certification and unspecified damages and attorneys' fees for purchasers of the Company's common shares between July 22, 2010 and December 7, 2011. This lawsuit has been referred to the Company's insurance carriers. The Company intends to vigorously defend this lawsuit.

On September12, 2014, a second amended complaint, in a lawsuit originally instituted on August 26, 2013, was filed against Invacare Corporation, Gerald B. Blouch, A. Malachi Mixon III and Patricia Stumpp, as well as outside directors Dale C. LaPorte,

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Michael F. Delaney and Charles S. Robb, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, alleging that the defendants breached their fiduciary duties and violated the Employment Retirement Security Act (ERISA) in the administration and maintenance of the Company stock fund in the Company’s Retirement Savings Plan (401(k) Plan). The lawsuit seeks class certification and unspecified damages and attorneys' fees for participants in the Company's stock fund of the 401(k) Plan between July 22, 2010 and the present. This lawsuit has been referred to the Company's insurance carriers. The Company intends to vigorously defend this lawsuit.

The Company received a subpoena in 2006 from the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) seeking documents relating to three longstanding and well-known promotional and rebate programs previously maintained by the Company. The Company believes that the programs described in the subpoena are in compliance with all applicable laws, and the Company has cooperated fully with the government investigation. As of the filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the subpoena remains pending; although the last communication with the DOJ was in 2007.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the risk factors disclosed in Item 1A of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal period ended December 31, 2013.

Item 2.    Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

The following table presents information with respect to repurchases of common shares made by the Company during the three months ended September 30, 2014.

Period			Total Number of Shares Purchased (1)	Average Price Paid Per  Share		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly  Announced Plans or Programs	Maximum Number of Shares That May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (2)
7/1/2014	-	7/31/2014	—	$	—	—	2,453,978
8/1/2014	-	8/31/2014	—	—		—	2,453,978
9/1/2014	-	9/30/2014	—	—		—	2,453,978
Total			—	$	—	—	2,453,978

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(1) No shares were repurchased between July 1, 2014 and September 30, 2014 or surrendered to the Company by employees for minimum tax withholding purposes in conjunction with the vesting of restricted shares awarded to the employees by the Company.

(2) In 2001, the Board of Directors authorized the Company to purchase up to 2,000,000 Common Shares, excluding any shares acquired from employees or directors as a result of the exercise of options or vesting of restricted shares pursuant to the Company’s performance plans. The Board of Directors reaffirmed its authorization of this repurchase program on November 5, 2010, and on August 17, 2011 authorized an additional 2,046,500 shares for repurchase under the plan. To date, the Company has purchased 1,592,522 shares under this program, with authorization remaining to purchase 2,453,978 shares. The Company purchased no shares pursuant to this Board authorized program during the quarter ended September 30, 2014.

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Item 6.    Exhibits

Exhibit       No.
31.1	Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification (filed herewith).
32.1	Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (furnished herewith).
101.INS*	XBRL instance document
101.SCH*	XBRL taxonomy extension schema
101.CAL*	XBRL taxonomy extension calculation linkbase
101.DEF*	XBRL taxonomy extension definition linkbase
101.LAB*	XBRL taxonomy extension label linkbase
101.PRE*	XBRL taxonomy extension presentation linkbase

* Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the Interactive Data Files on Exhibit 101 hereto are deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise are not subject to liability under those sections.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

		INVACARE CORPORATION
Date:	November 6, 2014	By:	/s/ Robert K. Gudbranson
			Name:  Robert K. Gudbranson
			Title:  Interim President and Chief Financial Officer
			(As Principal Executive, Financial and Accounting Officer and on behalf of the registrant)

I-18

EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Robert K. Gudbranson, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Invacare Corporation;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under my supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report my conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

		INVACARE CORPORATION
		/s/ ROBERT K. GUDBRANSON
		Robert K. Gudbranson Interim President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
Date:	November 6, 2014	Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

EX-32.1

Exhibit 32.1

Certification

Pursuant to Section 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,

as adopted pursuant to Section 906

of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Invacare Corporation (the “company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ending September 30, 2014 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Robert K. Gudbranson, Interim President and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the company.

		/s/ ROBERT K. GUDBRANSON
		Robert K. Gudbranson Interim President and Chief Executive Officer
Date:	November 6, 2014	Chief Financial Officer

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Invacare Corporation and will be retained by Invacare Corporation and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

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Current Liabilities (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Payables and Accruals [Abstract]

Schedule of Accrued Expenses

Accrued expenses consist of accruals for the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
Salaries and wages	$	38,506	$	39,861
Taxes other than income taxes, primarily Value Added Taxes	26,554		24,525
Warranty cost	32,464		27,393
Supplemental Executive Retirement Program	8,671		391
Freight	6,255		7,636
Professional	7,019		6,516
Product liability, current portion	3,487		3,183
Rebates	2,137		1,681
Insurance	2,432		2,549
Interest	1,167		1,041
Derivative liabilities	3,609		1,212
Severance	4,734		3,986
Other items, principally trade accruals	13,010		13,126
	$	150,045	$	133,100

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Receivables (Installment Recevables) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Receivables [Abstract]
Installment Receivables, Current	$ 2,940	$ 3,242
Installment Receivables, Long-Term	5,854	5,677
Total Installment Receivables	8,794	8,919
Unearned Interest, Current	(49)	(61)
Unearned Interest, Noncurrent	0	0
Total Unearned Interest	(49)	(61)
Installment Receivables Net of Unearned Interest Current	2,891	3,181
Installment Receivables Net of Unearned Interest Noncurrent	5,854	5,677
Installment Receivables, Net of Unearned Interest	8,745	8,858
Allowance for doubtful accounts, current	(1,567)	(1,619)
Allowance for doubtful accounts, long-term	(4,650)	(4,420)
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(6,217)	(6,039)	(3,823)
Installment receivables, net	1,324	1,562
Installment receivables, net, long-term	1,204	1,257
Installment receivables, net	$ 2,528	$ 2,819

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Fair Values (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis

The following table provides a summary of the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured on a recurring basis (in thousands):

				Basis for Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date
				Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets / (Liabilities)	Significant Other Observable Inputs			Significant Other Unobservable Inputs
	Total			Level I	Level II			Level III
September 30, 2014
Forward Exchange Contracts—net	$	(2,469	)	—	$	(2,469	)	—
December 31, 2013
Forward Exchange Contracts—net	$	(411	)	—	$	(411	)	—
Interest Rate Swap Agreements—net	(12		)	—	(12		)	—

Fair Value, by Balance Sheet Grouping

The carrying values and fair values of the Company’s financial instruments are as follows (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014						December 31, 2013
	Carrying Value			Fair Value			Carrying Value			Fair Value
Cash and cash equivalents	$	29,066		$	29,066		$	29,785		$	29,785
Other investments	642			642			998			998
Installment receivables, net of reserves	2,528			2,528			2,819			2,819
Long-term debt (including current maturities of long-term debt)	(24,688		)	(23,794		)	(45,286		)	(46,124		)
Forward contracts in Other Current Assets	1,140			1,140			789			789
Forward contracts in Accrued Expenses	(3,609		)	(3,609		)	(1,200		)	(1,200		)
Interest rate swap agreements in Accrued Expenses	—			—			(12		)	(12		)

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Long-Term Debt Components of Convertible Debt (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt	$ 24,688	$ 45,286
Convertible Subordinated Debt | Convertible Senior Subordinated Debentures at 4.125% February 2027
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount of liability component	13,350	13,350
Unamortized discount	(2,184)	(2,709)
Long-term debt	$ 11,166	$ 10,641

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Receivables (Rollforward of Allowance for Doubtful Accounts) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts [Roll Forward]
Balance as of beginning of period	$ 6,039	$ 3,823
Current period provision	543	3,457
Direct write-offs charged against the allowance	(365)	(1,241)
Balance as of end of period	$ 6,217	$ 6,039

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) by Component (Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Net Sales	$ 320,520	$ 336,578	$ 951,964	$ 1,003,659
Cost of Products Sold	235,873	242,371	692,946	727,516
Amortization of prior service costs and unrecognized gains	98,181	97,579	295,328	302,757
Total before tax	(26,375)	(6,004)	(54,825)	(35,895)
Income tax provision	(2,350)	(270)	(7,250)	(2,430)
Net loss from Continuing Operations	(28,725)	(6,274)	(62,075)	(38,325)
Accumulated Defined Benefit Plans Adjustment [Member] | Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Amortization of prior service costs and unrecognized gains	84	(64)	207	(187)
Income tax provision	0	2	0	6
Net loss from Continuing Operations	84	(62)	207	(181)
Accumulated Net Gain (Loss) from Designated or Qualifying Cash Flow Hedges [Member] | Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Total before tax	53	87	597	96
Income tax provision	(42)	(9)	(120)	(24)
Net loss from Continuing Operations	11	78	477	72
Accumulated Net Gain (Loss) from Designated or Qualifying Cash Flow Hedges [Member] | Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income | Foreign currency forward contracts
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Net Sales	369	(54)	517	(496)
Cost of Products Sold	(316)	128	68	453
Accumulated Net Gain (Loss) from Designated or Qualifying Cash Flow Hedges [Member] | Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income | Interest rate swaps
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Interest Expense	$ 0	$ 13	$ 12	$ 139

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Net Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net earnings (loss) per common share for the periods indicated.

(In thousands except per share data)	For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
Basic
Average common shares outstanding	32,006			31,902			32,005			31,902
Net loss from continuing operations	(28,725		)	(6,274		)	(62,075		)	(38,325		)
Net earnings from discontinued operations	13,629			22,376			15,390			77,146
Net earnings (loss)	(15,096		)	16,102			(46,685		)	38,821
Net loss per common share from continuing operations	$	(0.90	)	$	(0.20	)	$	(1.94	)	$	(1.20	)
Net earnings per common share from discontinued operations	$	0.43		$	0.70		$	0.48		$	2.42
Net earnings (loss) per common share	$	(0.47	)	$	0.50		$	(1.46	)	$	1.22
Diluted
Average common shares outstanding	32,006			31,902			32,005			31,902
Stock options and awards	188			164			211			107
Average common shares assuming dilution	32,194			32,066			32,216			32,009
Net loss from continuing operations	$	(28,725	)	$	(6,274	)	$	(62,075	)	$	(38,325	)
Net earnings from discontinued operations	$	13,629		$	22,376		$	15,390		$	77,146
Net earnings (loss)	$	(15,096	)	$	16,102		$	(46,685	)	$	38,821
Net loss per common share from continuing operations *	$	(0.90	)	$	(0.20	)	$	(1.94	)	$	(1.20	)
Net earnings per common share from discontinued operations	$	0.42		$	0.70		$	0.48		$	2.41
Net earnings (loss) per common share *	$	(0.47	)	$	0.50		$	(1.46	)	$	1.21

* Net loss per common share assuming dilution calculated utilizing weighted average shares outstanding-basic for the periods in which there was a net loss.

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Receivables (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Receivables [Abstract]

Schedule of Installment Receivables

Installment receivables consist of the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014									December 31, 2013
	Current			Long- Term			Total			Current			Long- Term			Total
Installment receivables	$	2,940		$	5,854		$	8,794		$	3,242		$	5,677		$	8,919
Less: Unearned interest	(49		)	—			(49		)	(61		)	—			(61		)
	2,891			5,854			8,745			3,181			5,677			8,858
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(1,567		)	(4,650		)	(6,217		)	(1,619		)	(4,420		)	(6,039		)
	$	1,324		$	1,204		$	2,528		$	1,562		$	1,257		$	2,819

Schedule of Installment Receivables Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The movement in the installment receivables allowance for doubtful accounts was as follows (in thousands):

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014			Year Ended December 31, 2013
Balance as of beginning of period	$	6,039		$	3,823
Current period provision	543			3,457
Direct write-offs charged against the allowance	(365		)	(1,241		)
Balance as of end of period	$	6,217		$	6,039

Schedule of Installment Receivables by Class

Installment receivables by class as of September 30, 2014 consist of the following (in thousands):

	Total Installment Receivables		Unpaid Principal Balance		Related Allowance for Doubtful Accounts		Interest Income Recognized
U.S.
Impaired Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded	$	7,580	$	7,580	$	6,136	$	—
Canada
Non-Impaired Installment receivables with no related allowance recorded	1,133		1,084		—		64
Impaired Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded	81		81		81		—
Total Canadian Installment Receivables	$	1,214	$	1,165	$	81	$	64
Total
Non-Impaired Installment receivables with no related allowance recorded	1,133		1,084		—		64
Impaired Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded	7,661		7,661		6,217		—
Total Installment Receivables	$	8,794	$	8,745	$	6,217	$	64

Installment receivables by class as of December 31, 2013 consist of the following (in thousands):

	Total Installment Receivables		Unpaid Principal Balance		Related Allowance for Doubtful Accounts		Interest Income Recognized
U.S.
Impaired Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded	$	7,464	$	7,464	$	5,951	$	—
Canada
Non-Impaired Installment receivables with no related allowance recorded	1,367		1,306		—		101
Impaired Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded	88		88		88		—
Total Canadian Installment Receivables	$	1,455	$	1,394	$	88	$	101
Total
Non-Impaired Installment receivables with no related allowance recorded	1,367		1,306		—		101
Impaired Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded	7,552		7,552		6,039		—
Total Installment Receivables	$	8,919	$	8,858	$	6,039	$	101

Schedule of Financing Receivables

Installment receivables by class as of September 30, 2014 consist of the following (in thousands):

	Total Installment Receivables		Unpaid Principal Balance		Related Allowance for Doubtful Accounts		Interest Income Recognized
U.S.
Impaired Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded	$	7,580	$	7,580	$	6,136	$	—
Canada
Non-Impaired Installment receivables with no related allowance recorded	1,133		1,084		—		64
Impaired Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded	81		81		81		—
Total Canadian Installment Receivables	$	1,214	$	1,165	$	81	$	64
Total
Non-Impaired Installment receivables with no related allowance recorded	1,133		1,084		—		64
Impaired Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded	7,661		7,661		6,217		—
Total Installment Receivables	$	8,794	$	8,745	$	6,217	$	64

Installment receivables by class as of December 31, 2013 consist of the following (in thousands):

	Total Installment Receivables		Unpaid Principal Balance		Related Allowance for Doubtful Accounts		Interest Income Recognized
U.S.
Impaired Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded	$	7,464	$	7,464	$	5,951	$	—
Canada
Non-Impaired Installment receivables with no related allowance recorded	1,367		1,306		—		101
Impaired Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded	88		88		88		—
Total Canadian Installment Receivables	$	1,455	$	1,394	$	88	$	101
Total
Non-Impaired Installment receivables with no related allowance recorded	1,367		1,306		—		101
Impaired Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded	7,552		7,552		6,039		—
Total Installment Receivables	$	8,919	$	8,858	$	6,039	$	101

Schedule of Aging of Installment Receivables

The aging of the Company’s installment receivables was as follows (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014						December 31, 2013
	Total		U.S.		Canada		Total		U.S.		Canada
Current	$	1,104	$	—	$	1,104	$	1,338	$	—	$	1,338
0-30 Days Past Due	8		—		8		7		—		7
31-60 Days Past Due	1		—		1		—		—		—
61-90 Days Past Due	—		—		—		—		—		—
90+ Days Past Due	7,681		7,580		101		7,574		7,464		110
	$	8,794	$	7,580	$	1,214	$	8,919	$	7,464	$	1,455

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Charges Related To Restructuring Activities (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	$ 3,840	$ 4,100	$ 4,485		$ 4,485	$ 6,993	$ 6,993	$ 4,979	$ 0
Charges	4,077	2,090	2,240	1,884	8,407	6,998	9,336	11,395	10,534
Payments	(2,834)	(2,350)	(2,625)		(7,809)		(11,844)	(9,381)	(5,555)
Ending Balance	5,083	3,840	4,100		5,083		4,485	6,993	4,979
Severance [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	3,491	3,755	3,986		3,986	5,211	5,211	4,905	0
Charges	3,915	1,297	1,521		6,733		8,282	6,775	8,352
Payments	(2,672)	(1,561)	(1,752)				(9,507)	(6,469)	(3,447)
Ending Balance	4,734	3,491	3,755		4,734		3,986	5,211	4,905
Product Line Discontinuance [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	0	0	0		0	151	151	0	0
Charges	0	0	0				0	491	277
Payments	0	0	0				(151)	(340)	(277)
Ending Balance	0	0	0		0		0	151	0
Contract Termination [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	349	345	499		499	1,625	1,625	74	0
Charges	0	4	0				698	1,725	1,788
Payments	0	0	(154)				(1,824)	(174)	(1,714)
Ending Balance	349	349	345		349		499	1,625	74
Other [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	0	0	0		0	6	6	0	0
Charges	162	789	719				356	2,404	117
Payments	(162)	(789)	(719)				(362)	(2,398)	(117)
Ending Balance	0	0	0		0		0	6	0
NA/HME
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	2,030	2,488	2,805		2,805	3,747	3,747	3,092
Charges	3,041	845	803	1,210	4,689	4,837	5,922	4,247	4,759
Payments	(1,466)	(1,303)	(1,120)				(6,864)	(3,592)	(1,667)
Ending Balance	3,605	2,030	2,488		3,605		2,805	3,747	3,092
NA/HME | Severance [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	2,030	2,488	2,805		2,805	3,747	3,747	3,092
Charges	3,041	845	803				5,405	4,242	4,755
Payments	(1,466)	(1,303)	(1,120)				(6,347)	(3,587)	(1,663)
Ending Balance	3,605	2,030	2,488		3,605		2,805	3,747	3,092
NA/HME | Product Line Discontinuance [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Charges	0	0	0				0	0	0
Payments	0	0	0				0	0	0
Ending Balance	0	0	0		0		0	0	0
NA/HME | Contract Termination [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Charges	0	0	0				164	5	0
Payments	0	0	0				(164)	(5)	0
Ending Balance	0	0	0		0		0	0	0
NA/HME | Other [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Charges	0	0	0				353	0	4
Payments	0	0	0				(353)	0	(4)
Ending Balance	0	0	0		0		0	0	0
IPG
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	759	397	92		92	0	0	71
Charges	591	658	1,059	36	2,308	237	267	35	123
Payments	(780)	(296)	(754)				(175)	(106)	(52)
Ending Balance	570	759	397		570		92	0	71
IPG | Severance [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	759	397	92		92	0	0	71
Charges	429	394	340				267	35	123
Payments	(618)	(32)	(35)				(175)	(106)	(52)
Ending Balance	570	759	397		570		92	0	71
IPG | Product Line Discontinuance [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Charges	0	0	0				0	0	0
Payments	0	0	0				0	0	0
Ending Balance	0	0	0		0		0	0	0
IPG | Contract Termination [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Charges	0	0	0				0	0	0
Payments	0	0	0				0	0	0
Ending Balance	0	0	0		0		0	0	0
IPG | Other [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Charges	162	264	719		1,674		0	0	0
Payments	(162)	(264)	(719)				0	0	0
Ending Balance	0	0	0		0		0	0	0
Europe
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	702	870	1,089		1,089	595	595	1,816
Charges	69	583	378				1,640	2,093	5,466
Payments	(240)	(751)	(597)				(1,146)	(3,314)	(3,650)
Ending Balance	531	702	870		531		1,089	595	1,816
Europe | Severance [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	702	870	1,089		1,089	595	595	1,742
Charges	69	58	378				1,640	817	3,288
Payments	(240)	(226)	(597)				(1,146)	(1,964)	(1,546)
Ending Balance	531	702	870		531		1,089	595	1,742
Europe | Product Line Discontinuance [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Charges	0	0	0				0	0	277
Payments	0	0	0				0	0	(277)
Ending Balance	0	0	0		0		0	0	0
Europe | Contract Termination [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	0	0	0		0	0	0	74
Charges	0	0	0				0	53	1,788
Payments	0	0	0				0	(127)	(1,714)
Ending Balance	0	0	0		0		0	0	74
Europe | Other [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Charges	0	525	0				0	1,223	113
Payments	0	(525)	0				0	(1,223)	(113)
Ending Balance	0	0	0		0		0	0	0
Asia/Pacific
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	349	345	499		499	2,651	2,651	0
Charges	376	4	0				1,507	5,020	186
Payments	(348)	0	(154)				(3,659)	(2,369)	(186)
Ending Balance	377	349	345		377		499	2,651	0
Asia/Pacific | Severance [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	0	0	0		0	869	869	0
Charges	376	0	0				970	1,681	186
Payments	(348)	0	0				(1,839)	(812)	(186)
Ending Balance	28	0	0		28		0	869	0
Asia/Pacific | Product Line Discontinuance [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	0	0	0		0	151	151	0
Charges	0	0	0				0	491	0
Payments	0	0	0				(151)	(340)	0
Ending Balance	0	0	0		0		0	151	0
Asia/Pacific | Contract Termination [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	349	345	499		499	1,625	1,625	0
Charges	0	4	0				534	1,667	0
Payments	0	0	(154)				(1,660)	(42)	0
Ending Balance	349	349	345		349		499	1,625	0
Asia/Pacific | Other [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	0	0	0		0	6	6	0
Charges	0	0	0				3	1,181	0
Payments	0	0	0				(9)	(1,175)	0
Ending Balance	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0		$ 0		$ 0	$ 6	$ 0

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Other Long-Term Obligations Narrative (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014
Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]
Payments for deferred compensation arrangement	$ 2,545
Expected payment to retired executives	8,280
Expected payment within next 12 months	847
Current liabilities reclassified from Other long-term obligations	$ 9,127

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Derivatives Narrative (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013
Foreign currency forward contracts
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional amount of derivatives, matured during period	$ 42,890	$ 51,250	$ 118,017	$ 131,923
Interest Expense [Member] | Interest rate swaps
Derivative [Line Items]
Loss on derivative		(13)	(12)	(139)
Selling General and Administrative Expense [Member] | Foreign currency forward contracts
Derivative [Line Items]
Gain recognized in income		361		617
Loss on derivative	(2,240)		(2,384)
Minimum
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, percentage of forcasted transactions with currency rate exposure			60.00%
Maximum
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, percentage of forcasted transactions with currency rate exposure			90.00%
Cash Flow Hedging [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Gain (Loss)	(53)	(74)	(585)	43
Cash Flow Hedging [Member] | Sales [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Gain recognized in income		54		496
Loss on derivative	(369)		(517)
Cash Flow Hedging [Member] | Cost of Sales [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Gain recognized in income	316
Loss on derivative		$ (128)	$ (68)	$ (453)

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Receivables (Aging of Installment Receivables) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Past Due [Line Items]
Current	$ 1,104	$ 1,338
0-30 Days Past Due	8	7
31-60 Days Past Due	1	0
61-90 Days Past Due	0	0
90 Days Past Due	7,681	7,574
Total Installment Receivables Past Due	8,794	8,919
U.S.
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Past Due [Line Items]
Current	0	0
0-30 Days Past Due	0	0
31-60 Days Past Due	0	0
61-90 Days Past Due	0	0
90 Days Past Due	7,580	7,464
Total Installment Receivables Past Due	7,580	7,464
CANADA
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Past Due [Line Items]
Current	1,104	1,338
0-30 Days Past Due	8	7
31-60 Days Past Due	1	0
61-90 Days Past Due	0	0
90 Days Past Due	101	110
Total Installment Receivables Past Due	$ 1,214	$ 1,455

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Shareholders' Equity Transactions (Stock Options Outstanding by Exercise Price) (Details) (USD $)			9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014 $ 12.42 – $15.00	Sep. 30, 2014 $ 15.01 – $25.00	Sep. 30, 2014 $ 25.01 – $35.00	Sep. 30, 2014 $ 35.01 – $47.80	Sep. 30, 2014 Stock Options	Sep. 30, 2014 Stock Options $ 12.42 – $15.00	Sep. 30, 2014 Stock Options $ 15.01 – $25.00	Sep. 30, 2014 Stock Options $ 25.01 – $35.00	Sep. 30, 2014 Stock Options $ 35.01 – $47.80
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Exercise price range, lower limit (in dollars per share)			$ 12.42	$ 15.01	$ 25.01	$ 35.01
Exercise price range, upper limit (in dollars per share)			$ 15.00	$ 25.00	$ 35.00	$ 47.80
Options Outstanding - Number Outstanding at end of period (in shares)							3,894,668	1,057,821	1,523,112	884,470	429,265
Options Outstanding - Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life							5 years 1 month 13 days	8 years 0 months 13 days	4 years 7 months 13 days	4 years 8 months 13 days	0 years 8 months 13 days
Options Outstanding - Weighted Average Exercise Price (in dollars per share)	$ 23.10	$ 23.86					$ 23.10	$ 13.92	$ 22.45	$ 25.73	$ 42.61
Options Exercisable - Number Exercisable At end of period (in shares)							3,152,241	437,501	1,403,441	882,034	429,265
Options Exercisable - Weighted Average Exercise Price (in dollars per share)							$ 24.86	$ 13.79	$ 22.36	$ 25.71	$ 42.61

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Derivatives Notional Amounts - Not Designated as Hedges (Details) (Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended			12 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014 Forward Exchange Contracts—net	Sep. 30, 2013 Forward Exchange Contracts—net	Sep. 30, 2014 Forward Exchange Contracts—net	Sep. 30, 2013 Forward Exchange Contracts—net	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014 EUR / AUD [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 EUR / AUD [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 EUR / CAD [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 EUR / CAD [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 EUR / DKK [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 EUR / DKK [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 AUD / CAD [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 AUD / CAD [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 EUR / NOK [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 EUR / NOK [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 142,156	$ 34,059					$ 4,200	$ 225	$ 4,565	$ 0	$ 3,247	$ 0	$ 98,628	$ 14,867	$ 328	$ 1,645	$ 11,344	$ 0	$ 8,653	$ 0	$ 3,774	$ 0	$ 4,500	$ 3,824	$ 719	$ 0	$ 2,142	$ 2,039	$ 19	$ 0	$ 33	$ 5,470	$ 0	$ 5,989	$ 4	$ 0
Gain (Loss)	$ (2,384)	$ 370	$ (2,240)	$ 361	$ (2,384)	$ 617	$ 110	$ (1)	$ (103)	$ 0	$ (29)	$ 0	$ (1,617)	$ 250	$ (14)	$ 35	$ (580)	$ 0	$ (49)	$ 0	$ (52)	$ 0	$ 68	$ (1)	$ (32)	$ 0	$ (85)	$ 80	$ (1)	$ 0	$ 0	$ (3)	$ 0	$ 10	$ 0	$ 0

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Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Effective income tax rate, continuing operations	(8.90%)	(4.50%)	(13.20%)	(6.80%)
U.S. statutory income tax rate			35.00%	35.00%
Domestic intraperiod tax allocation, discrete tax expense				$ 3,143

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Derivatives Balance Sheet Location (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Other Current Assets
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative assets	$ 1,140	$ 789
Other Current Assets | Foreign currency forward contracts | Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative assets	740	414
Other Current Assets | Foreign currency forward contracts | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative assets	400	375
Other Current Assets | Interest rate swaps | Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative assets	0	0
Accrued Expenses
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	3,609	1,212
Accrued Expenses | Foreign currency forward contracts | Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	825	1,195
Accrued Expenses | Foreign currency forward contracts | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	2,784	5
Accrued Expenses | Interest rate swaps | Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	$ 0	$ 12

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) by Component (Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	$ 127,569	$ 104,714	$ 125,156	$ 112,743
OCI before reclassifications	(22,441)	9,858	(20,617)	1,954
Amount reclassified from accumulated OCI	95	16	684	(109)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(22,346)	9,874	(19,933)	1,845
Ending Balance	105,223	114,588	105,223	114,588
Accumulated Translation Adjustment [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	137,352	117,817	143,845	117,465
OCI before reclassifications	(24,470)	17,852	(30,963)	18,204
Amount reclassified from accumulated OCI	0	0	0	0
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(24,470)	17,852	(30,963)	18,204
Ending Balance	112,882	135,669	112,882	135,669
Accumulated Long-Term Notes Adjustment [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	(4,361)	(6,743)	(12,566)	2,845
OCI before reclassifications	1,634	(8,062)	9,839	(17,650)
Amount reclassified from accumulated OCI	0	0	0	0
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	1,634	(8,062)	9,839	(17,650)
Ending Balance	(2,727)	(14,805)	(2,727)	(14,805)
Accumulated Defined Benefit Plans Adjustment [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	(4,855)	(6,419)	(5,414)	(6,785)
OCI before reclassifications	(56)	265	380	750
Amount reclassified from accumulated OCI	84	(62)	207	(181)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	28	203	587	569
Ending Balance	(4,827)	(6,216)	(4,827)	(6,216)
Accumulated Net Gain (Loss) from Designated or Qualifying Cash Flow Hedges [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	(567)	59	(709)	(782)
OCI before reclassifications	451	(197)	127	650
Amount reclassified from accumulated OCI	11	78	477	72
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	462	(119)	604	722
Ending Balance	$ (105)	$ (60)	$ (105)	$ (60)

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Long-Term Debt Narrative (Details) (USD $)			3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014 Convertible Subordinated Debt Convertible Senior Subordinated Debentures at 4.125% February 2027	Feb. 17, 2007 Convertible Subordinated Debt Convertible Senior Subordinated Debentures at 4.125% February 2027	Mar. 31, 2014 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Line of Credit [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Line of Credit [Member]	Jan. 31, 2014 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Line of Credit [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Line of Credit [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Line of Credit [Member] Credit Agreement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Base Rate [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Line of Credit [Member] Credit Agreement [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 North America/HME Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Minimum interest coverage ratio							3.50
Future one-time cash restructuring charges added back to EBITDA							$ 20,000,000
Incremental increase to future one-time cash restructuring charges added back to EBITDA							5,000,000
Maximum warranty expense accrued added back to EBITDA							10,000,000
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity				100,000,000	250,000,000
Reductions in capital expenditures							25,000,000
Basis spread on variable rate (as a percent)								0.25%
Debt issuance costs			351,000
Write off of capitalized fees									1,070,000
Principal Amount		$ 135,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)	4.125%
Weighted average interest rate (as a percent)				2.66%		2.39%

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Concentration Of Credit Risk

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Risks and Uncertainties [Abstract]

Concentration Of Credit Risk

Concentration of Credit Risk

The Company manufactures and distributes durable medical equipment to the home health care, retail and extended care markets. The Company performs credit evaluations of its customers’ financial condition. The Company utilizes De Lage Landen, Inc. (“DLL”), a third party financing company, to provide the majority of future lease financing to the Company’s North America customers. The DLL agreement provides for direct leasing between DLL and the Invacare customer. The Company retains a recourse obligation of $4,831,000 at September 30, 2014 to DLL for events of default under the contracts, which total $36,218,000 at September 30, 2014. The Company's recourse is re-evaluated by DLL biannually, considers activity between the biannual dates and excludes any receivables repurchased by the Company from DLL. The Company monitors the collections status of these contracts and has provided amounts for estimated losses in its allowances for doubtful accounts in accordance with Receivables, ASC 310-10-05-4. Credit losses are provided for in the financial statements.

Substantially all of the Company’s receivables are due from health care, medical equipment providers and long term care facilities located throughout the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Europe. A significant portion of products sold to dealers, both foreign and domestic, is ultimately funded through government reimbursement programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. The Company has also seen a significant shift in reimbursement to customers from managed care entities. As a consequence, changes in these programs can have an adverse impact on dealer liquidity and profitability. In addition, reimbursement guidelines in the home health care industry have a substantial impact on the nature and type of equipment an end user can obtain as well as the timing of reimbursement and, thus, affect the product mix, pricing and payment patterns of the Company’s customers.

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Supplemental Guarantor Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Supplemental Guarantor Information [Abstract]

Condensed Financial Statements

CONSOLIDATING CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

	The Company (Parent)			Combined Guarantor Subsidiaries			Combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Total
Three month period ended September 30, 2014	(in thousands)
Net sales	$	55,333		$	96,947		$	192,482		$	(24,242	)	$	320,520
Cost of products sold	49,799			76,819			133,533			(24,278		)	235,873
Gross Profit	5,534			20,128			58,949			36			84,647
Selling, general and administrative expenses	32,124			19,765			46,375			(83		)	98,181
Charge related to restructuring activities	3,149			—			928			—			4,077
Asset write-downs to intangibles	—			8,253			—			—			8,253
Income (loss) from equity investee	13,251			8,476			(63		)	(21,664		)	—
Interest expense	57			406			48			—			511
Earnings (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes	(16,545		)	180			11,535			(21,545		)	(26,375		)
Income taxes (benefit)	(1,449		)	400			3,399			—			2,350
Net Earnings (Loss) from Continuing Operations	(15,096		)	(220		)	8,136			(21,545		)	(28,725		)
Net Earnings from Discontinued Operations	—			13,629			—			—			13,629
Net Earnings (loss)	$	(15,096	)	$	13,409		$	8,136		$	(21,545	)	$	(15,096	)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	(22,346		)	(5,327		)	(9,521		)	14,848			(22,346		)
Comprehensive Income (Loss)	$	(37,442	)	$	8,082		$	(1,385	)	$	(6,697	)	$	(37,442	)

Three month period ended September 30, 2013
Net sales	$	60,641		$	114,950		$	184,299	$	(23,312	)	$	336,578
Cost of products sold	52,454			84,997			128,232		(23,312		)	242,371
Gross Profit	8,187			29,953			56,067		—			94,207
Selling, general and administrative expenses	29,046			24,223			44,310		—			97,579
Charge related to restructuring activities	1,597			36			251		—			1,884
Asset write-downs to intangibles	—			167			—		—			167
Income (loss) from equity investee	32,513			8,935			22		(41,470		)	—
Interest expense (income)—net	(603		)	1,107			77		—			581
Earnings (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes	10,660			13,355			11,451		(41,470		)	(6,004		)
Income taxes (benefit)	(5,442		)	(480		)	6,192		—			270
Net Earnings (Loss) from Continuing Operations	16,102			13,835			5,259		(41,470		)	(6,274		)
Net Earnings from Discontinued Operations	—			22,376			—		—			22,376
Net Earnings (loss)	$	16,102		$	36,211		$	5,259	$	(41,470	)	$	16,102
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	9,874			220			10,135		(10,355		)	9,874
Comprehensive Income (Loss)	$	25,976		$	36,431		$	15,394	$	(51,825	)	$	25,976

CONSOLIDATING CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

	The Company (Parent)			Combined Guarantor Subsidiaries			Combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Total
Nine month period ended September 30, 2014	(in thousands)
Net sales	$	160,054		$	307,801		$	554,060		$	(69,951	)	$	951,964
Cost of products sold	144,620			234,288			384,025			(69,987		)	692,946
Gross Profit	15,434			73,513			170,035			36			259,018
Selling, general and administrative expenses	95,990			62,633			136,788			(83		)	295,328
Charge related to restructuring activities	5,203			(95		)	3,299			—			8,407
Asset write-downs to intangibles	—			8,253			—			—			8,253
Income (loss) from equity investee	37,596			23,103			(127		)	(60,572		)	—
Interest expense (income)—net	(227		)	1,668			414			—			1,855
Earnings (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes	(47,936		)	24,157			29,407			(60,453		)	(54,825		)
Income taxes (benefit)	(1,251		)	—			8,501			—			7,250
Net Earnings (Loss) from Continuing Operations	(46,685		)	24,157			20,906			(60,453		)	(62,075		)
Net Earnings from Discontinued Operations	—			15,390			—			—			15,390
Net Earnings (loss)	$	(46,685	)	$	39,547		$	20,906		$	(60,453	)	$	(46,685	)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	(19,933		)	(3,038		)	(18,476		)	21,514			(19,933		)
Comprehensive Income (Loss)	$	(66,618	)	$	36,509		$	2,430		$	(38,939	)	$	(66,618	)

Nine month period ended September 30, 2013
Net sales	$	186,453		$	350,291		$	535,805		$	(68,890	)	$	1,003,659
Cost of products sold	159,884			258,609			378,287			(69,264		)	727,516
Gross Profit	26,569			91,682			157,518			374			276,143
Selling, general and administrative expenses	99,338			69,085			131,640			2,694			302,757
Charge related to restructuring activities	5,078			49			1,871			—			6,998
Asset write-downs to intangibles	—			167			—			—			167
Income (loss) from equity investee	105,501			21,472			(93		)	(126,880		)	—
Interest expense (income)—net	(1,418		)	2,819			715			—			2,116
Earnings (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes	29,072			41,034			23,199			(129,200		)	(35,895		)
Income taxes (benefit)	(9,749		)	(1,470		)	13,649			—			2,430
Net Earnings (Loss) from Continuing Operations	38,821			42,504			9,550			(129,200		)	(38,325		)
Net Earnings from Discontinued Operations	—			77,146			—			—			77,146
Net Earnings (loss)	$	38,821		$	119,650		$	9,550		$	(129,200	)	$	38,821
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	1,845			(415		)	2,228			(1,813		)	1,845
Comprehensive Income (Loss)	$	40,666		$	119,235		$	11,778		$	(131,013	)	$	40,666

CONSOLIDATING CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

	The Company (Parent)		Combined Guarantor Subsidiaries		Combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Total
September 30, 2014	(in thousands)
Assets
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,752	$	471	$	26,843	$	—		$	29,066
Trade receivables, net	51,229		27,551		93,472		—			172,252
Installment receivables, net	—		413		911		—			1,324
Inventories, net	24,361		27,902		113,045		(2,575		)	162,733
Deferred income taxes	—		—		2,389		—			2,389
Intercompany advances, net	8,919		1,861		68,139		(78,919		)	—
Other current assets	6,138		467		36,836		(6,180		)	37,261
Total Current Assets	92,399		58,665		341,635		(87,674		)	405,025
Investment in subsidiaries	1,430,467		477,900		—		(1,908,367		)	—
Intercompany advances, net	1,022,820		1,656,292		183,397		(2,862,509		)	—
Other Assets	28,990		1,031		1,980		—			32,001
Other Intangibles	366		5,456		39,997		—			45,819
Property and Equipment, net	31,056		14,407		48,018		—			93,481
Goodwill	—		16,661		431,444		—			448,105
Total Assets	$	2,606,098	$	2,230,412	$	1,046,471	$	(4,858,550	)	$	1,024,431
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable	$	52,179	$	7,408	$	61,616	$	—		$	121,203
Accrued expenses	41,846		21,541		92,838		(6,180		)	150,045
Current Taxes, payable and deferred	6,791		—		11,037		—			17,828
Intercompany advances, net	63,749		2,050		13,120		(78,919		)	—
Short-term debt and current maturities of long-term obligations	—		8		773		—			781
Total Current Liabilities	164,565		31,007		179,384		(85,099		)	289,857
Long-Term Debt	19,166		8		4,733		—			23,907
Other Long-Term Obligations	40,169		—		62,971		—			103,140
Intercompany advances, net	1,774,671		1,026,223		61,615		(2,862,509		)	—
Total Shareholders’ Equity	607,527		1,173,174		737,768		(1,910,942		)	607,527
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity	$	2,606,098	$	2,230,412	$	1,046,471	$	(4,858,550	)	$	1,024,431

CONSOLIDATING CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

	The Company (Parent)		Combined Guarantor Subsidiaries		Combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Total
December 31, 2013	(in thousands)
Assets
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,401	$	313	$	28,071	$	—		$	29,785
Trade receivables, net	72,272		28,317		88,033		—			188,622
Installment receivables, net	—		452		1,110		—			1,562
Inventories, net	30,806		27,472		100,444		(3,085		)	155,637
Deferred income taxes	—		—		2,761		—			2,761
Intercompany advances, net	4,179		380		44,292		(48,851		)	—
Other current assets	9,970		568		35,461		(4,827		)	41,172
Total Current Assets	118,628		57,502		300,172		(56,763		)	419,539
Investment in subsidiaries	1,475,156		450,021		—		(1,925,177		)	—
Intercompany advances, net	959,071		1,620,683		179,451		(2,759,205		)	—
Other Assets	42,831		1,061		2,044		—			45,936
Other Intangibles	466		17,109		45,009		—			62,584
Property and Equipment, net	35,169		17,774		53,206		—			106,149
Goodwill	—		16,660		445,566		—			462,226
Total Assets	$	2,631,321	$	2,180,810	$	1,025,448	$	(4,741,145	)	$	1,096,434
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable	$	42,521	$	7,237	$	66,946	$	—		$	116,704
Accrued expenses	30,314		17,228		90,385		(4,827		)	133,100
Current Taxes, payable and deferred	5,375		—		6,884		—			12,259
Intercompany advances, net	42,314		2,124		4,413		(48,851		)	—
Short-term debt and current maturities of long-term obligations	13,118		8		976		—			14,102
Total Current Liabilities	133,642		26,597		169,604		(53,678		)	276,165
Long-Term Debt	25,642		61		5,481		—			31,184
Other Long-Term Obligations	53,470		—		64,806		—			118,276
Intercompany advances, net	1,747,758		959,172		52,275		(2,759,205		)	—
Total Shareholders’ Equity	670,809		1,194,980		733,282		(1,928,262		)	670,809
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity	$	2,631,321	$	2,180,810	$	1,025,448	$	(4,741,145	)	$	1,096,434

CONSOLIDATING CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

	The Company (Parent)			Combined Guarantor Subsidiaries			Combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Total
Nine month period ended September 30, 2014	(in thousands)
Net Cash Provided (Used) by Operating Activities	$	(30,886	)	$	(498	)	$	8,089		$	23,433		$	138
Investing Activities
Purchases of property and equipment	(1,901		)	(1,030		)	(6,364		)	—			(9,295		)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment	—			—			9			—			9
Proceeds from sale of business	—			21,870			—			—			21,870
Other long-term assets	12,060			—			23			—			12,083
Other	40,728			(17,093		)	(25		)	(23,433		)	177
Net Cash Provided (Used) for Investing Activities	50,887			3,747			(6,357		)	(23,433		)	24,844
Financing Activities
Proceeds from revolving lines of credit and long-term borrowings	201,766			—			—			—			201,766
Payments on revolving lines of credit and long-term borrowings	(220,390		)	(3,091		)	(2,951		)	—			(226,432		)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	162			—			—			—			162
Payment of dividends	(1,188		)	—			—			—			(1,188		)
Net Cash Used by Financing Activities	(19,650		)	(3,091		)	(2,951		)	—			(25,692		)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	—			—			(9		)	—			(9		)
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	351			158			(1,228		)	—			(719		)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year	1,401			313			28,071			—			29,785
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	1,752		$	471		$	26,843		$	—		$	29,066

CONSOLIDATING CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

	The Company (Parent)			Combined Guarantor Subsidiaries			Combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Total
Nine month period ended September 30, 2013	(in thousands)
Net Cash Provided (Used) by Operating Activities	$	35,179		$	(81,077	)	$	(20,736	)	$	65,389		$	(1,245	)
Investing Activities
Purchases of property and equipment	(3,234		)	(3,611		)	(4,241		)	—			(11,086		)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment	—			11			845			—			856
Proceeds from sale of business	—			187,552			—			—			187,552
Other long-term assets	783			—			166			—			949
Other	171,353			(103,417		)	—			(68,083		)	(147		)
Net Cash Provided (Used) for Investing Activities	168,902			80,535			(3,230		)	(68,083		)	178,124
Financing Activities
Proceeds from revolving lines of credit and long-term borrowings	226,189			—			23,935			—			250,124
Payments on revolving lines of credit and long-term borrowings	(431,709		)	(476		)	—			—			(432,185		)
Payment of dividends	(1,187		)	—			(2,694		)	2,694			(1,187		)
Net Cash Provided (Used) by Financing Activities	(206,707		)	(476		)	21,241			2,694			(183,248		)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	—			—			203			—			203
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(2,626		)	(1,018		)	(2,522		)	—			(6,166		)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year	5,774			1,018			31,999			—			38,791
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	3,148		$	—		$	29,477		$	—		$	32,625

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Other Long-Term Obligations (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]

Other Noncurrent Liabilities

Other long-term obligations consist of the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (SERP) liability	$	18,673	$	27,049
Product liability	17,555		17,185
Deferred income taxes	33,834		36,328
Deferred compensation	7,808		11,679
Uncertain tax obligation including interest	15,897		15,524
Other	9,373		10,511
Total long-term obligations	$	103,140	$	118,276

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Shareholders' Equity Transactions (Options Activity) (Details) (USD $)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding [Roll Forward]
Options outstanding at beginning of period (in shares)	4,533,782
Granted (in shares)	8,977
Excercised (in shares)	(9,885)
Canceled (in shares)	(638,206)
Options outstanding at end of period (in shares)	3,894,668
Weighted Average Exercise Price
Options outstanding at beginning of period - Weighted Average Exercise Price (in dollars per share)	$ 23.86
Granted - Weighted Average Exercise Price (in dollars per share)	$ 16.71
Excercised - Weighted Average Exercise Price (in dollars per share)	$ 14.76
Canceled - Weighted Average Exercise Price (in dollars per share)	$ 28.54
Options outstanding at end of period - Weighted Average Exercise Price (in dollars per share)	$ 23.10
Options exercisable at end of period (in shares)	3,152,241
Stock Options
Weighted Average Exercise Price
Options outstanding at end of period - Weighted Average Exercise Price (in dollars per share)	$ 23.10
Options available for grant at end of period (in shares)	3,646,676	[1]

[1] *Shares available for grant as of September 30, 2014 reduced by net restricted stock and restricted stock unit award and performance share and performance share unit award activity of 462,352 shares and 341,332 shares, respectively during the quarter.

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Property And Equipment (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property and equipment consist of the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014			December 31, 2013
Machinery and equipment	$	353,389		$	358,061
Land, buildings and improvements	89,467			91,389
Furniture and fixtures	12,448			12,774
Leasehold improvements	14,937			14,931
	470,241			477,155
Less allowance for depreciation	(376,760		)	(371,006		)
	$	93,481		$	106,149

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Discontinued Operations Assets and Liabilities of Discontinued Operations (Details) (Altimate Medical, Inc. [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Aug. 29, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Altimate Medical, Inc. [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Trade receivables, net	$ 2,019	$ 2,055
Inventories, net	1,954	1,703
Other current assets	246	10
Property and Equipment, net	176	181
Other Intangibles	1,047	1,530
Assets sold	5,442	5,479
Accounts payable	425	544
Accrued expenses	316	220
Liabilities sold	$ 741	$ 764

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Warrany Costs (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014
Product Liability Contingency [Line Items]
Additional warranty expense accrued related to recall	$ 11,493
Movement in Standard and Extended Product Warranty, Increase (Decrease) [Roll Forward]
Balance as of January 1, 2014	27,393
Warranties provided during the period	17,763
Settlements made during the period	(17,051)
Changes in liability for pre-existing warranties during the period, including expirations	4,359
Balance as of September 30, 2014	32,464
Europe
Product Liability Contingency [Line Items]
Additional warranty expense accrued related to recall	3,395
North America/HME
Product Liability Contingency [Line Items]
Additional warranty expense accrued related to recall	3,164
Field action under review
Product Liability Contingency [Line Items]
Additional warranty expense accrued related to recall	6,559
Number of reported incidents	5
Warranty related sieve bed recall
Product Liability Contingency [Line Items]
Additional warranty expense accrued related to recall	2,057
Warranty related recall
Product Liability Contingency [Line Items]
Additional warranty expense accrued related to recall	2,877
Warranty related recall | North America/HME
Product Liability Contingency [Line Items]
Additional warranty expense accrued related to recall	1,612
Warranty related recall | Asia/Pacific
Product Liability Contingency [Line Items]
Additional warranty expense accrued related to recall	$ 1,265

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Other Long-Term Assets Narrative (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
Proceeds from sale of life insurance policies	$ 12,250

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Derivatives (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Notional Amounts of Outstanding Derivative Positions

Outstanding foreign currency forward exchange contracts qualifying and designated for hedge accounting treatment were as follows (in thousands USD):

	September 30, 2014					December 31, 2013
	Notional Amount		Unrealized Net Gain (Loss)			Notional Amount		Unrealized Net Gain (Loss)
USD / AUD	$	582	$	10		$	—	$	—
USD / CNY	3,242		(24		)	11,730		(66		)
USD / CHF	97		2			486		4
USD / EUR	14,563		533			51,106		(168		)
USD / GBP	604		(19		)	2,686		(45		)
USD / NZD	1,012		(19		)	—		—
USD / SEK	479		37			2,485		58
USD / MXP	2,754		6			5,960		102
EUR / AUD	163		(11		)	—		—
EUR / CAD	380		(7		)	1,710		(1		)
EUR / CHF	718		13			2,654		1
EUR / DKK	306		(1		)	1,382		(5		)
EUR / GBP	7,603		(529		)	29,614		(501		)
EUR / SEK	808		48			3,432		75
EUR / NOK	962		(10		)	3,135		66
EUR / NZD	1,747		61			6,959		(111		)
AUD / CAD	354		8			—		—
AUD / NZD	255		(13		)	—		—
GBP / CHF	218		(14		)	837		(26		)
GBP / SEK	519		(67		)	2,078		(101		)
DKK / SEK	1,193		(50		)	5,337		(94		)
NOK / SEK	818		(39		)	3,418		31
	$	39,377	$	(85	)	$	135,009	$	(781	)

Schedule of Other Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments, Statements of Financial Performance and Financial Position, Location

Foreign currency forward exchange contracts not qualifying or designated for hedge accounting treatment entered into in 2014 and 2013, respectively, and outstanding were as follows (in thousands USD):

	September 30, 2014					December 31, 2013
	Notional Amount		Gain (Loss)			Notional Amount		Gain (Loss)
AUD / USD	$	4,200	$	110		$	225	$	(1	)
CAD / USD	4,565		(103		)	—		$	—
CNY / USD	3,247		(29		)	—		—
EUR / USD	98,628		(1,617		)	14,867		250
CHF / USD	328		(14		)	1,645		35
DKK / USD	11,344		(580		)	—		—
GBP / USD	8,653		(49		)	—		—
NOK / USD	3,774		(52		)	—		—
NZD / USD	4,500		68			3,824		(1		)
SEK / USD	719		(32		)	—		—
EUR / AUD	2,142		(85		)	2,039		80
EUR / CAD	19		(1		)	—		—
EUR / DKK	33		—			5,470		(3		)
AUD / CAD	—		—			5,989		10
EUR / NOK	4		—			—		—
	$	142,156	$	(2,384	)	$	34,059	$	370

Schedule of Derivatives Instruments Statements of Financial Position, Fair Value

The fair values of the Company’s derivative instruments were as follows (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014				December 31, 2013
	Assets		Liabilities		Assets		Liabilities
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments under ASC 815
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts	$	740	$	825	$	414	$	1,195
Interest rate swap contracts	—		—		—		12
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments under ASC 815
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts	400		2,784		375		5
Total derivatives	$	1,140	$	3,609	$	789	$	1,212

Schedule of Derivative Instruments, Effect on Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The effect of derivative instruments on Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (OCI) and the Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss) and was as follows (in thousands):

Derivatives in ASC 815 cash flow hedge relationships	Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Accumulated OCI on Derivatives (Effective Portion)			Amount of Gain  (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated  OCI into Income (Effective Portion)			Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivatives  (Ineffective Portion and Amount Excluded from Effectiveness Testing)
Three months ended September 30, 2014
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts	$	451		$	(11	)	$	—
Nine months ended September 30, 2014
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts	$	127		$	(465	)	$	(22	)
Interest rate swap contracts	—			(12		)	—
	$	127		$	(477	)	$	(22	)
Three months ended September, 2013
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts	$	48		$	(65	)	$	2
Interest rate swap contracts	(245		)	(13		)	—
	$	(197	)	$	(78	)	$	2
Nine months ended September 30, 2013
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts	$	495		$	67		$	37
Interest rate swap contracts	155			(139		)	—
	$	650		$	(72	)	$	37
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments under ASC 815							Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivatives
Three months ended September 30, 2014
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts							$	(2,240	)
Nine months ended September 30, 2014
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts							$	(2,384	)
Three months ended September 30, 2013
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts							$	361
Nine months ended September 30, 2013
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts							$	617

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Receivables

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Receivables [Abstract]

Receivables

Receivables

Accounts receivable are reduced by an allowance for amounts that may become uncollectible in the future. Substantially all of the Company’s receivables are due from health care, medical equipment providers and long term care facilities located throughout the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, China and Europe. A significant portion of products sold to providers, both foreign and domestic, is ultimately funded through government reimbursement programs such as Medicare and Medicaid in the U.S. As a consequence, changes in these programs can have an adverse impact on dealer liquidity and profitability. The estimated allowance for uncollectible amounts ($14,090,000 at September 30, 2014 and $17,715,000 at December 31, 2013) is based primarily on management’s evaluation of the financial condition of specific customers. In addition, as a result of the financing arrangement with De Lage Landen, Inc. ("DLL"), a third party financing company which the Company has worked with since 2000, management monitors the collection status of these contracts in accordance with the Company’s limited recourse obligations and provides amounts necessary for estimated losses in the allowance for doubtful accounts and establishing reserves for specific customers as needed. The Company charges off uncollectible trade accounts receivable after such receivables are moved to collection status and legal remedies are exhausted. See Concentration of Credit Risk in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of the financing arrangement. Long-term installment receivables are included in “Other Assets” on the consolidated balance sheet.

The Company’s U.S. customers electing to finance their purchases can do so using DLL. In addition, the Company often provides financing directly for its Canadian customers for which DLL is not an option, as DLL typically provides financing to Canadian customers only on a limited basis. The installment receivables recorded on the books of the Company represent a single portfolio segment of finance receivables to the independent provider channel and long-term care customers. The portfolio segment is comprised of two classes of receivables distinguished by geography and credit quality. The U.S. installment receivables are the first class and represent installment receivables re-purchased from DLL because the customers were in default. Default with DLL is defined as a customer being delinquent by three payments. The Canadian installment receivables represent the second class of installment receivables which were originally financed by the Company because third party financing was not available to the HME providers. The Canadian installment receivables are typically financed for twelve months and historically have had a very low risk of default.

The estimated allowance for uncollectible amounts and evaluation for impairment for both classes of installment receivables is based on the Company’s quarterly review of the financial condition of each individual customer with the allowance for doubtful accounts adjusted accordingly. Installments are individually and not collectively reviewed for impairment. The Company assesses the bad debt reserve levels based upon the status of the customer’s adherence to a legally negotiated payment schedule and the Company’s ability to enforce judgments, liens, etc.

For purposes of granting or extending credit, the Company utilizes a scoring model to generate a composite score that considers each customer’s consumer credit score and/or D&B credit rating, payment history, security collateral and time in business. Additional analysis is performed for customers desiring credit greater than $250,000, which generally includes a detailed review of the customer’s financials as well as consideration of other factors such as exposure to changing reimbursement laws.

Interest income is recognized on installment receivables based on the terms of the installment agreements. Installment accounts are monitored and if a customer defaults on payments and is moved to collection, interest income is no longer recognized. Subsequent payments received once an account is put on non-accrual status are generally first applied to the principal balance and then to the interest. Accruing of interest on collection accounts would only be restarted if the account became current again. All installment accounts are accounted for using the same methodology regardless of the duration of the installment agreements. When an account is placed in collection status, the Company initiates a legal process for pursuing collection of outstanding amounts, the length of which typically approximates eighteen months. Any write-offs are made after the legal process has been completed. The Company has not made any changes to either its accounting policies or methodology to estimation allowances for doubtful accounts in the last twelve months.

Installment receivables consist of the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014									December 31, 2013
	Current			Long- Term			Total			Current			Long- Term			Total
Installment receivables	$	2,940		$	5,854		$	8,794		$	3,242		$	5,677		$	8,919
Less: Unearned interest	(49		)	—			(49		)	(61		)	—			(61		)
	2,891			5,854			8,745			3,181			5,677			8,858
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(1,567		)	(4,650		)	(6,217		)	(1,619		)	(4,420		)	(6,039		)
	$	1,324		$	1,204		$	2,528		$	1,562		$	1,257		$	2,819

Installment receivables purchased from DLL during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 increased the gross installment receivables balance by $1,918,000. No sales of installment receivables were made by the Company during the quarter.

The movement in the installment receivables allowance for doubtful accounts was as follows (in thousands):

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014			Year Ended December 31, 2013
Balance as of beginning of period	$	6,039		$	3,823
Current period provision	543			3,457
Direct write-offs charged against the allowance	(365		)	(1,241		)
Balance as of end of period	$	6,217		$	6,039

Installment receivables by class as of September 30, 2014 consist of the following (in thousands):

	Total Installment Receivables		Unpaid Principal Balance		Related Allowance for Doubtful Accounts		Interest Income Recognized
U.S.
Impaired Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded	$	7,580	$	7,580	$	6,136	$	—
Canada
Non-Impaired Installment receivables with no related allowance recorded	1,133		1,084		—		64
Impaired Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded	81		81		81		—
Total Canadian Installment Receivables	$	1,214	$	1,165	$	81	$	64
Total
Non-Impaired Installment receivables with no related allowance recorded	1,133		1,084		—		64
Impaired Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded	7,661		7,661		6,217		—
Total Installment Receivables	$	8,794	$	8,745	$	6,217	$	64

Installment receivables by class as of December 31, 2013 consist of the following (in thousands):

	Total Installment Receivables		Unpaid Principal Balance		Related Allowance for Doubtful Accounts		Interest Income Recognized
U.S.
Impaired Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded	$	7,464	$	7,464	$	5,951	$	—
Canada
Non-Impaired Installment receivables with no related allowance recorded	1,367		1,306		—		101
Impaired Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded	88		88		88		—
Total Canadian Installment Receivables	$	1,455	$	1,394	$	88	$	101
Total
Non-Impaired Installment receivables with no related allowance recorded	1,367		1,306		—		101
Impaired Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded	7,552		7,552		6,039		—
Total Installment Receivables	$	8,919	$	8,858	$	6,039	$	101

Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded as noted in the table above represent those installment receivables on a non-accrual basis in accordance with ASU 2010-20. As of September 30, 2014, the Company had no U.S. installment receivables past due of 90 days or more for which the Company is still accruing interest. Individually, all U.S. installment receivables are assigned a specific allowance for doubtful accounts based on management’s review when the Company does not expect to receive both the contractual principal and interest payments as specified in the loan agreement.

In Canada, the Company had an immaterial amount of Canadian installment receivables which were past due of 90 days or more as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 for which the Company is still accruing interest.

The aging of the Company’s installment receivables was as follows (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014						December 31, 2013
	Total		U.S.		Canada		Total		U.S.		Canada
Current	$	1,104	$	—	$	1,104	$	1,338	$	—	$	1,338
0-30 Days Past Due	8		—		8		7		—		7
31-60 Days Past Due	1		—		1		—		—		—
61-90 Days Past Due	—		—		—		—		—		—
90+ Days Past Due	7,681		7,580		101		7,574		7,464		110
	$	8,794	$	7,580	$	1,214	$	8,919	$	7,464	$	1,455

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Property And Equipment (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, gross	$ 470,241	$ 477,155
Less allowance for depreciation	(376,760)	(371,006)
Property and equipment, net	93,481	106,149
Machinery and equipment
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, gross	353,389	358,061
Land, buildings and improvements
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, gross	89,467	91,389
Furniture and fixtures
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, gross	12,448	12,774
Leasehold improvements
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, gross	$ 14,937	$ 14,931

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Shareholders' Equity Transactions (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Schedule of Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs

The amount of stock-based compensation expense recognized under the provisions of Compensation-Stock Compensation, ASC 718 was as follows (in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,				For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014		2013		2014	2013
Stock-based compensation expense recognized as part of selling, general and administrative expense	$	1,934	$	2,148	4,404	4,721

Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Stock Options, Activity

The following table summarizes information about stock option activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2014:

	September 30, 2014			Weighted Average Exercise Price
Options outstanding at January 1, 2014	4,533,782			$	23.86
Granted	8,977			16.71
Exercised	(9,885		)	14.76
Canceled	(638,206		)	28.54
Options outstanding at September 30, 2014	3,894,668			$	23.10
Options exercise price range at September 30, 2014	$ 12.42 to
	$	47.80
Options exercisable at September 30, 2014	3,152,241
Shares available for grant at September 30, 2014*	3,646,676

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 * Shares available for grant as of September 30, 2014 reduced by net restricted stock and restricted stock unit award and performance share and performance share unit award activity of 462,352 shares and 341,332 shares, respectively during the quarter.

Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Stock Options Outstanding

The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding at September 30, 2014:

	Options Outstanding				Options Exercisable
Exercise Prices	Number Outstanding At 9/30/14	Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years)	Weighted Average Exercise Price		Number Exercisable At 9/30/14	Weighted Average Exercise Price
$ 12.42 – $15.00	1,057,821	8.0	$	13.92	437,501	$	13.79
$ 15.01 – $25.00	1,523,112	4.6	22.45		1,403,441	22.36
$ 25.01 – $35.00	884,470	4.7	25.73		882,034	25.71
$ 35.01 – $47.80	429,265	0.7	42.61		429,265	42.61
Total	3,894,668	5.1	$	23.10	3,152,241	$	24.86

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Contingencies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Contingencies

Contingencies

General

In the ordinary course of its business, the Company is a defendant in a number of lawsuits, primarily product liability actions in which various plaintiffs seek damages for injuries allegedly caused by defective products. All of the product liability lawsuits that the Company faces in the United States have been referred to the Company's captive insurance company and/or excess insurance carriers while all non-U.S. lawsuits have been referred to the Company's commercial insurance carriers. All such lawsuits are generally contested vigorously. The coverage territory of the Company's insurance is worldwide with the exception of those countries with respect to which, at the time the product is sold for use or at the time a claim is made, the U.S. government has suspended or prohibited diplomatic or trade relations. The amount recorded for identified contingent liabilities is based on estimates. Amounts recorded are reviewed periodically and adjusted to reflect additional technical and legal information that becomes available. Actual costs to be incurred in future periods may vary from the estimates, given the inherent uncertainties in evaluating certain exposures.

As a medical device manufacturer, the Company is subject to extensive government regulation, including numerous laws directed at preventing fraud and abuse and laws regulating reimbursement under various government programs. The marketing, invoicing, documenting and other practices of health care suppliers and manufacturers are all subject to government scrutiny. Most of the Company's facilities are subject to periodic inspection by the FDA or similar medical device regulatory agencies in other jurisdictions. Violations of law or regulations can result in administrative, civil and criminal penalties and sanctions, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business.

On November 15, 2013, an amended complaint, in a lawsuit originally instituted on May 24, 2013, was filed against Invacare Corporation, Gerald B. Blouch and A. Malachi Mixon III in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, alleging that the defendants violated federal securities laws by failing to properly disclose the issues that the Company has faced with the FDA. The lawsuit seeks class certification and unspecified damages and attorneys' fees for purchasers of the Company's common shares between July 22, 2010 and December 7, 2011. This lawsuit has been referred to the Company's insurance carriers. The Company intends to vigorously defend this lawsuit.

On September 12, 2014, a second amended complaint, in a lawsuit originally instituted on August 26, 2013, was filed against Invacare Corporation, Gerald B. Blouch, A. Malachi Mixon III and Patricia Stumpp, as well as outside directors Dale C. LaPorte, Michael F. Delaney and Charles S. Robb, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, alleging that the defendants breached their fiduciary duties and violated the Employment Retirement Security Act (ERISA) in the administration and maintenance of the Company stock fund in the Company’s Retirement Savings Plan (401(k) Plan). The lawsuit seeks class certification and unspecified damages and attorneys' fees for participants in the Company's stock fund of the 401(k) Plan between July 22, 2010 and the present. This lawsuit has been referred to the Company's insurance carriers. The Company intends to vigorously defend this lawsuit.

Medical Device Regulatory Matters

The FDA in the United States regulates virtually all aspects of the development, testing, manufacturing, labeling, promotion, distribution and marketing of a medical device. The Company and its products are subject to the laws and regulations of the FDA and other regulatory bodies in the various jurisdictions where the Company's products are manufactured or sold. The Company's failure to comply with the regulatory requirements of the FDA and other applicable medical device regulatory requirements can subject the Company to administrative or judicially imposed sanctions or enforcement actions. These sanctions include injunctions, consent decrees, warning letters, civil penalties, criminal penalties, product seizure or detention, product recalls and total or partial suspension of production.

In December 2012, the Company reached agreement with the FDA on the terms of the consent decree of injunction with respect to the Company's Corporate facility and its Taylor Street wheelchair manufacturing facility in Elyria, Ohio. A complaint and consent decree were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, and on December 21, 2012, the Court approved the consent decree and it became effective. The consent decree limits the Company's manufacture and distribution of power and manual wheelchairs, wheelchair components and wheelchair sub-assemblies at or from its Taylor Street manufacturing facility. The decree also temporarily limited design activities related to wheelchairs and power beds that take place at the impacted Elyria, Ohio facilities. The Company is entitled to continue to produce from the Taylor Street manufacturing facility certain medically necessary wheelchairs provided that documentation and record-keeping requirements are followed, as well as ongoing replacement, service and repair of products already in use, under terms delineated in the consent decree. Under the terms of the consent decree, in order to resume full operations at the impacted facilities, the Company must successfully complete a third-party expert certification audit at the impacted Elyria facilities, which is comprised of three distinct reports that must be submitted to, and accepted by, the FDA. After the final certification report is submitted to the FDA, as well as the Company’s own report as to its compliance status together with its responses to any observations in the certification report, the FDA is expected to inspect the Company's Corporate and Taylor Street facilities to determine whether they are in compliance with the Quality System Regulation (QSR) governing the manufacture of medical devices and the terms of the consent decree. If the FDA is satisfied with the Company's compliance, the FDA will provide written notification that the Company is permitted to resume full operations at the impacted facilities.

During 2013, the Company completed the first two of the expert certification audits, and the FDA found the results of both to be acceptable. In these reports, the third-party expert certified that the Company's equipment and process validation procedures and its design control systems are compliant with the FDA's QSR. As a result of the FDA's acceptance of the first certification report on May 13, 2013, the Taylor Street facility was able to resume supplying parts and components for the further manufacturing of medical devices at other Company facilities. The Company's receipt of the FDA's acceptance of the second certification report on July 15, 2013, resulted in the Company being able to resume design activities at the impacted facilities related to power wheelchairs and power beds.

The third, expert certification audit is an overall review of the Company's compliance with the FDA's QSR at the impacted Elyria facilities. This audit process is the most comprehensive and challenging of the three expert certification audits, and it encompasses all areas of the Company's Corporate and Taylor Street quality system. As part of this process, the Company has determined that it needs to better demonstrate that its quality system is sustainably compliant and that each subsystem is properly integrated. Accordingly, the Company has engaged additional consultants to help improve the functionality and capabilities of certain of its quality subsystems, most notably complaint handling and corrective and preventative actions (CAPA). The Company respects the comprehensive nature of the audit process and is working diligently to be in a position to ultimately demonstrate compliance to the third-party expert auditor and subsequently, the FDA.

The Company cannot predict the timing or the outcome of the final expert certification audit. According to the consent decree, once the expert's third certification audit is completed and the certification report is submitted to the FDA, as well as the Company’s own report related to its compliance status, together with its responses to any observations in the certification report, the FDA will inspect the Company's Corporate and Taylor Street facilities to determine whether they are in compliance with the FDA's QSR. If the FDA is satisfied with the Company's compliance, the FDA will provide written notification that the Company is permitted to resume full operations at the impacted facilities.

After resumption of full operations, the Company must undergo five years of audits by a third-party expert auditor to determine whether the facilities are in continuous compliance with FDA's QSR and the consent decree. The auditor will inspect the Corporate and Taylor Street facilities’ activities every six months during the first year following the resumption of full operations and then every 12 months for the next four years thereafter.

As described above, because the limitations on production are expected to be temporary in nature, and partial production is allowed, the Company does not anticipate any major repair, replacement or scrapping of its fixed assets at the Taylor Street manufacturing facility. Based on the Company's expectations at the time of filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q with respect to the utilization of such raw material and with respect to expected future cash flows from production at the Taylor Street manufacturing facility, the Company concluded that there is no impairment in the value of the fixed assets related to the Taylor Street manufacturing facility at September 30, 2014.

The majority of the production from the Taylor Street facility is "made to order" custom wheelchairs for customers and, as a result, there was not a significant amount of finished goods inventory on hand at September 30, 2014, and the inventory is expected to be fully utilized. Accordingly, the Company concluded that there was not an impairment of the work in process and finished goods at the Taylor Street facility at September 30, 2014. Further, based on its analysis of the raw material inventory at the Taylor Street facility and the Company's expectations at the time of filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q with respect to the time frame for completion of the third-party expert certification audits and FDA inspection, the Company concluded that the value of the inventory was not excessive or impaired at September 30, 2014. However, if the Company's expectations regarding the impacts of the limitations in the consent decree or the time frame for completion of the third-party expert certification audits and FDA inspection were to change, the Company may, in future periods, conclude that an impairment exists with respect to its fixed assets or inventory at the Taylor Street facility.

Although the North America/HME segment is the segment primarily impacted by the limitations in the FDA consent decree, the Asia/Pacific segment also is negatively affected as a result of the consent decree due to the lower sales volume of microprocessor controllers. During 2012, before the effective date of the consent decree, the Company started to experience decreases in net sales in the North America/HME and Asia/Pacific segments. The Company believes that those decreases were driven in large part by the consent decree which has led to delays in new product introductions and to uncertainty regarding the timing of exiting the consent decree, which limited the Company's ability to renegotiate and bid on certain customer contracts and otherwise led to a decline in customer orders.  Separately, net sales in the North America/HME segment were likely impacted by uncertainty on the part of the Company's customers as they coped with prepayment reviews and post-payment audits by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") and contemplated their participation in the next round of National Competitive Bidding ("NCB"). The negative effect of the consent decree on customer orders and net sales in these segments has been considerable, and the Company expects to continue to experience low levels of net sales in the North America/HME and Asia/Pacific segments at least until it has successfully completed the previously-described third-party expert certification audit and FDA inspection and has received written notification from the FDA that the Company may resume full operations at the Corporate and Taylor Street facilities. Even after the Company is permitted to resume full operations at the affected facilities, it is uncertain as to whether, or how quickly, the Company will be able to rebuild net sales to more typical historical levels, irrespective of market conditions. Accordingly, when compared to the Company's 2010 results, the limitations in the consent decree had, and likely will continue to have, a material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition and results of operations.

For additional information regarding the consent decree, please see the following sections of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2013: Item 1. Business - Government Regulation and Item 1A. Risk Factors and the following sections of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q: Item 1. Legal Proceedings; and Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Outlook and - Liquidity and Capital Resources.

The Company' recorded additional warranty expense for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 totaling $11,493,000 for three specific product issues. First, an expense of $6,559,000 for a field action that is under review related to a component in a stationary oxygen concentrator that was manufactured in the Company’s facility in Suzhou, China, and sold globally. The component is no longer used in production. The Company is aware of five reported incidents in Europe. There have been no reported injuries, and no incidents reported elsewhere. This expense was recorded in the European segment ($3,395,000) and North America/HME segment ($3,164,000). Second, an expense of $2,057,000 for the recall of a sieve bed component used within stationary oxygen concentrators manufactured during August 2014, which was recorded in the North America/HME segment. Third, an incremental expense of $2,877,000 related to the Company's joystick recall as a result of higher than previously anticipated response rates from large customers in the U.S. and Canada and a product mix toward higher cost joysticks, which was recorded in the North America/HME segment ($1,612,000) and the Asia/Pacific segment ($1,265,000). These warranty reserves are subject to adjustment in future periods as new developments change the Company's estimate of the total cost of these matters.

In December 2010, the Company received a warning letter from the FDA related to quality system processes and procedures at the Company's Sanford, Florida facility. In October 2014, the FDA conducted an inspection at the Sanford facility and, at the conclusion, issued its Form 483 inspectional observations to the Company, reflecting areas where the FDA does not believe the Company is in compliance with QSR requirements. The FDA had four inspectional observations, three of which related to complaint handling and CAPA and a fourth related to production process controls. The results of regulatory claims, proceedings, investigations, or litigation are difficult to predict. An unfavorable resolution or outcome of the FDA warning letter or other FDA enforcement related to the Sanford facility could materially and adversely affect the Company's business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Any of the above contingencies could have an adverse impact on the Company's financial condition or results of operations.

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Business Segments

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Business Segments

Business Segments

The Company operates in four primary business segments: North America/Home Medical Equipment (North America/HME), Institutional Products Group (IPG), Europe and Asia/Pacific.

The North America/HME segment sells each of three primary product lines, which includes: lifestyle, mobility and seating and respiratory therapy products. IPG sells or rents long-term care medical equipment, health care furnishings and accessory products. Europe and Asia/Pacific sell product lines similar to North America/HME and IPG.

The Company evaluates performance and allocates resources based on profit or loss from operations before income taxes for each reportable segment. The accounting policies of each segment are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies for the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Intersegment sales and transfers are based on the costs to manufacture plus a reasonable profit element. Therefore, intercompany profit or loss on intersegment sales and transfers is not considered in evaluating segment performance except for Asia/Pacific due to its significant intercompany sales volume relative to the segment.

The information by segment is as follows (in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
Revenues from external customers
North America/HME	$	124,258		$	146,454		$	383,109		$	448,547
Institutional Products Group	25,151			28,083			76,072			87,135
Europe	158,505			150,265			455,263			429,650
Asia/Pacific	12,606			11,776			37,520			38,327
Consolidated	$	320,520		$	336,578		$	951,964		$	1,003,659
Intersegment revenues
North America/HME	$	20,730		$	20,427		$	60,084		$	59,443
Institutional Products Group	1,414			1,254			5,840			4,243
Europe	2,681			1,890			6,494			6,156
Asia/Pacific	7,694			6,411			20,044			19,417
Consolidated	$	32,519		$	29,982		$	92,462		$	89,259
Restructuring charges before income taxes
North America/HME	$	3,041		$	1,210		$	4,689		$	4,837
Institutional Products Group	591			36			2,308			237
Europe	69			542			1,030			722
Asia/Pacific	376			96			380			1,202
Consolidated	$	4,077		$	1,884		$	8,407		$	6,998
Earnings (loss) before income taxes
North America/HME	$	(22,568	)	$	(11,563	)	$	(54,821	)	$	(37,808	)
Institutional Products Group	(7,275		)	1,010			(7,636		)	1,955
Europe	12,181			13,136			33,190			27,344
Asia/Pacific	(1,736		)	(2,233		)	(6,835		)	(9,871		)
All Other (1)	(6,977		)	(6,354		)	(18,723		)	(17,515		)
Consolidated	$	(26,375	)	$	(6,004	)	$	(54,825	)	$	(35,895	)

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(1) Consists of un-allocated corporate SG&A costs and intercompany profits, which do not meet the quantitative criteria for determining reportable segments.

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Receivables (Installment Receivables by Class) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Total Installment Receivables
Non-Impaired Installment receivables with no related allowance recorded	$ 1,133	$ 1,367
Impaired Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded	7,661	7,552
Total Installment Receivables	8,794	8,919
Unpaid Principal Balance
Non-Impaired Installment receivables with no related allowance recorded	1,084	1,306
Impaired Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded	7,661	7,552
Total Installment Receivables	8,745	8,858
Related Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Impaired Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded	6,217	6,039
Interest Income Recognized
Non-Impaired Installment receivables with no related allowance recorded	64	101
Impaired Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded	0	0
Total Installment Receivables	64	101
U.S.
Total Installment Receivables
Impaired Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded	7,580	7,464
Unpaid Principal Balance
Impaired Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded	7,580	7,464
Related Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Impaired Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded	6,136	5,951
Interest Income Recognized
Impaired Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded	0	0
CANADA
Total Installment Receivables
Non-Impaired Installment receivables with no related allowance recorded	1,133	1,367
Impaired Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded	81	88
Total Installment Receivables	1,214	1,455
Unpaid Principal Balance
Non-Impaired Installment receivables with no related allowance recorded	1,084	1,306
Impaired Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded	81	88
Total Installment Receivables	1,165	1,394
Related Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Impaired Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded	81	88
Interest Income Recognized
Non-Impaired Installment receivables with no related allowance recorded	64	101
Impaired Installment receivables with a related allowance recorded	0	0
Total Installment Receivables	$ 64	$ 101

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) by Component (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Equity [Abstract]

Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Changes in accumulated other comprehensive income ("OCI") for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 and September 30, 2013, respectively, were as follows (in thousands):

	Foreign Currency			Long-Term Notes			Defined Benefit Plans			Derivatives			Total
June 30, 2014	$	137,352		$	(4,361	)	$	(4,855	)	$	(567	)	$	127,569
OCI before reclassifications	(24,470		)	1,634			(56		)	451			(22,441		)
Amount reclassified from accumulated OCI	—			—			84			11			95
Net current-period OCI	(24,470		)	1,634			28			462			(22,346		)
September 30, 2014	$	112,882		$	(2,727	)	$	(4,827	)	$	(105	)	$	105,223

December 31, 2013	$	143,845		$	(12,566	)	$	(5,414	)	$	(709	)	$	125,156
OCI before reclassifications	(30,963		)	9,839			380			127			(20,617		)
Amount reclassified from accumulated OCI	—			—			207			477			684
Net current-period OCI	(30,963		)	9,839			587			604			(19,933		)
September 30, 2014	$	112,882		$	(2,727	)	$	(4,827	)	$	(105	)	$	105,223

	Foreign Currency		Long-Term Notes			Defined Benefit Plans			Derivatives			Total
June 30, 2013	$	117,817	$	(6,743	)	$	(6,419	)	$	59		$	104,714
OCI before reclassifications	17,852		(8,062		)	265			(197		)	9,858
Amount reclassified from accumulated OCI	—		—			(62		)	78			16
Net current-period OCI	17,852		(8,062		)	203			(119		)	9,874
September 30, 2013	$	135,669	$	(14,805	)	$	(6,216	)	$	(60	)	$	114,588

December 31, 2012	$	117,465	$	2,845		$	(6,785	)	$	(782	)	$	112,743
OCI before reclassifications	18,204		(17,650		)	750			650			1,954
Amount reclassified from accumulated OCI	—		—			(181		)	72			(109		)
Net current-period OCI	18,204		(17,650		)	569			722			1,845
September 30, 2013	$	135,669	$	(14,805	)	$	(6,216	)	$	(60	)	$	114,588

Schedule of Amounts Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Reclassifications out of accumulated OCI for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 and September 30, 2013 were as follows (in thousands):

	Amount reclassified from OCI												Affected line item in the Statement of Comprehensive (Income) Loss
	For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
Defined Benefit Plans
Service and interest costs	84			(64		)	$	207		$	(187	)	Selling, General and Administrative
Tax	—			2			—			6			Income Taxes
Total after tax	$	84		$	(62	)	$	207		$	(181	)
Derivatives
Foreign currency forward contracts hedging sales	$	369		$	(54	)	$	517		$	(496	)	Net Sales
Foreign currency forward contracts hedging purchases	(316		)	128			68			453			Cost of Products Sold
Interest rate swaps	—			13			12			139			Interest Expense
Total before tax	53			87			597			96
Tax	(42		)	(9		)	(120		)	(24		)	Income Taxes
Total after tax	$	11		$	78		$	477		$	72

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Supplemental Guarantor Information

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Supplemental Guarantor Information [Abstract]

Supplemental Guarantor Information

Supplemental Guarantor Information

Effective February 12, 2007, substantially all of the domestic subsidiaries (the “Guarantor Subsidiaries”) of the Company became guarantors of the indebtedness of Invacare Corporation under its 4.125% Convertible Senior Subordinated Debentures due 2027 (the “Debentures”) with an original aggregate principal amount of $135,000,000. The majority of the Company’s subsidiaries are not guaranteeing the indebtedness of the Debentures (the “Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries”). Each of the Guarantor Subsidiaries has fully and unconditionally guaranteed, on a joint and several basis, to pay principal, premium, and interest related to the Debentures and each of the Guarantor Subsidiaries are directly or indirectly 100%-owned subsidiaries of the Company. Specifically, the Debentures are guaranteed on an unsecured senior subordinated basis by all of the Company's existing domestic subsidiaries (other than the Company's captive insurance subsidiary and any receivables subsidiaries) and certain future direct and indirect 100% owned domestic subsidiaries. All of the guarantors are released and relieved of any liability under such guarantees upon the satisfaction and discharge of the indenture governing the debentures and the payment in full of the debentures. Additionally, in the event any subsidiary guarantor no longer guarantees any of the Company's existing or future senior debt incurred in a public or private U.S. capital markets transaction, such guarantor shall be released and relieved of any liability which it has under the indenture governing the debentures.

Presented below are the consolidating condensed financial statements of Invacare Corporation (Parent), its combined Guarantor Subsidiaries and combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries with their investments in subsidiaries accounted for using the equity method. The Company does not believe that separate financial statements of the Guarantor Subsidiaries are material to investors and accordingly, separate financial statements and other disclosures related to the Guarantor Subsidiaries are not presented.

CONSOLIDATING CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

	The Company (Parent)			Combined Guarantor Subsidiaries			Combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Total
Three month period ended September 30, 2014	(in thousands)
Net sales	$	55,333		$	96,947		$	192,482		$	(24,242	)	$	320,520
Cost of products sold	49,799			76,819			133,533			(24,278		)	235,873
Gross Profit	5,534			20,128			58,949			36			84,647
Selling, general and administrative expenses	32,124			19,765			46,375			(83		)	98,181
Charge related to restructuring activities	3,149			—			928			—			4,077
Asset write-downs to intangibles	—			8,253			—			—			8,253
Income (loss) from equity investee	13,251			8,476			(63		)	(21,664		)	—
Interest expense	57			406			48			—			511
Earnings (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes	(16,545		)	180			11,535			(21,545		)	(26,375		)
Income taxes (benefit)	(1,449		)	400			3,399			—			2,350
Net Earnings (Loss) from Continuing Operations	(15,096		)	(220		)	8,136			(21,545		)	(28,725		)
Net Earnings from Discontinued Operations	—			13,629			—			—			13,629
Net Earnings (loss)	$	(15,096	)	$	13,409		$	8,136		$	(21,545	)	$	(15,096	)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	(22,346		)	(5,327		)	(9,521		)	14,848			(22,346		)
Comprehensive Income (Loss)	$	(37,442	)	$	8,082		$	(1,385	)	$	(6,697	)	$	(37,442	)

Three month period ended September 30, 2013
Net sales	$	60,641		$	114,950		$	184,299	$	(23,312	)	$	336,578
Cost of products sold	52,454			84,997			128,232		(23,312		)	242,371
Gross Profit	8,187			29,953			56,067		—			94,207
Selling, general and administrative expenses	29,046			24,223			44,310		—			97,579
Charge related to restructuring activities	1,597			36			251		—			1,884
Asset write-downs to intangibles	—			167			—		—			167
Income (loss) from equity investee	32,513			8,935			22		(41,470		)	—
Interest expense (income)—net	(603		)	1,107			77		—			581
Earnings (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes	10,660			13,355			11,451		(41,470		)	(6,004		)
Income taxes (benefit)	(5,442		)	(480		)	6,192		—			270
Net Earnings (Loss) from Continuing Operations	16,102			13,835			5,259		(41,470		)	(6,274		)
Net Earnings from Discontinued Operations	—			22,376			—		—			22,376
Net Earnings (loss)	$	16,102		$	36,211		$	5,259	$	(41,470	)	$	16,102
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	9,874			220			10,135		(10,355		)	9,874
Comprehensive Income (Loss)	$	25,976		$	36,431		$	15,394	$	(51,825	)	$	25,976

CONSOLIDATING CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

	The Company (Parent)			Combined Guarantor Subsidiaries			Combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Total
Nine month period ended September 30, 2014	(in thousands)
Net sales	$	160,054		$	307,801		$	554,060		$	(69,951	)	$	951,964
Cost of products sold	144,620			234,288			384,025			(69,987		)	692,946
Gross Profit	15,434			73,513			170,035			36			259,018
Selling, general and administrative expenses	95,990			62,633			136,788			(83		)	295,328
Charge related to restructuring activities	5,203			(95		)	3,299			—			8,407
Asset write-downs to intangibles	—			8,253			—			—			8,253
Income (loss) from equity investee	37,596			23,103			(127		)	(60,572		)	—
Interest expense (income)—net	(227		)	1,668			414			—			1,855
Earnings (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes	(47,936		)	24,157			29,407			(60,453		)	(54,825		)
Income taxes (benefit)	(1,251		)	—			8,501			—			7,250
Net Earnings (Loss) from Continuing Operations	(46,685		)	24,157			20,906			(60,453		)	(62,075		)
Net Earnings from Discontinued Operations	—			15,390			—			—			15,390
Net Earnings (loss)	$	(46,685	)	$	39,547		$	20,906		$	(60,453	)	$	(46,685	)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	(19,933		)	(3,038		)	(18,476		)	21,514			(19,933		)
Comprehensive Income (Loss)	$	(66,618	)	$	36,509		$	2,430		$	(38,939	)	$	(66,618	)

Nine month period ended September 30, 2013
Net sales	$	186,453		$	350,291		$	535,805		$	(68,890	)	$	1,003,659
Cost of products sold	159,884			258,609			378,287			(69,264		)	727,516
Gross Profit	26,569			91,682			157,518			374			276,143
Selling, general and administrative expenses	99,338			69,085			131,640			2,694			302,757
Charge related to restructuring activities	5,078			49			1,871			—			6,998
Asset write-downs to intangibles	—			167			—			—			167
Income (loss) from equity investee	105,501			21,472			(93		)	(126,880		)	—
Interest expense (income)—net	(1,418		)	2,819			715			—			2,116
Earnings (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes	29,072			41,034			23,199			(129,200		)	(35,895		)
Income taxes (benefit)	(9,749		)	(1,470		)	13,649			—			2,430
Net Earnings (Loss) from Continuing Operations	38,821			42,504			9,550			(129,200		)	(38,325		)
Net Earnings from Discontinued Operations	—			77,146			—			—			77,146
Net Earnings (loss)	$	38,821		$	119,650		$	9,550		$	(129,200	)	$	38,821
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	1,845			(415		)	2,228			(1,813		)	1,845
Comprehensive Income (Loss)	$	40,666		$	119,235		$	11,778		$	(131,013	)	$	40,666

CONSOLIDATING CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

	The Company (Parent)		Combined Guarantor Subsidiaries		Combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Total
September 30, 2014	(in thousands)
Assets
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,752	$	471	$	26,843	$	—		$	29,066
Trade receivables, net	51,229		27,551		93,472		—			172,252
Installment receivables, net	—		413		911		—			1,324
Inventories, net	24,361		27,902		113,045		(2,575		)	162,733
Deferred income taxes	—		—		2,389		—			2,389
Intercompany advances, net	8,919		1,861		68,139		(78,919		)	—
Other current assets	6,138		467		36,836		(6,180		)	37,261
Total Current Assets	92,399		58,665		341,635		(87,674		)	405,025
Investment in subsidiaries	1,430,467		477,900		—		(1,908,367		)	—
Intercompany advances, net	1,022,820		1,656,292		183,397		(2,862,509		)	—
Other Assets	28,990		1,031		1,980		—			32,001
Other Intangibles	366		5,456		39,997		—			45,819
Property and Equipment, net	31,056		14,407		48,018		—			93,481
Goodwill	—		16,661		431,444		—			448,105
Total Assets	$	2,606,098	$	2,230,412	$	1,046,471	$	(4,858,550	)	$	1,024,431
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable	$	52,179	$	7,408	$	61,616	$	—		$	121,203
Accrued expenses	41,846		21,541		92,838		(6,180		)	150,045
Current Taxes, payable and deferred	6,791		—		11,037		—			17,828
Intercompany advances, net	63,749		2,050		13,120		(78,919		)	—
Short-term debt and current maturities of long-term obligations	—		8		773		—			781
Total Current Liabilities	164,565		31,007		179,384		(85,099		)	289,857
Long-Term Debt	19,166		8		4,733		—			23,907
Other Long-Term Obligations	40,169		—		62,971		—			103,140
Intercompany advances, net	1,774,671		1,026,223		61,615		(2,862,509		)	—
Total Shareholders’ Equity	607,527		1,173,174		737,768		(1,910,942		)	607,527
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity	$	2,606,098	$	2,230,412	$	1,046,471	$	(4,858,550	)	$	1,024,431

CONSOLIDATING CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

	The Company (Parent)		Combined Guarantor Subsidiaries		Combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Total
December 31, 2013	(in thousands)
Assets
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,401	$	313	$	28,071	$	—		$	29,785
Trade receivables, net	72,272		28,317		88,033		—			188,622
Installment receivables, net	—		452		1,110		—			1,562
Inventories, net	30,806		27,472		100,444		(3,085		)	155,637
Deferred income taxes	—		—		2,761		—			2,761
Intercompany advances, net	4,179		380		44,292		(48,851		)	—
Other current assets	9,970		568		35,461		(4,827		)	41,172
Total Current Assets	118,628		57,502		300,172		(56,763		)	419,539
Investment in subsidiaries	1,475,156		450,021		—		(1,925,177		)	—
Intercompany advances, net	959,071		1,620,683		179,451		(2,759,205		)	—
Other Assets	42,831		1,061		2,044		—			45,936
Other Intangibles	466		17,109		45,009		—			62,584
Property and Equipment, net	35,169		17,774		53,206		—			106,149
Goodwill	—		16,660		445,566		—			462,226
Total Assets	$	2,631,321	$	2,180,810	$	1,025,448	$	(4,741,145	)	$	1,096,434
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable	$	42,521	$	7,237	$	66,946	$	—		$	116,704
Accrued expenses	30,314		17,228		90,385		(4,827		)	133,100
Current Taxes, payable and deferred	5,375		—		6,884		—			12,259
Intercompany advances, net	42,314		2,124		4,413		(48,851		)	—
Short-term debt and current maturities of long-term obligations	13,118		8		976		—			14,102
Total Current Liabilities	133,642		26,597		169,604		(53,678		)	276,165
Long-Term Debt	25,642		61		5,481		—			31,184
Other Long-Term Obligations	53,470		—		64,806		—			118,276
Intercompany advances, net	1,747,758		959,172		52,275		(2,759,205		)	—
Total Shareholders’ Equity	670,809		1,194,980		733,282		(1,928,262		)	670,809
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity	$	2,631,321	$	2,180,810	$	1,025,448	$	(4,741,145	)	$	1,096,434

CONSOLIDATING CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

	The Company (Parent)			Combined Guarantor Subsidiaries			Combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Total
Nine month period ended September 30, 2014	(in thousands)
Net Cash Provided (Used) by Operating Activities	$	(30,886	)	$	(498	)	$	8,089		$	23,433		$	138
Investing Activities
Purchases of property and equipment	(1,901		)	(1,030		)	(6,364		)	—			(9,295		)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment	—			—			9			—			9
Proceeds from sale of business	—			21,870			—			—			21,870
Other long-term assets	12,060			—			23			—			12,083
Other	40,728			(17,093		)	(25		)	(23,433		)	177
Net Cash Provided (Used) for Investing Activities	50,887			3,747			(6,357		)	(23,433		)	24,844
Financing Activities
Proceeds from revolving lines of credit and long-term borrowings	201,766			—			—			—			201,766
Payments on revolving lines of credit and long-term borrowings	(220,390		)	(3,091		)	(2,951		)	—			(226,432		)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	162			—			—			—			162
Payment of dividends	(1,188		)	—			—			—			(1,188		)
Net Cash Used by Financing Activities	(19,650		)	(3,091		)	(2,951		)	—			(25,692		)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	—			—			(9		)	—			(9		)
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	351			158			(1,228		)	—			(719		)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year	1,401			313			28,071			—			29,785
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	1,752		$	471		$	26,843		$	—		$	29,066

CONSOLIDATING CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

	The Company (Parent)			Combined Guarantor Subsidiaries			Combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Total
Nine month period ended September 30, 2013	(in thousands)
Net Cash Provided (Used) by Operating Activities	$	35,179		$	(81,077	)	$	(20,736	)	$	65,389		$	(1,245	)
Investing Activities
Purchases of property and equipment	(3,234		)	(3,611		)	(4,241		)	—			(11,086		)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment	—			11			845			—			856
Proceeds from sale of business	—			187,552			—			—			187,552
Other long-term assets	783			—			166			—			949
Other	171,353			(103,417		)	—			(68,083		)	(147		)
Net Cash Provided (Used) for Investing Activities	168,902			80,535			(3,230		)	(68,083		)	178,124
Financing Activities
Proceeds from revolving lines of credit and long-term borrowings	226,189			—			23,935			—			250,124
Payments on revolving lines of credit and long-term borrowings	(431,709		)	(476		)	—			—			(432,185		)
Payment of dividends	(1,187		)	—			(2,694		)	2,694			(1,187		)
Net Cash Provided (Used) by Financing Activities	(206,707		)	(476		)	21,241			2,694			(183,248		)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	—			—			203			—			203
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(2,626		)	(1,018		)	(2,522		)	—			(6,166		)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year	5,774			1,018			31,999			—			38,791
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	3,148		$	—		$	29,477		$	—		$	32,625

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Accounting Policies (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Principles of Consolidation

Principles of Consolidation: The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries and include all adjustments, which were of a normal recurring nature, necessary to present fairly the financial position of the Company as of September 30, 2014, the results of its operations for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 and changes in its cash flow for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Certain foreign subsidiaries, represented by the European segment, are consolidated using an August 31 quarter end in order to meet filing deadlines. No material subsequent events have occurred related to the European segment, which would require disclosure or adjustment to the Company's financial statements. All significant intercompany transactions are eliminated.  The results of operations for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.

Use of Estimates

Use of Estimates: The consolidated financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Recent Accounting Pronouncements: In February 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2013-04, Liabilities (Topic 405), Obligations Resulting from Joint and Several Liability Arrangements for Which the Total Amount of the Obligation is Fixed at the Reporting Date. This update requires an entity to measure obligations resulting from joint and several liability arrangements for which the total amount of the obligation is fixed at the reporting date, as the sum of a) the amount the reporting entity agreed to pay on the basis of its arrangement among its co-obligors and b) any additional amount the reporting entity expects to pay on behalf of its co-obligors. The update also requires an entity to disclose the nature and amount of the obligation as well as other information about those obligations. The Company adopted ASU No. 2013-04 in the first quarter of 2014 with no impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss), Balance Sheets or Statement of Cash Flows.

In July 2013, the FASB issued ASU No. 2013-11, "Income Taxes (Topic 740): Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists." ASU 2013-11 requires an entity to present an unrecognized tax benefit in the financial statements as a reduction to a deferred tax asset for a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss or a tax credit carryforward, with limited exceptions. The amendments are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2013. ASU 2013-11 was adopted by the Company on January 1, 2014 and did not have a significant impact on the Company's financial statements.

In April 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-08 changing the presentation of discontinued operations on the statements of income and other requirements for reporting discontinued operations. Under the new standard, a disposal of a component or a group of components of an entity is required to be reported in discontinued operations if the disposal represents a strategic shift that has (or will have) a major effect on an entity’s operations and financial results when the component meets the criteria to be classified as held for sale or is disposed. The amendments in this update also require additional disclosures about discontinued operations and disposal of an individually significant component of an entity that does not qualify for discontinued operations. This standard must be prospectively applied to all reporting periods presented in financial reports issued after the effective date. Early adoption is permitted for disposals that have not been reported in financial statements previously issued or available for issuance. The new accounting guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2014. If applicable, this standard will change the presentation of the Company's financial statements but will not affect the calculation of net income, comprehensive income or earnings per share. The Company plans to adopt ASU 2014-08 effective January 1, 2015.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers." ASU 2014-09 requires a company to recognize revenue when promised goods or services are transferred to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods and services. The guidance requires five steps to be applied: 1) identify the contract(s) with customers, 2) identify the performance obligations in the contract, 3) determine the transaction price, 4) allocated the transaction price to the performance obligation in the contract and 5) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. The guidance also requires both quantitative and qualitative disclosures, which are more comprehensive than existing revenue standards. The disclosures are intended to enable financial statement users to understand the nature, timing and uncertainty of revenue and the related cash flow. An entity can apply the new revenue standard retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented or retrospective with the cumulative effect of initially applying the standard recognized at the date of initial application in retained earnings. The new accounting guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016 and early adoption is not permitted. The Company is currently reviewing the impact of the adoption of ASU 2014-09 on the Company's financial statements.

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Discontinued Operations

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Discontinuted Operations

Discontinued Operations

On December 21, 2012, in order to focus on its core product lines, the Company entered into an agreement to sell Invacare Supply Group (ISG) and accordingly, the Company determined on that date that the "held for sale" criteria of ASC 360-10-45-9 were met. On January 18, 2013, the Company completed the sale of the ISG medical supplies business to AssuraMed, Inc. for a purchase price of $150,800,000 in cash. ISG had been operated on a stand-alone basis and reported as a reportable segment of the Company. The Company recorded a gain of $59,402,000 pre-tax in the first quarter of 2013 which represented the excess of the net sales price over the book value of the assets and liabilities of ISG, excluding cash. The sale of this business was dilutive to the Company's results. The Company utilized the proceeds from the sale to reduce debt outstanding under its revolving credit facility in the first quarter of 2013. The Company recorded expenses related to the sale of $5,350,000, of which $5,230,000 were paid as of September 30, 2014. The net sales and earnings before income taxes of the ISG discontinued operation were $18,498,000 and $402,000, retrospectively, for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013.

On August 6, 2013, the Company sold Champion Manufacturing, Inc. (Champion), its domestic medical recliner business for dialysis clinics, to Champion Equity Holdings, LLC for $45,000,000 in cash, which was subject to final post-closing adjustments. Champion had been operated on a stand-alone basis and reported as part of the IPG segment of the Company. The Company recorded a gain of $22,761,000 pre-tax in the third quarter of 2013, which represented the excess of the net sales price over the book value of the assets and liabilities of Champion. The sale of this business was dilutive to the Company's results. The Company utilized the proceeds from the sale to reduce debt outstanding under its revolving credit facility in the third quarter of 2013. The Company recorded expenses related to the sale of $2,130,000, of which $1,537,000 were paid as of September 30, 2014. The gain recorded by the Company reflects the Company's estimated final purchase adjustments. The net sales of the Champion discontinued operations were $2,643,000 and $15,857,000, respectively, for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 and earnings before income taxes were $484,000 and $3,156,000, respectively, for the same periods. Results for Champion include an interest expense allocation from continuing operations to discontinued operations of $78,000 and $449,000for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 as proceeds from the sale were required to be utilized to pay down debt. The interest allocation was based on the net proceeds assumed to pay down debt applying the Company's average interest rates for the periods presented.

On August 29, 2014, the Company sold Altimate Medical, Inc. (Altimate), its manufacturer of stationary standing assistive devices for use in patient rehabilitation, to REP Acquisition Corporation for $23,000,000 in cash, which is subject to final post-closing adjustments. Altimate had been operated on a stand-alone basis and reported as part of the North America/HME segment of the Company. The Company recorded a gain of $17,069,000 pre-tax in the third quarter of 2014, which represented the excess of the net sales price over the book value of the assets and liabilities of Altimate. The sale of this business was dilutive to the Company's results. The Company utilized the proceeds from the sale to reduce debt outstanding under its revolving credit facility in the third quarter of 2014. The Company recorded expenses related to the sale of $1,300,000, of which $844,000 were paid as of September 30, 2014. The gain recorded by the Company reflects the Company's estimated final purchase adjustments.

The assets and liabilities of Altimate were the following as of the date of the sale, August 29, 2014, and as of December 31, 2013 (in thousands):

	August 29, 2014		December 31, 2013
Trade receivables, net	$	2,019	$	2,055
Inventories, net	1,954		1,703
Other current assets	246		10
Property and Equipment, net	176		181
Other Intangibles	1,047		1,530
Assets sold	$	5,442	$	5,479
Accounts payable	$	425	$	544
Accrued expenses	316		220
Liabilities sold	$	741	$	764

The net sales of the Altimate discontinued operations were $2,841,000 and $11,778,000, respectively, for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 and earnings before income taxes were $634,000 and $2,796,000, respectively for the same periods. For the for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013, net sales were $4,597,000 and $13,714,000, respectively, while earnings before income taxes were $1,371,000 and $4,215,000, respectively. Results for Altimate include an interest expense allocation from continuing operations to discontinued operations of $52,000 and $202,000for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 compared to $83,000 and $245,000for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 as proceeds from the sale were required to be utilized to pay down debt. The interest allocation was based on the net proceeds assumed to pay down debt applying the Company's average interest rates for the periods presented.

The Company recorded an incremental intra-period tax allocation expense to discontinued operations for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 and for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 representing the cumulative intra-period allocation expense to discontinued operations based on the Company's September 30, 2014 and September 30, 2013 estimates of the projected domestic taxable loss related to continuing operations for 2014 and 2013.

The Company has classified ISG, Champion and Altimate as discontinued operations for all periods presented.

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Discontinued Operations (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures

The assets and liabilities of Altimate were the following as of the date of the sale, August 29, 2014, and as of December 31, 2013 (in thousands):

	August 29, 2014		December 31, 2013
Trade receivables, net	$	2,019	$	2,055
Inventories, net	1,954		1,703
Other current assets	246		10
Property and Equipment, net	176		181
Other Intangibles	1,047		1,530
Assets sold	$	5,442	$	5,479
Accounts payable	$	425	$	544
Accrued expenses	316		220
Liabilities sold	$	741	$	764

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Net Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share Textuals (Details) (Stock Options, USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013
Stock Options
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share, amount	3,607,069	4,375,829	3,104,623	4,406,045
Antidilutive share granted, average exercise price	$ 41.87		$ 41.87		$ 41.87
Fair value stock price	$ 15.24	$ 15.88	$ 17.55	$ 15.04

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Warrany Costs (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract]

Accrued Warranty Costs

The following is a reconciliation of the changes in accrued warranty costs for the reporting period (in thousands):

Balance as of January 1, 2014	$	27,393
Warranties provided during the period	17,763
Settlements made during the period	(17,051		)
Changes in liability for pre-existing warranties during the period, including expirations	4,359
Balance as of September 30, 2014	$	32,464

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Receivables (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014 payment	Dec. 31, 2013
Receivables [Abstract]
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable	$ 14,090,000	$ 17,715,000
Number of missed payments before delinquent	3
Typical financing period	12 months
Credit amount requiring additional analysis	250,000
Average period of adjudication	18 months
Installment receivable purchased from DLL	$ 1,918,000

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Other Long-Term Obligations (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (SERP) liability	$ 18,673	$ 27,049
Product liability	17,555	17,185
Deferred income taxes	33,834	36,328
Deferred compensation	7,808	11,679
Uncertain tax obligation including interest	15,897	15,524
Other	9,373	10,511
Total long-term obligations	$ 103,140	$ 118,276

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Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014		Sep. 30, 2013		Sep. 30, 2014		Sep. 30, 2013
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net sales	$ 320,520		$ 336,578		$ 951,964		$ 1,003,659
Cost of products sold	235,873		242,371		692,946		727,516
Gross Profit	84,647		94,207		259,018		276,143
Selling, general and administrative expenses	98,181		97,579		295,328		302,757
Charges related to restructuring activities	4,077		1,884		8,407		6,998
Asset write-downs related to intangible assets	8,253		167		8,253		167
Interest expense	549		639		2,284		2,355
Interest income	(38)		(58)		(429)		(239)
Loss from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes	(26,375)		(6,004)		(54,825)		(35,895)
Income tax provision	2,350		270		7,250		2,430
Net loss from Continuing Operations	(28,725)		(6,274)		(62,075)		(38,325)
Net Earnings from Discontinued Operations (net of tax of $585; $657; $985 and $1,707)	50		1,198		1,811		6,066
Gain on Sale of Discontinued Operations (net of tax of $3,490; $1,583; $3,490 and $11,083)	13,579		21,178		13,579		71,080
Total Net Earnings from Discontinued Operations	13,629		22,376		15,390		77,146
Net Earnings (Loss)	(15,096)		16,102		(46,685)		38,821
Dividends Declared per Common Share	$ 0.0125		$ 0.0125		$ 0.0375		$ 0.0375
Net Earnings (Loss) per Share—Basic
Net Loss from Continuing Operations (in dollars per share)	$ (0.90)		$ (0.20)		$ (1.94)		$ (1.20)
Net Earnings from Discontinued Operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.43		$ 0.70		$ 0.48		$ 2.42
Net Earnings (Loss) per Share—Basic	$ (0.47)		$ 0.50		$ (1.46)		$ 1.22
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding—Basic	32,006		31,902		32,005		31,902
Net Earnings (Loss) per Share—Assuming Dilution
Net Loss from Continuing Operations (in dollars per share)	$ (0.90)	[1]	$ (0.20)	[1]	$ (1.94)	[1]	$ (1.20)	[1]
Net Earnings from Discontinued Operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.42		$ 0.70		$ 0.48		$ 2.41
Net Earnings (Loss) per Share—Assuming Dilution	$ (0.47)	[1]	$ 0.50	[1]	$ (1.46)	[1]	$ 1.21	[1]
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding—Assuming Dilution	32,194		32,066		32,216		32,009
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation adjustments	(22,836)		9,790		(21,124)		554
Defined Benefit Plans:
Amortization of prior service costs and unrecognized gains	30		359		753		895
Amounts arising during the year, primarily due to the addition of new participants	0		(154)		0		(320)
Deferred tax adjustment resulting from defined benefit plan activity	(8)		(71)		(195)		(199)
Valuation reserve associated with defined benefit plan activity	6		69		29		193
Current period unrealized gain (loss) on cash flow hedges	809		(104)		708		779
Deferred tax loss related to unrealized gain (loss) on cash flow hedges	(347)		(15)		(104)		(57)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(22,346)		9,874		(19,933)		1,845
Comprehensive Income (Loss)	$ (37,442)		$ 25,976		$ (66,618)		$ 40,666

[1] Net loss per common share assuming dilution calculated utilizing weighted average shares outstanding-basic for the periods in which there was a net loss.

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Charges Related To Restructuring Activities (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Schedule of Restructuring and Related Costs

A progression by reporting segment of the accruals recorded as a result of the restructuring is as follows (in thousands):

	Severance			Product Line Discontinuance			Contract Terminations			Other			Total
December 31, 2010 Balance
Total	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
Charges
NA/HME	4,755			—			—			4			4,759
IPG	123			—			—			—			123
Europe	3,288			277			1,788			113			5,466
Asia/Pacific	186			—			—			—			186
Total	8,352			277			1,788			117			10,534
Payments
NA/HME	(1,663		)	—			—			(4		)	(1,667		)
IPG	(52		)	—			—			—			(52		)
Europe	(1,546		)	(277		)	(1,714		)	(113		)	(3,650		)
Asia/Pacific	(186		)	—			—			—			(186		)
Total	(3,447		)	(277		)	(1,714		)	(117		)	(5,555		)
December 31, 2011 Balance
NA/HME	3,092			—			—			—			3,092
IPG	71			—			—			—			71
Europe	1,742			—			74			—			1,816
Asia/Pacific	—			—			—			—			—
Total	$	4,905		$	—		$	74		$	—		$	4,979

	Severance			Product Line Discontinuance			Contract Terminations			Other			Total
Charges
NA/HME	$	4,242		$	—		$	5		$	—		$	4,247
IPG	35			—			—			—			35
Europe	817			—			53			1,223			2,093
Asia/Pacific	1,681			491			1,667			1,181			5,020
Total	6,775			491			1,725			2,404			11,395
Payments
NA/HME	(3,587		)	—			(5		)	—			(3,592		)
IPG	(106		)	—			—			—			(106		)
Europe	(1,964		)	—			(127		)	(1,223		)	(3,314		)
Asia/Pacific	(812		)	(340		)	(42		)	(1,175		)	(2,369		)
Total	(6,469		)	(340		)	(174		)	(2,398		)	(9,381		)
December 31, 2012 Balance
NA/HME	3,747			—			—			—			3,747
IPG	—			—			—			—			—
Europe	595			—			—			—			595
Asia/Pacific	869			151			1,625			6			2,651
Total	5,211			151			1,625			6			6,993
Charges
NA/HME	5,405			—			164			353			5,922
IPG	267			—			—			—			267
Europe	1,640			—			—			—			1,640
Asia/Pacific	970			—			534			3			1,507
Total	8,282			—			698			356			9,336
Payments
NA/HME	(6,347		)	—			(164		)	(353		)	(6,864		)
IPG	(175		)	—			—			—			(175		)
Europe	(1,146		)	—			—			—			(1,146		)
Asia/Pacific	(1,839		)	(151		)	(1,660		)	(9		)	(3,659		)
Total	(9,507		)	(151		)	(1,824		)	(362		)	(11,844		)
December 31, 2013 Balance
NA/HME	2,805			—			—			—			2,805
IPG	92			—			—			—			92
Europe	1,089			—			—			—			1,089
Asia/Pacific	—			—			499			—			499
	3,986			—			499			—			4,485
Charges
NA/HME	803			—			—			—			803
IPG	340			—			—			719			1,059
Europe	378			—			—			—			378
Asia/Pacific	—			—			—			—			—
Total	$	1,521		$	—		$	—		$	719		$	2,240

	Severance			Product Line Discontinuance		Contract Terminations			Other			Total
Payments
NA/HME	$	(1,120	)	$	—	$	—		$	—		$	(1,120	)
IPG	(35		)	—		—			(719		)	(754		)
Europe	(597		)	—		—			—			(597		)
Asia/Pacific	—			—		(154		)	—			(154		)
Total	(1,752		)	—		(154		)	(719		)	(2,625		)
March 31, 2014 Balance
NA/HME	2,488			—		—			—			2,488
IPG	397			—		—			—			397
Europe	870			—		—			—			870
Asia/Pacific	—			—		345			—			345
	3,755			—		345			—			4,100
Charges
NA/HME	845			—		—			—			845
IPG	394			—		—			264			658
Europe	58			—		—			525			583
Asia/Pacific	—			—		4			—			4
Total	1,297			—		4			789			2,090
Payments
NA/HME	(1,303		)	—		—			—			(1,303		)
IPG	(32		)	—		—			(264		)	(296		)
Europe	(226		)	—		—			(525		)	(751		)
Asia/Pacific	—			—		—			—			—
Total	(1,561		)	—		—			(789		)	(2,350		)
June 30, 2014 Balance
NA/HME	2,030			—		—			—			2,030
IPG	759			—		—			—			759
Europe	702			—		—			—			702
Asia/Pacific	—			—		349			—			349
	3,491			—		349			—			3,840
Charges
NA/HME	3,041			—		—			—			3,041
IPG	429			—		—			162			591
Europe	69			—		—			—			69
Asia/Pacific	376			—		—			—			376
Total	3,915			—		—			162			4,077
Payments
NA/HME	(1,466		)	—		—			—			(1,466		)
IPG	(618		)	—		—			(162		)	(780		)
Europe	(240		)	—		—			—			(240		)
Asia/Pacific	(348		)	—		—			—			(348		)
Total	$	(2,672	)	$	—	$	—		$	(162	)	$	(2,834	)

	Severance		Product Line Discontinuance		Contract Terminations		Other		Total
September 30, 2014 Balance
NA/HME	$	3,605	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	3,605
IPG	570		—		—		—		570
Europe	531		—		—		—		531
Asia/Pacific	28		—		349		—		377
	$	4,734	$	—	$	349	$	—	$	5,083

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Supplemental Guarantor Information Consolidating Condensed Statement of Cash Flows (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net Cash Provided (Used) by Operating Activities	$ 138	$ (1,245)
Investing Activities
Purchases of property and equipment	(9,295)	(11,086)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment	9	856
Proceeds from Divestiture of Business, net	21,870	187,552
Other long-term assets	12,083	949
Other	177	(147)
Net Cash Provided by Investing Activities	24,844	178,124
Financing Activities
Proceeds from revolving lines of credit and long-term borrowings	201,766	250,124
Payments on revolving lines of credit and long-term borrowings	(226,432)	(432,185)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	162	0
Payment of dividends	(1,188)	(1,187)
Net Cash Used by Financing Activities	(25,692)	(183,248)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	(9)	203
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(719)	(6,166)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year	29,785	38,791
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	29,066	32,625
The Company (Parent) [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net Cash Provided (Used) by Operating Activities	(30,886)	35,179
Investing Activities
Purchases of property and equipment	(1,901)	(3,234)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment	0	0
Proceeds from Divestiture of Business, net	0	0
Other long-term assets	12,060	783
Other	40,728	171,353
Net Cash Provided by Investing Activities	50,887	168,902
Financing Activities
Proceeds from revolving lines of credit and long-term borrowings	201,766	226,189
Payments on revolving lines of credit and long-term borrowings	(220,390)	(431,709)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	162
Payment of dividends	(1,188)	(1,187)
Net Cash Used by Financing Activities	(19,650)	(206,707)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	0	0
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents	351	(2,626)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year	1,401	5,774
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	1,752
Combined Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net Cash Provided (Used) by Operating Activities	(498)	(81,077)
Investing Activities
Purchases of property and equipment	(1,030)	(3,611)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment	0	11
Proceeds from Divestiture of Business, net	21,870	187,552
Other long-term assets	0	0
Other	(17,093)	(103,417)
Net Cash Provided by Investing Activities	3,747	80,535
Financing Activities
Proceeds from revolving lines of credit and long-term borrowings	0	0
Payments on revolving lines of credit and long-term borrowings	(3,091)	(476)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	0
Payment of dividends	0	0
Net Cash Used by Financing Activities	(3,091)	(476)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	0	0
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents	158	(1,018)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year	313	1,018
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	471
Combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net Cash Provided (Used) by Operating Activities	8,089	(20,736)
Investing Activities
Purchases of property and equipment	(6,364)	(4,241)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment	9	845
Proceeds from Divestiture of Business, net	0	0
Other long-term assets	23	166
Other	(25)	0
Net Cash Provided by Investing Activities	(6,357)	(3,230)
Financing Activities
Proceeds from revolving lines of credit and long-term borrowings	0	23,935
Payments on revolving lines of credit and long-term borrowings	(2,951)	0
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	0
Payment of dividends	0	(2,694)
Net Cash Used by Financing Activities	(2,951)	21,241
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	(9)	203
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(1,228)	(2,522)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year	28,071	31,999
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	26,843
Eliminations [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net Cash Provided (Used) by Operating Activities	23,433	65,389
Investing Activities
Purchases of property and equipment	0	0
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment	0	0
Proceeds from Divestiture of Business, net	0	0
Other long-term assets	0	0
Other	(23,433)	(68,083)
Net Cash Provided by Investing Activities	(23,433)	(68,083)
Financing Activities
Proceeds from revolving lines of credit and long-term borrowings	0	0
Payments on revolving lines of credit and long-term borrowings	0	0
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	0
Payment of dividends	0	2,694
Net Cash Used by Financing Activities	0	2,694
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	0	0
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents	0	0
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year	0	0
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$ 0

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Condensed Consolidated Statement Of Cash Flows (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013
Operating Activities
Net earnings (loss)	$ (46,685)	$ 38,821
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities:
Gain on sale of businesses (pre-tax)	(17,069)	(82,163)
Depreciation and amortization	26,409	28,236
Provision for losses on trade and installment receivables	1,690	3,160
Provision for deferred income taxes	452	2,698
Provision for other deferred liabilities	(339)	140
Provision for stock-based compensation	4,404	4,721
Loss on disposals of property and equipment	178	565
Asset write-downs related to intangible assets	8,253	167
Asset write-downs related to restructuring activities	1,163	0
Amortization of convertible debt discount	525	468
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Trade receivables	10,201	3,049
Installment sales contracts, net	(311)	(633)
Inventories	(12,059)	10,599
Other current assets	3,269	7,539
Accounts payable	6,674	(16,848)
Accrued expenses	26,973	(390)
Other long-term liabilities	(13,590)	(1,374)
Net Cash Provided (Used) by Operating Activities	138	(1,245)
Investing Activities
Purchases of property and equipment	(9,295)	(11,086)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment	9	856
Proceeds from sale of business	21,870	187,552
Change in other long-term assets	12,083	949
Other	177	(147)
Net Cash Provided by Investing Activities	24,844	178,124
Financing Activities
Proceeds from revolving lines of credit and long-term borrowings	201,766	250,124
Payments on revolving lines of credit and long-term borrowings	(226,432)	(432,185)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	162	0
Payment of dividends	(1,188)	(1,187)
Net Cash Used by Financing Activities	(25,692)	(183,248)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	(9)	203
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(719)	(6,166)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year	29,785	38,791
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$ 29,066	$ 32,625

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Supplemental Guarantor Information Consolidating Condensed Statements of Operations (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2014 The Company (Parent) [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 The Company (Parent) [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 The Company (Parent) [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 The Company (Parent) [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Combined Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Combined Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Combined Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Combined Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Eliminations [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Eliminations [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Eliminations [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Eliminations [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Convertible Senior Subordinated Debentures at 4.125% February 2027 Convertible Subordinated Debt	Feb. 17, 2007 Convertible Senior Subordinated Debentures at 4.125% February 2027 Convertible Subordinated Debt
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)																										4.125%
Principal Amount																											$ 135,000,000
Net sales	320,520,000			336,578,000	951,964,000	1,003,659,000				55,333,000	60,641,000	160,054,000	186,453,000	96,947,000	114,950,000	307,801,000	350,291,000	192,482,000	184,299,000	554,060,000	535,805,000	(24,242,000)	(23,312,000)	(69,951,000)	(68,890,000)
Cost of Goods Sold	235,873,000			242,371,000	692,946,000	727,516,000				49,799,000	52,454,000	144,620,000	159,884,000	76,819,000	84,997,000	234,288,000	258,609,000	133,533,000	128,232,000	384,025,000	378,287,000	(24,278,000)	(23,312,000)	(69,987,000)	(69,264,000)
Gross Profit	84,647,000			94,207,000	259,018,000	276,143,000				5,534,000	8,187,000	15,434,000	26,569,000	20,128,000	29,953,000	73,513,000	91,682,000	58,949,000	56,067,000	170,035,000	157,518,000	36,000	0	36,000	374,000
Selling, general and administrative expenses	98,181,000			97,579,000	295,328,000	302,757,000				32,124,000	29,046,000	95,990,000	99,338,000	19,765,000	24,223,000	62,633,000	69,085,000	46,375,000	44,310,000	136,788,000	131,640,000	(83,000)	0	(83,000)	2,694,000
Charges	4,077,000	2,090,000	2,240,000	1,884,000	8,407,000	6,998,000	9,336,000	11,395,000	10,534,000	3,149,000	1,597,000	5,203,000	5,078,000	0	36,000	(95,000)	49,000	928,000	251,000	3,299,000	1,871,000	0	0	0	0
Asset write-downs related to intangible assets	8,253,000			167,000	8,253,000	167,000				0	0	0	0	8,253,000	167,000	8,253,000	167,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Income (Loss) from Equity Method Investments	0			0	0	0				13,251,000	32,513,000	37,596,000	105,501,000	8,476,000	8,935,000	23,103,000	21,472,000	(63,000)	22,000	(127,000)	(93,000)	(21,664,000)	(41,470,000)	(60,572,000)	(126,880,000)
Interest Income (Expense), Net	511,000			581,000	1,855,000	2,116,000				57,000	(603,000)	(227,000)	(1,418,000)	406,000	1,107,000	1,668,000	2,819,000	48,000	77,000	414,000	715,000	0	0	0	0
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes	(26,375,000)			(6,004,000)	(54,825,000)	(35,895,000)				(16,545,000)	10,660,000	(47,936,000)	29,072,000	180,000	13,355,000	24,157,000	41,034,000	11,535,000	11,451,000	29,407,000	23,199,000	(21,545,000)	(41,470,000)	(60,453,000)	(129,200,000)
Income tax provision	2,350,000			270,000	7,250,000	2,430,000				(1,449,000)	(5,442,000)	(1,251,000)	(9,749,000)	400,000	(480,000)	0	(1,470,000)	3,399,000	6,192,000	8,501,000	13,649,000	0	0	0	0
Net loss from Continuing Operations	(28,725,000)			(6,274,000)	(62,075,000)	(38,325,000)				(15,096,000)	16,102,000	(46,685,000)	38,821,000	(220,000)	13,835,000	24,157,000	42,504,000	8,136,000	5,259,000	20,906,000	9,550,000	(21,545,000)	(41,470,000)	(60,453,000)	(129,200,000)
Total Net Earnings from Discontinued Operations	13,629,000			22,376,000	15,390,000	77,146,000				0	0	0	0	13,629,000	22,376,000	15,390,000	77,146,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Net Earnings (Loss)	(15,096,000)			16,102,000	(46,685,000)	38,821,000				(15,096,000)	16,102,000	(46,685,000)	38,821,000	13,409,000	36,211,000	39,547,000	119,650,000	8,136,000	5,259,000	20,906,000	9,550,000	(21,545,000)	(41,470,000)	(60,453,000)	(129,200,000)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(22,346,000)			9,874,000	(19,933,000)	1,845,000				(22,346,000)	9,874,000	(19,933,000)	1,845,000	(5,327,000)	220,000	(3,038,000)	(415,000)	(9,521,000)	10,135,000	(18,476,000)	2,228,000	14,848,000	(10,355,000)	21,514,000	(1,813,000)
Comprehensive Income (Loss)	$ (37,442,000)			$ 25,976,000	$ (66,618,000)	$ 40,666,000				$ (37,442,000)	$ 25,976,000	$ (66,618,000)	$ 40,666,000	$ 8,082,000	$ 36,431,000	$ 36,509,000	$ 119,235,000	$ (1,385,000)	$ 15,394,000	$ 2,430,000	$ 11,778,000	$ (6,697,000)	$ (51,825,000)	$ (38,939,000)	$ (131,013,000)

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Other Current Assets Components of Other Current Assets (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
Value added tax receivables	$ 18,438	$ 20,445
Recoverable income taxes	2,359	2,465
Derivatives (foreign currency forward contracts)	1,140	789
Prepaid insurance	214	4,556
Prepaid and other current assets	15,110	12,917
Other current assets	$ 37,261	$ 41,172

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Other Current Assets (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Other Current Assets

Other current assets consist of the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
Value added tax receivables	$	18,438	$	20,445
Recoverable income taxes	2,359		2,465
Derivatives (foreign currency forward contracts)	1,140		789
Prepaid insurance	214		4,556
Prepaid and other current assets	15,110		12,917
	$	37,261	$	41,172

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Other Intangibles (Finite-Lived Intangible Asset Future Amortization Expense) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2014
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
Future amortization expense, remainder of fiscal year	$ 16,226
Future amortization expense, 2015	5,536
Future amortization expense, 2016	4,402
Future amortization expense, 2017	1,191
Future amortization expense, 2018	1,168
Future amortization expense, 2019	$ 1,166

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Charges Related To Restructuring Activities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Charges Related To Restructuring Activities

Charges Related to Restructuring Activities

The Company's restructuring charges recorded since 2011 were necessitated primarily by continued declines in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement by the U.S. government, as well as similar healthcare reimbursement pressures abroad, which negatively affect the Company's customers (e.g. home health care providers) and continued pricing pressures faced by the Company as a result of outsourcing by competitors to lower cost locations. In addition, restructuring decisions were also the result of reduced profitability in the North America/HME segment impacted by the FDA consent decree. While the Company's restructuring efforts have been executed on a timely basis resulting in operating cost savings, the savings have been more than offset by continued margin decline, principally as a result of product mix, reduced volumes and regulatory and compliance costs related to quality system improvements which are unrelated to the restructuring actions. The Company expects any near-term cost savings from restructuring will be offset by the continued investment in regulatory and compliance costs related to quality system improvements at least until the Company has completed its quality systems remediation efforts, and reduced net sales in the North America/HME segment at least until the Company has successfully completed the previously described third-party expert certification audit and FDA inspection and has received written notification from the FDA that the Company may resume full operations.

The Company's restructuring commenced in the second quarter of 2011 with the Company's decision to close the Hong, Denmark assembly facility as part of the Company's ongoing globalization initiative to reduce complexity in the Company's supply chain, which is intended to reduce expenses to help offset pricing pressures. In the third quarter of 2011, the Company continued to execute on the closure of the Hong, Denmark assembly facility and initiated the closure of a smaller facility in the U.S. Charges for the quarter ended December 31, 2011 were primarily incurred at the Company's corporate headquarters for severance, with additional costs incurred as a result of the closure of the Hong, Denmark facility. The facility closures were completed in 2012 in addition to the elimination of various positions principally in the North America/Home Medical Equipment (HME) and Asia/Pacific segments.

Charges for the year ended December 31, 2011 totaled $10,534,000 including charges for severance ($8,352,000), contract exit costs primarily related to the closure of the Hong, Denmark assembly facility ($1,788,000) and inventory write-offs ($277,000) recorded in cost of products sold and other miscellaneous costs ($117,000). The majority of the 2011 North America/HME charges were incurred for severance, primarily at the corporate headquarters as the result of the elimination of various positions principally in sales and administration in Elyria, Ohio. These eliminations were permanent reductions in workforce which primarily resulted in reduced selling, general and administrative expenses. In Europe, the charges were the result of the closure of the Company's Hong, Denmark facility. The assembly activities were transferred to other Company facilities or outsourced to third parties. This closure enabled the Company to reduce fixed operating costs related to the facility and reduce headcount with the transfer of a portion of the production to other Company facilities. The 2011 charges have been fully paid/utilized and were funded with operating cash flows.

Charges for the year ended December 31, 2012 totaled $11,395,000 including charges for severance ($6,775,000), lease termination costs ($1,725,000), building and asset write-downs, primarily related to the closure of the Hong, Denmark assemblyfacility, and other miscellaneous charges in Europe and Asia/Pacific ($2,404,000) and inventory write-offs ($491,000) in Asia/Pacific recorded in cost of products sold. Severance charges were primarily incurred in the North America/HME segment ($4,242,000), Asia/Pacific segment ($1,681,000) and Europe segment ($817,000). The charges were incurred as a result of the elimination of various positions as part of the Company's globalization initiatives. In addition, a portion of the North America/HME segment severance was related to positions eliminated, principally in sales and marketing as well as manufacturing, at the Company's Taylor Street facility as a result of the FDA consent decree. The savings from these charges have been reflected primarily in reduced selling, general and administrative expenses and manufacturing expenses for the Company. In Europe, positions were eliminated as a result of finalizing the exit from the manufacturing facility in Denmark and an elimination of a senior management position in Switzerland. In Asia/Pacific, at the end of October 2012, the Company's management approved a plan to restructure the Company's operations in this segment. In Australia, the Company consolidated offices / warehouses, decreased staffing and exited various activities while returning to a focus on distribution. At the Company's subsidiary, which produces microprocessor controllers, the Company decided to cease the contract manufacturing business for companies outside of the healthcare industry. Restructuring payments/utilization for the year ended December 31, 2012 were $9,381,000 and the cash payments were funded with operating cash flows. The 2012 charges have now been fully paid and were funded with operating cash flows.

Charges for the year ended December 31, 2013 totaled $9,336,000 including charges for severance ($8,282,000), lease termination costs ($698,000) and other miscellaneous charges principally in North America/HME ($356,000). Severance charges were primarily incurred in the North America/HME segment ($5,405,000), Europe segment ($1,640,000) and Asia/Pacific segment ($970,000). The charges were incurred as a result of the elimination of various positions as part of the Company's globalization initiatives. North America/HME segment severance was principally related to positions eliminated due to lost sales volumes resulting from the impact of the FDA consent decree. The savings from these charges have been reflected primarily in reduced selling, general and administrative expenses and manufacturing expenses for the Company. In Europe, severance was incurred for the elimination of certain sales and supply chain positions. In Asia/Pacific, severance was principally incurred at the Company's microprocessor controller production subsidiary as a result of the Company's decision in 2012 to cease the contract manufacturing business for companies outside of the healthcare industry. The lease termination costs were principally related to Australia as a result of the restructuring announced in 2012. Restructuring payments/utilization for the year ended December 31, 2013 were $11,844,000 and the cash payments were funded with operating cash flows and cash on hand. The majority of the 2013 charges are expected to be paid during 2014.

Restructuring continued during 2014, including the work force reduction announced during the third quarter of 2014, resulting in restructuring charges of $8,407,000 in the first nine months of 2014 related to severance costs ($6,733,000) and other costs ($1,674,000), which principally included building write-downs in the Europe and IPG segments. The severance costs were incurred primarily in the NA/HME segment, and to a lesser extent the Europe and IPG segments. The building write-down in the IPG segment was associated with the previously announced closure of the London, Canada facility. The building write-down in the European segment was associated with a facility in Sweden, which the Company exited in 2011. Restructuring payments/utilization for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 were $7,809,000 and the cash payments were funded with the Company's credit facility. The majority of the outstanding charge accruals at September 30, 2014 are expected to be paid during the next twelve months.

There have been no material changes in accrued balances related to the charges, either as a result of revisions in the plan or changes in estimates. In addition, the savings anticipated as a result of the Company's restructuring plans have been or are expected to be achieved, primarily resulting in reduced salary and benefit costs principally impacting Selling, General and Administrative expenses, and to a lesser extent, Costs of Products Sold. However, the Company expects any near-term cost savings from restructuring will be offset by the continued investment in regulatory and compliance costs related to quality system improvements at least until the Company has completed its quality systems remediation efforts.

A progression by reporting segment of the accruals recorded as a result of the restructuring is as follows (in thousands):

	Severance			Product Line Discontinuance			Contract Terminations			Other			Total
December 31, 2010 Balance
Total	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
Charges
NA/HME	4,755			—			—			4			4,759
IPG	123			—			—			—			123
Europe	3,288			277			1,788			113			5,466
Asia/Pacific	186			—			—			—			186
Total	8,352			277			1,788			117			10,534
Payments
NA/HME	(1,663		)	—			—			(4		)	(1,667		)
IPG	(52		)	—			—			—			(52		)
Europe	(1,546		)	(277		)	(1,714		)	(113		)	(3,650		)
Asia/Pacific	(186		)	—			—			—			(186		)
Total	(3,447		)	(277		)	(1,714		)	(117		)	(5,555		)
December 31, 2011 Balance
NA/HME	3,092			—			—			—			3,092
IPG	71			—			—			—			71
Europe	1,742			—			74			—			1,816
Asia/Pacific	—			—			—			—			—
Total	$	4,905		$	—		$	74		$	—		$	4,979

	Severance			Product Line Discontinuance			Contract Terminations			Other			Total
Charges
NA/HME	$	4,242		$	—		$	5		$	—		$	4,247
IPG	35			—			—			—			35
Europe	817			—			53			1,223			2,093
Asia/Pacific	1,681			491			1,667			1,181			5,020
Total	6,775			491			1,725			2,404			11,395
Payments
NA/HME	(3,587		)	—			(5		)	—			(3,592		)
IPG	(106		)	—			—			—			(106		)
Europe	(1,964		)	—			(127		)	(1,223		)	(3,314		)
Asia/Pacific	(812		)	(340		)	(42		)	(1,175		)	(2,369		)
Total	(6,469		)	(340		)	(174		)	(2,398		)	(9,381		)
December 31, 2012 Balance
NA/HME	3,747			—			—			—			3,747
IPG	—			—			—			—			—
Europe	595			—			—			—			595
Asia/Pacific	869			151			1,625			6			2,651
Total	5,211			151			1,625			6			6,993
Charges
NA/HME	5,405			—			164			353			5,922
IPG	267			—			—			—			267
Europe	1,640			—			—			—			1,640
Asia/Pacific	970			—			534			3			1,507
Total	8,282			—			698			356			9,336
Payments
NA/HME	(6,347		)	—			(164		)	(353		)	(6,864		)
IPG	(175		)	—			—			—			(175		)
Europe	(1,146		)	—			—			—			(1,146		)
Asia/Pacific	(1,839		)	(151		)	(1,660		)	(9		)	(3,659		)
Total	(9,507		)	(151		)	(1,824		)	(362		)	(11,844		)
December 31, 2013 Balance
NA/HME	2,805			—			—			—			2,805
IPG	92			—			—			—			92
Europe	1,089			—			—			—			1,089
Asia/Pacific	—			—			499			—			499
	3,986			—			499			—			4,485
Charges
NA/HME	803			—			—			—			803
IPG	340			—			—			719			1,059
Europe	378			—			—			—			378
Asia/Pacific	—			—			—			—			—
Total	$	1,521		$	—		$	—		$	719		$	2,240

	Severance			Product Line Discontinuance		Contract Terminations			Other			Total
Payments
NA/HME	$	(1,120	)	$	—	$	—		$	—		$	(1,120	)
IPG	(35		)	—		—			(719		)	(754		)
Europe	(597		)	—		—			—			(597		)
Asia/Pacific	—			—		(154		)	—			(154		)
Total	(1,752		)	—		(154		)	(719		)	(2,625		)
March 31, 2014 Balance
NA/HME	2,488			—		—			—			2,488
IPG	397			—		—			—			397
Europe	870			—		—			—			870
Asia/Pacific	—			—		345			—			345
	3,755			—		345			—			4,100
Charges
NA/HME	845			—		—			—			845
IPG	394			—		—			264			658
Europe	58			—		—			525			583
Asia/Pacific	—			—		4			—			4
Total	1,297			—		4			789			2,090
Payments
NA/HME	(1,303		)	—		—			—			(1,303		)
IPG	(32		)	—		—			(264		)	(296		)
Europe	(226		)	—		—			(525		)	(751		)
Asia/Pacific	—			—		—			—			—
Total	(1,561		)	—		—			(789		)	(2,350		)
June 30, 2014 Balance
NA/HME	2,030			—		—			—			2,030
IPG	759			—		—			—			759
Europe	702			—		—			—			702
Asia/Pacific	—			—		349			—			349
	3,491			—		349			—			3,840
Charges
NA/HME	3,041			—		—			—			3,041
IPG	429			—		—			162			591
Europe	69			—		—			—			69
Asia/Pacific	376			—		—			—			376
Total	3,915			—		—			162			4,077
Payments
NA/HME	(1,466		)	—		—			—			(1,466		)
IPG	(618		)	—		—			(162		)	(780		)
Europe	(240		)	—		—			—			(240		)
Asia/Pacific	(348		)	—		—			—			(348		)
Total	$	(2,672	)	$	—	$	—		$	(162	)	$	(2,834	)

	Severance		Product Line Discontinuance		Contract Terminations		Other		Total
September 30, 2014 Balance
NA/HME	$	3,605	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	3,605
IPG	570		—		—		—		570
Europe	531		—		—		—		531
Asia/Pacific	28		—		349		—		377
	$	4,734	$	—	$	349	$	—	$	5,083

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Other Long-Term Assets (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Other Assets, Noncurrent

Other long-term assets consist of the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
Cash surrender value of life insurance policies	$	24,700	$	36,522
Deferred Financing Fees	333		1,096
Investments	642		998
Installment receivables	1,204		1,257
Deferred taxes	3,894		4,741
Other	1,228		1,322
	$	32,001	$	45,936

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Net Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Net Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share

Net Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net earnings (loss) per common share for the periods indicated.

(In thousands except per share data)	For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
Basic
Average common shares outstanding	32,006			31,902			32,005			31,902
Net loss from continuing operations	(28,725		)	(6,274		)	(62,075		)	(38,325		)
Net earnings from discontinued operations	13,629			22,376			15,390			77,146
Net earnings (loss)	(15,096		)	16,102			(46,685		)	38,821
Net loss per common share from continuing operations	$	(0.90	)	$	(0.20	)	$	(1.94	)	$	(1.20	)
Net earnings per common share from discontinued operations	$	0.43		$	0.70		$	0.48		$	2.42
Net earnings (loss) per common share	$	(0.47	)	$	0.50		$	(1.46	)	$	1.22
Diluted
Average common shares outstanding	32,006			31,902			32,005			31,902
Stock options and awards	188			164			211			107
Average common shares assuming dilution	32,194			32,066			32,216			32,009
Net loss from continuing operations	$	(28,725	)	$	(6,274	)	$	(62,075	)	$	(38,325	)
Net earnings from discontinued operations	$	13,629		$	22,376		$	15,390		$	77,146
Net earnings (loss)	$	(15,096	)	$	16,102		$	(46,685	)	$	38,821
Net loss per common share from continuing operations *	$	(0.90	)	$	(0.20	)	$	(1.94	)	$	(1.20	)
Net earnings per common share from discontinued operations	$	0.42		$	0.70		$	0.48		$	2.41
Net earnings (loss) per common share *	$	(0.47	)	$	0.50		$	(1.46	)	$	1.21

* Net loss per common share assuming dilution calculated utilizing weighted average shares outstanding-basic for the periods in which there was a net loss.

At September 30, 2014, 3,607,069 and 3,104,623 shares associated with stock options were excluded from the average common shares assuming dilution for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 as they were anti-dilutive. At September 30, 2014, the majority of the anti-dilutive shares were granted at an exercise price of $41.87, which was higher than the average fair market value prices of $15.24 and $17.55, respectively, for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014. At September 30, 2013, 4,375,829 and 4,406,045 shares associated with stock options were excluded from the average common shares assuming dilution for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 as they were anti-dilutive. At September 30, 2013, the majority of the anti-dilutive shares were granted at an exercise price of $41.87, which was higher than the average fair market value prices of $15.88 and $15.04, respectively, for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013. For the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 and September 30, 2013, there were no shares necessary to settle a conversion spread on the convertible notes to be included in the common shares assuming dilution as the average market price of the Company stock for these periods did not exceed the conversion price.

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Long-Term Debt (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt	$ 24,688	$ 45,286
Less current maturities of long-term debt	(781)	(14,102)
Long-term debt net of current maturities	23,907	31,184
Convertible Subordinated Debt | Convertible Senior Subordinated Debentures at 4.125% February 2027
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt	11,166	10,641
Notes Payable, Other Payables [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt	5,522	6,536
Senior secured revolving credit facility, due in October 2015 [Member] | Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt	$ 8,000	$ 28,109

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Accounting Policies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Accounting Policies

Accounting Policies

Nature of Operations: Invacare Corporation is a leading manufacturer and distributor of medical equipment used in the home or institutional setting based upon the Company’s distribution channels, breadth of product line and net sales. The Company designs, manufactures and distributes an extensive line of health care products for the non-acute care environment, including the home health care, retail and extended care markets.

Principles of Consolidation: The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries and include all adjustments, which were of a normal recurring nature, necessary to present fairly the financial position of the Company as of September 30, 2014, the results of its operations for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 and changes in its cash flow for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Certain foreign subsidiaries, represented by the European segment, are consolidated using an August 31 quarter end in order to meet filing deadlines. No material subsequent events have occurred related to the European segment, which would require disclosure or adjustment to the Company's financial statements. All significant intercompany transactions are eliminated.  The results of operations for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.

Use of Estimates: The consolidated financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements: In February 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2013-04, Liabilities (Topic 405), Obligations Resulting from Joint and Several Liability Arrangements for Which the Total Amount of the Obligation is Fixed at the Reporting Date. This update requires an entity to measure obligations resulting from joint and several liability arrangements for which the total amount of the obligation is fixed at the reporting date, as the sum of a) the amount the reporting entity agreed to pay on the basis of its arrangement among its co-obligors and b) any additional amount the reporting entity expects to pay on behalf of its co-obligors. The update also requires an entity to disclose the nature and amount of the obligation as well as other information about those obligations. The Company adopted ASU No. 2013-04 in the first quarter of 2014 with no impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss), Balance Sheets or Statement of Cash Flows.

In July 2013, the FASB issued ASU No. 2013-11, "Income Taxes (Topic 740): Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists." ASU 2013-11 requires an entity to present an unrecognized tax benefit in the financial statements as a reduction to a deferred tax asset for a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss or a tax credit carryforward, with limited exceptions. The amendments are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2013. ASU 2013-11 was adopted by the Company on January 1, 2014 and did not have a significant impact on the Company's financial statements.

In April 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-08 changing the presentation of discontinued operations on the statements of income and other requirements for reporting discontinued operations. Under the new standard, a disposal of a component or a group of components of an entity is required to be reported in discontinued operations if the disposal represents a strategic shift that has (or will have) a major effect on an entity’s operations and financial results when the component meets the criteria to be classified as held for sale or is disposed. The amendments in this update also require additional disclosures about discontinued operations and disposal of an individually significant component of an entity that does not qualify for discontinued operations. This standard must be prospectively applied to all reporting periods presented in financial reports issued after the effective date. Early adoption is permitted for disposals that have not been reported in financial statements previously issued or available for issuance. The new accounting guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2014. If applicable, this standard will change the presentation of the Company's financial statements but will not affect the calculation of net income, comprehensive income or earnings per share. The Company plans to adopt ASU 2014-08 effective January 1, 2015.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers." ASU 2014-09 requires a company to recognize revenue when promised goods or services are transferred to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods and services. The guidance requires five steps to be applied: 1) identify the contract(s) with customers, 2) identify the performance obligations in the contract, 3) determine the transaction price, 4) allocated the transaction price to the performance obligation in the contract and 5) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. The guidance also requires both quantitative and qualitative disclosures, which are more comprehensive than existing revenue standards. The disclosures are intended to enable financial statement users to understand the nature, timing and uncertainty of revenue and the related cash flow. An entity can apply the new revenue standard retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented or retrospective with the cumulative effect of initially applying the standard recognized at the date of initial application in retained earnings. The new accounting guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016 and early adoption is not permitted. The Company is currently reviewing the impact of the adoption of ASU 2014-09 on the Company's financial statements.

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Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Parentheticals) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net Earnings from Discontinued Operations tax amts	$ 585	$ 657	$ 985	$ 1,707
Gain on Sale of Discontinued Operations tax amts	$ 3,490	$ 1,583	$ 3,490	$ 11,083

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Warrany Costs

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract]

Current Liabilities

Generally, the Company's products are covered by warranties against defects in material and workmanship for various periods depending on the product from the date of sales to the customer. Certain components carry a lifetime warranty. A provision for estimated warranty cost is recorded at the time of sale based upon actual experience. The Company continuously assesses the adequacy of its product warranty accrual and makes adjustments as needed. Historical analysis is primarily used to determine the Company's warranty reserves. Claims history is reviewed and provisions are adjusted as needed. However, the Company does consider other events, such as a product field action and recalls, which could warrant additional warranty reserve provision. The increase in the liability for pre-existing warranties in 2014 is primarily the result of the Company's joystick product recall.

The Company's warranty expense for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 includes $11,493,000 for three specific product issues. First, an expense of $6,559,000 for a field action that is under review related to a component in a stationary oxygen concentrator that was manufactured in the Company’s facility in Suzhou, China, and sold globally. The component is no longer used in production. The Company is aware of five reported incidents in Europe. There have been no reported injuries, and no incidents reported elsewhere. This expense was recorded in the European segment ($3,395,000) and North America/HME segment ($3,164,000). Second, an expense of $2,057,000 for the recall of a sieve bed component used within stationary oxygen concentrators manufactured during August 2014, which was recorded in the North America/HME segment. Third, an incremental expense of $2,877,000 related to the Company's joystick recall as a result of higher than previously anticipated response rates from larger customers in the U.S. and Canada and a shift in the product mix toward higher cost joysticks, which was recorded in the North America/HME segment ($1,612,000) and the Asia/Pacific segment ($1,265,000). These warranty reserves are subject to adjustment in future periods as new developments change the Company's estimate of the total cost of these matters.

The following is a reconciliation of the changes in accrued warranty costs for the reporting period (in thousands):

Balance as of January 1, 2014	$	27,393
Warranties provided during the period	17,763
Settlements made during the period	(17,051		)
Changes in liability for pre-existing warranties during the period, including expirations	4,359
Balance as of September 30, 2014	$	32,464

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Contingencies Contingencies (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2014
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Additional warranty expense accrued related to recall	$ 11,493
Field action under review
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Additional warranty expense accrued related to recall	6,559
Number of reported incidents	5
Warranty related sieve bed recall
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Additional warranty expense accrued related to recall	2,057
Warranty related recall
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Additional warranty expense accrued related to recall	2,877
Europe
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Additional warranty expense accrued related to recall	3,395
North America/HME
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Additional warranty expense accrued related to recall	3,164
North America/HME | Warranty related recall
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Additional warranty expense accrued related to recall	1,612
Asia/Pacific | Warranty related recall
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Additional warranty expense accrued related to recall	$ 1,265

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Fair Values (Details of Book Value and Fair Value of Financial Instruments) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Carrying Value
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 29,066	$ 29,785
Other investments	642	998
Installment receivables, net of reserves	2,528	2,819
Long-term debt (including current maturities of long-term debt)	(24,688)	(45,286)
Fair Value
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	29,066	29,785
Other investments	642	998
Installment receivables, net of reserves	2,528	2,819
Long-term debt (including current maturities of long-term debt)	(23,794)	(46,124)
Other Current Assets | Foreign currency forward contracts | Carrying Value
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets	1,140	789
Other Current Assets | Foreign currency forward contracts | Fair Value
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative assets	1,140	789
Accrued Expenses | Foreign currency forward contracts | Carrying Value
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	(3,609)	(1,200)
Accrued Expenses | Foreign currency forward contracts | Fair Value
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	(3,609)	(1,200)
Accrued Expenses | Interest rate swaps | Carrying Value
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	0	(12)
Accrued Expenses | Interest rate swaps | Fair Value
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative liabilities	$ 0	$ (12)

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DEI Document	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Nov. 03, 2014 Common Shares [Member]	Nov. 03, 2014 Class B Common Shares [Member]
Entity Information [Line Items]
Entity Registrant Name	INVACARE CORPORATION
Entity Central Index Key	0000742112
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2014
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2014
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		31,028,959	1,084,747

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Long-Term Debt

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Long-Term Debt

Long-Term Debt

Debt consists of the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014			December 31, 2013
Senior secured revolving credit facility, due in October 2015	$	8,000		$	28,109
Convertible senior subordinated debentures at 4.125%, due in February 2027	11,166			10,641
Other notes and lease obligations	5,522			6,536
	24,688			45,286
Less current maturities of long-term debt	(781		)	(14,102		)
	$	23,907		$	31,184

On January 31, 2014, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the "Amended and Restated Credit Agreement") by and among the Company, the other Borrowers party thereto, the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, which amended and restated the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 28, 2010, by and among the Company and the other parties named therein, as amended (the “Prior Credit Agreement”). On September 30, 2014, the Company entered into a First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the "Amendment") which provided the Company with additional flexibility on its financial covenants through the duration of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as amended by the Amendment, among other things, provided for the following:

• An increase in the maximum leverage ratio for the first three quarters of 2014, with quarterly ratios as described in the following table:

Fiscal Quarter Ending	Maximum Leverage Ratio
March 31, 2014	4.75	to	1.00
June 30, 2014	4.50	to	1.00
September 30, 2014	4.00	to	1.00
December 31, 2014 and thereafter	3.50	to	1.00

The quarterly minimum interest coverage ratio remained 3.50 to 1.00 in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.

• In calculating the Company’s EBITDA for purposes of determining the leverage and interest coverage ratios, the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement allows the Company to add back to EBITDA up to $20,000,000 for one-time cash restructuring charges incurred after May 30, 2013, which is an incremental increase of $5,000,000 from the terms of the Prior Credit Agreement. The Amendment on September 30, 2014 allows for an additional add back to EBITDA for warranty expense accrued up to $10,000,000 and subtracts related cash payments when made in future periods.

• A decrease in the aggregate principal amount of the revolving credit facility to $100,000,000 from $250,000,000 through the maturity date of the facility in October 2015, as well as reductions in the facility’s swing line loan, optional currency and foreign borrower sublimits.

• Reductions in the allowances under the facility for capital expenditures (down to $25,000,000 annually), dividends, other indebtedness and liens.

• Further restrictions on acquisitions, share repurchases, certain investments and repurchases of convertible debt until after the Company confirms compliance with the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement following the quarter ending December 31, 2014.

• An increase of 25 basis points in the margin applicable to determining the interest rate on borrowings under the revolving credit facility.

As a result of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, the Company incurred $351,000 in fees in the first quarter of 2014 which were capitalized and are being amortized through October, 2015. In addition, as a result of reducing the capacity of the facility from $250,000,000 to $100,000,000, the Company wrote-off $1,070,000 in previously capitalized fees in the first quarter of 2014, which is reflected in the expense of the North America / HME segment.

In 2007, the Company issued $135,000,000 principal amount of Convertible Senior Subordinated Debentures due 2027. The debentures are unsecured senior subordinated obligations of the Company guaranteed by substantially all of the Company’s domestic subsidiaries, pay interest at 4.125% per annum on each February 1 and August 1, and are convertible upon satisfaction of certain conditions into cash, common shares of the Company, or a combination of cash and common shares of the Company, subject to certain conditions. The debentures allow the Company to satisfy the conversion using any combination of cash or stock, and at the Company’s discretion. The Company intends to satisfy the accreted value of the debentures using cash. Assuming adequate cash on hand at the time of conversion, the Company also intends to satisfy the conversion spread using cash, as opposed to stock.

The Company may from time to time seek to retire or purchase its 4.125% Convertible Senior Subordinated Debentures due 2027, in privately negotiated transactions or otherwise. Such purchases or exchanges, if any, will depend on prevailing market conditions, the Company's liquidity requirements, contractual restrictions and other factors. The amounts involved in any such transactions, individually or in the aggregate, may be material.

The liability components of the Company’s convertible debt consist of the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014			December 31, 2013
Principal amount of liability component	$	13,350		$	13,350
Unamortized discount	(2,184		)	(2,709		)
Net carrying amount of liability component	$	11,166		$	10,641

As of September 30, 2014, the weighted average floating interest rate on revolving credit borrowings was 2.66% compared to 2.39% as of December 31, 2013.

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Charges Related To Restructuring Activities Narrative (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Charges	$ 4,077	$ 2,090	$ 2,240	$ 1,884	$ 8,407	$ 6,998	$ 9,336	$ 11,395	$ 10,534
Payments	2,834	2,350	2,625		7,809		11,844	9,381	5,555
Severance [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Charges	3,915	1,297	1,521		6,733		8,282	6,775	8,352
Payments	2,672	1,561	1,752				9,507	6,469	3,447
Contract Termination [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Charges	0	4	0				698	1,725	1,788
Payments	0	0	154				1,824	174	1,714
Product Line Discontinuance [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Charges	0	0	0				0	491	277
Payments	0	0	0				151	340	277
Other [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Charges	162	789	719				356	2,404	117
Payments	162	789	719				362	2,398	117
Europe
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Charges	69	583	378				1,640	2,093	5,466
Payments	240	751	597				1,146	3,314	3,650
Europe | Severance [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Charges	69	58	378				1,640	817	3,288
Payments	240	226	597				1,146	1,964	1,546
Europe | Contract Termination [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Charges	0	0	0				0	53	1,788
Payments	0	0	0				0	127	1,714
Europe | Product Line Discontinuance [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Charges	0	0	0				0	0	277
Payments	0	0	0				0	0	277
Europe | Other [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Charges	0	525	0				0	1,223	113
Payments	0	525	0				0	1,223	113
Asia/Pacific
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Charges	376	4	0				1,507	5,020	186
Payments	348	0	154				3,659	2,369	186
Asia/Pacific | Severance [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Charges	376	0	0				970	1,681	186
Payments	348	0	0				1,839	812	186
Asia/Pacific | Contract Termination [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Charges	0	4	0				534	1,667	0
Payments	0	0	154				1,660	42	0
Asia/Pacific | Product Line Discontinuance [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Charges	0	0	0				0	491	0
Payments	0	0	0				151	340	0
Asia/Pacific | Other [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Charges	0	0	0				3	1,181	0
Payments	0	0	0				9	1,175	0
NA/HME
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Charges	3,041	845	803	1,210	4,689	4,837	5,922	4,247	4,759
Payments	1,466	1,303	1,120				6,864	3,592	1,667
NA/HME | Severance [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Charges	3,041	845	803				5,405	4,242	4,755
Payments	1,466	1,303	1,120				6,347	3,587	1,663
NA/HME | Contract Termination [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Charges	0	0	0				164	5	0
Payments	0	0	0				164	5	0
NA/HME | Product Line Discontinuance [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Charges	0	0	0				0	0	0
Payments	0	0	0				0	0	0
NA/HME | Other [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Charges	0	0	0				353	0	4
Payments	0	0	0				353	0	4
IPG
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Charges	591	658	1,059	36	2,308	237	267	35	123
Payments	780	296	754				175	106	52
IPG | Severance [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Charges	429	394	340				267	35	123
Payments	618	32	35				175	106	52
IPG | Contract Termination [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Charges	0	0	0				0	0	0
Payments	0	0	0				0	0	0
IPG | Product Line Discontinuance [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Charges	0	0	0				0	0	0
Payments	0	0	0				0	0	0
IPG | Other [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Charges	162	264	719		1,674		0	0	0
Payments	$ 162	$ 264	$ 719				$ 0	$ 0	$ 0

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Fair Values (Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis) (Details) (Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring, USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Forward Exchange Contracts—net | Total
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Derivative assets (liabilities), at fair value, net	$ (2,469)	$ (411)
Forward Exchange Contracts—net | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets / (Liabilities) - Level I
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Derivative assets (liabilities), at fair value, net	0	0
Forward Exchange Contracts—net | Significant Other Observable Inputs - Level II
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Derivative assets (liabilities), at fair value, net	(2,469)	(411)
Forward Exchange Contracts—net | Significant Other Unobservable Inputs - Level III
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Derivative assets (liabilities), at fair value, net	0	0
Interest Rate Swap Agreements—net | Total
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Derivative assets (liabilities), at fair value, net		(12)
Interest Rate Swap Agreements—net | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets / (Liabilities) - Level I
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Derivative assets (liabilities), at fair value, net		0
Interest Rate Swap Agreements—net | Significant Other Observable Inputs - Level II
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Derivative assets (liabilities), at fair value, net		(12)
Interest Rate Swap Agreements—net | Significant Other Unobservable Inputs - Level III
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Derivative assets (liabilities), at fair value, net		$ 0

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 29,066	$ 29,785
Trade receivables, net	172,252	188,622
Installment receivables, net	1,324	1,562
Inventories, net	162,733	155,637
Deferred income taxes	2,389	2,761
Other current assets	37,261	41,172
Total Current Assets	405,025	419,539
Other Assets	32,001	45,936
Other Intangibles	45,819	62,584
Property and Equipment, net	93,481	106,149
Goodwill	448,105	462,226
Total Assets	1,024,431	1,096,434
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable	121,203	116,704
Accrued expenses	150,045	133,100
Current Taxes, payable and deferred	17,828	12,259
Short-term debt and current maturities of long-term obligations	781	14,102
Total Current Liabilities	289,857	276,165
Long-Term Debt	23,907	31,184
Other Long-Term Obligations	103,140	118,276
Shareholders’ Equity
Preferred Shares (Authorized 300 shares; none outstanding)	0	0
Additional paid-in-capital	239,190	234,620
Retained earnings	348,143	396,016
Accumulated other comprehensive earnings	105,223	125,156
Treasury shares (3,164 and 3,158 shares in 2014 and 2013, respectively)	(93,885)	(93,794)
Total Shareholders’ Equity	607,527	670,809
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity	1,024,431	1,096,434
Common Shares [Member]
Shareholders’ Equity
Common Shares	8,584	8,539
Class B Common Shares [Member]
Shareholders’ Equity
Common Shares	$ 272	$ 272

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Other Long-Term Assets

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Other Long-Term Assets

Other Long-Term Assets

Other long-term assets consist of the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
Cash surrender value of life insurance policies	$	24,700	$	36,522
Deferred Financing Fees	333		1,096
Investments	642		998
Installment receivables	1,204		1,257
Deferred taxes	3,894		4,741
Other	1,228		1,322
	$	32,001	$	45,936

During 2014, the Company sold $12,250,000 of life insurance policies to fund payments, including future payments, as the result of the retirement of two executives in 2014.

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Other Current Assets

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Other Current Assets

Other Current Assets

Other current assets consist of the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
Value added tax receivables	$	18,438	$	20,445
Recoverable income taxes	2,359		2,465
Derivatives (foreign currency forward contracts)	1,140		789
Prepaid insurance	214		4,556
Prepaid and other current assets	15,110		12,917
	$	37,261	$	41,172

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Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

The Company had an effective tax rate provision of 8.9% and 13.2% on losses before tax from continuing operations for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014, respectively, compared to an expected benefit at the U.S. statutory rate of 35%. The Company's effective tax rate for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 was higher than the beneficial U.S. federal statutory rate, principally due to the negative impact of the Company not being able to record tax benefits related to the significant losses in countries which had tax valuation allowances except for a benefit in the United States on a small portion of the United States loss due to the intraperiod allocation with discontinued operations. The rate benefitted by taxes recognized outside the United States, excluding countries with tax valuation allowances, at an effective rate lower than the U.S. statutory rate.

The Company had an effective tax rate provision of 4.5% and 6.8% on losses before tax from continuing operations for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013, respectively, compared to the expected benefit at the U.S. statutory rate of 35%. The Company's effective tax rate for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013 was higher than the beneficial U.S. federal statutory rate, principally due to losses overseas without tax benefit due to valuation allowances, foreign dividends which reduced the domestic intra-period allocation benefit in continuing operations, and the recording of a discreet adjustment of $3,143,000 related to a federal domestic valuation allowance adjustment. The rate was benefited by taxes outside the United States, excluding countries with valuation allowances that were in losses in 2013, recorded at a lower effective rate than the U.S. statutory rate.

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Other Long-Term Obligations

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]

Other Long-Term Obligations

Other Long-Term Obligations

Other long-term obligations consist of the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (SERP) liability	$	18,673	$	27,049
Product liability	17,555		17,185
Deferred income taxes	33,834		36,328
Deferred compensation	7,808		11,679
Uncertain tax obligation including interest	15,897		15,524
Other	9,373		10,511
Total long-term obligations	$	103,140	$	118,276

As a result of the retirement of two executives of the Company during 2014, deferred compensation payments of $2,545,000 were made during the nine months ended September 30, 2014. Furthermore, based on the retirement agreements for the same executives, the Company estimates SERP payments of $8,280,000 will be made in the first quarter of 2015 as well as deferred compensation payments of $847,000 during the next twelve months. Accordingly, the Company has reclassified $9,127,000 from Other Long-Term Obligations to Current Liabilities as of September 30, 2014.

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Concentration Of Credit Risk (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2014
Risks and Uncertainties [Abstract]
Retained Recourse Obligation For Events Of Default Under Contracts	$ 4,831
Events of Default Under Contract by Third Party	$ 36,218

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Other Intangibles

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Other Intangibles

Other Intangibles

All of the Company’s other intangible assets have been assigned definite lives and continue to be amortized over their useful lives, except for $30,681,000 related to trademarks, which have indefinite lives. The changes in intangible balances reflected on the balance sheet from December 31, 2013 to September 30, 2014 were the result of foreign currency translation and amortization except for intangible impairment write-downs, noted below, which totaled $8,253,000.

The Company evaluates the carrying value of definite-lived assets whenever events or circumstances indicate possible impairment. Definite-lived assets are determined to be impaired if the future un-discounted cash flows expected to be generated by the asset are less than the carrying value. Actual impairment amounts for definite-lived assets are then calculated using a discounted cash flow calculation. The Company reviews indefinite-lived assets for impairment annually in the fourth quarter of each year and whenever events or circumstances indicate possible impairment. Any impairment amounts for indefinite-lived assets are calculated as the difference between the future discounted cash flows expected to be generated by the asset less than the carrying value for the asset.

For the quarter ended September 30, 2014, the Company recognized intangible impairment write-down charges of $8,103,000 for a customer list and $150,000 for a non-compete agreement in the IPG segment as the actual and remaining cash flows associated with the intangibles were less than the cash flow originally used to value the intangibles, primarily driven by reduced net sales. The after-tax and pre-tax impairment amounts were the same for each of the above impairments.

The Company's intangibles consist of the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014				December 31, 2013
	Historical Cost		Accumulated Amortization		Historical Cost		Accumulated Amortization
Customer Lists	$	83,681	$	70,451	$	92,637	$	65,158
Trademarks	30,681		—		31,649		—
License Agreements	1,322		1,322		1,393		1,393
Developed Technology	8,663		6,522		9,916		7,191
Patents	6,226		5,821		6,107		5,568
Other	6,619		7,257		7,702		7,510
	$	137,192	$	91,373	$	149,404	$	86,820

Amortization expense related to other intangibles was $14,630,000 in the first nine months of 2014 and is estimated to be $16,226,000 in 2014, $5,536,000 in 2015, $4,402,000 in 2016, $1,191,000 in 2017, $1,168,000 in 2018 and $1,166,000 in 2019. Amortized intangibles are being amortized on a straight-line basis over remaining lives of 1 to 10 years with the majority of the intangibles being amortized over an average remaining life of approximately 6 years.

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Other Long-Term Assets Components of Other Long-Term Assets(Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
Cash surrender value of life insurance policies	$ 24,700	$ 36,522
Deferred Financing Fees	333	1,096
Investments	642	998
Installment receivables	1,204	1,257
Deferred taxes	3,894	4,741
Other	1,228	1,322
Other Assets	$ 32,001	$ 45,936

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Property And Equipment

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property And Equipment

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment consist of the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014			December 31, 2013
Machinery and equipment	$	353,389		$	358,061
Land, buildings and improvements	89,467			91,389
Furniture and fixtures	12,448			12,774
Leasehold improvements	14,937			14,931
	470,241			477,155
Less allowance for depreciation	(376,760		)	(371,006		)
	$	93,481		$	106,149

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Goodwill

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Goodwill

Goodwill

The goodwill change reflected on the balance sheet from December 31, 2013 to September 30, 2014 was due to foreign currency translation.

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Current Liabilities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Payables and Accruals [Abstract]

Current Liabilities

Current Liabilities

Accrued expenses consist of accruals for the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
Salaries and wages	$	38,506	$	39,861
Taxes other than income taxes, primarily Value Added Taxes	26,554		24,525
Warranty cost	32,464		27,393
Supplemental Executive Retirement Program	8,671		391
Freight	6,255		7,636
Professional	7,019		6,516
Product liability, current portion	3,487		3,183
Rebates	2,137		1,681
Insurance	2,432		2,549
Interest	1,167		1,041
Derivative liabilities	3,609		1,212
Severance	4,734		3,986
Other items, principally trade accruals	13,010		13,126
	$	150,045	$	133,100

Accrued rebates relate to several volume incentive programs the Company offers its customers. The Company accounts for these rebates as a reduction of revenue when the products are sold in accordance with the guidance in ASC 605-50, Customer Payments and Incentives.

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Other Intangibles (Intangible Table) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Finite-Lived and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Historical Cost	$ 137,192	$ 149,404
Accumulated Amortization	91,373	86,820
Customer Lists
Finite-Lived and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Historical Cost	83,681	92,637
Accumulated Amortization	70,451	65,158
License Agreements
Finite-Lived and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Historical Cost	1,322	1,393
Accumulated Amortization	1,322	1,393
Developed Technology
Finite-Lived and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Historical Cost	8,663	9,916
Accumulated Amortization	6,522	7,191
Patents
Finite-Lived and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Historical Cost	6,226	6,107
Accumulated Amortization	5,821	5,568
Other
Finite-Lived and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Historical Cost	6,619	7,702
Accumulated Amortization	7,257	7,510
Trademarks
Finite-Lived and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Historical Cost	$ 30,681	$ 31,649

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Derivatives Notional Amounts - Designated as Hedges (Details) (Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 39,377	$ 135,009
Unrealized Gain (Loss)	(85)	(781)
USD / AUD [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	582	0
Unrealized Gain (Loss)	10	0
USD / CNY [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	3,242	11,730
Unrealized Gain (Loss)	(24)	(66)
USD / CHF [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	97	486
Unrealized Gain (Loss)	2	4
USD / EUR [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	14,563	51,106
Unrealized Gain (Loss)	533	(168)
USD / GBP [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	604	2,686
Unrealized Gain (Loss)	(19)	(45)
USD / NZD [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	1,012	0
Unrealized Gain (Loss)	(19)	0
USD / SEK [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	479	2,485
Unrealized Gain (Loss)	37	58
USD / MXP [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	2,754	5,960
Unrealized Gain (Loss)	6	102
EUR / AUD [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	163	0
Unrealized Gain (Loss)	(11)	0
EUR / CAD [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	380	1,710
Unrealized Gain (Loss)	(7)	(1)
EUR / CHF [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	718	2,654
Unrealized Gain (Loss)	13	1
EUR / DKK [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	306	1,382
Unrealized Gain (Loss)	(1)	(5)
EUR / GBP [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	7,603	29,614
Unrealized Gain (Loss)	(529)	(501)
EUR / SEK [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	808	3,432
Unrealized Gain (Loss)	48	75
EUR / NOK [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	962	3,135
Unrealized Gain (Loss)	(10)	66
EUR / NZD [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	1,747	6,959
Unrealized Gain (Loss)	61	(111)
AUD / CAD [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	354	0
Unrealized Gain (Loss)	8	0
AUD / NZD [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	255	0
Unrealized Gain (Loss)	(13)	0
GBP / CHF [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	218	837
Unrealized Gain (Loss)	(14)	(26)
GBP / SEK [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	519	2,078
Unrealized Gain (Loss)	(67)	(101)
DKK / SEK [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	1,193	5,337
Unrealized Gain (Loss)	(50)	(94)
NOK / SEK [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	818	3,418
Unrealized Gain (Loss)	$ (39)	$ 31

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Current Liabilities Components of Current Liabilities (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Payables and Accruals [Abstract]
Salaries and wages	$ 38,506	$ 39,861
Taxes other than income taxes, primarily Value Added Taxes	26,554	24,525
Warranty cost	32,464	27,393
Supplemental Executive Retirement Program	8,671	391
Freight	6,255	7,636
Professional	7,019	6,516
Product liability, current portion	3,487	3,183
Rebates	2,137	1,681
Insurance	2,432	2,549
Interest	1,167	1,041
Derivative liabilities	3,609	1,212
Severance	4,734	3,986
Other items, principally trade accruals	13,010	13,126
Accrued expenses	$ 150,045	$ 133,100

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Other Intangibles (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended				3 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014 Minimum	Sep. 30, 2014 Maximum	Sep. 30, 2014 Weighted Average	Sep. 30, 2014 Customer Lists IPG	Sep. 30, 2014 Non-compete Agreements IPG
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Write-down of intangible assets	$ 8,253				$ 8,103	$ 150
Amortization expense	$ 14,630
Finite-Lived intangible assets, useful life		1 year	10 years	6 years

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Business Segments (Information by Segment) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended						9 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014		Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013		Sep. 30, 2014		Sep. 30, 2013		Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 320,520				$ 336,578		$ 951,964		$ 1,003,659
Charges	4,077		2,090	2,240	1,884		8,407		6,998		9,336	11,395	10,534
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	(26,375)				(6,004)		(54,825)		(35,895)
North America/HME
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	124,258				146,454		383,109		448,547
Charges	3,041		845	803	1,210		4,689		4,837		5,922	4,247	4,759
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	(22,568)				(11,563)		(54,821)		(37,808)
Institutional Products Group
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	25,151				28,083		76,072		87,135
Charges	591		658	1,059	36		2,308		237		267	35	123
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	(7,275)				1,010		(7,636)		1,955
Europe
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	158,505				150,265		455,263		429,650
Charges	69				542		1,030		722
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	12,181				13,136		33,190		27,344
Asia/Pacific
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	12,606				11,776		37,520		38,327
Charges	376				96		380		1,202
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	(1,736)				(2,233)		(6,835)		(9,871)
All Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	(6,977)	[1]			(6,354)	[1]	(18,723)	[1]	(17,515)	[1]
Intersegment revenues
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	32,519				29,982		92,462		89,259
Intersegment revenues | North America/HME
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	20,730				20,427		60,084		59,443
Intersegment revenues | Institutional Products Group
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	1,414				1,254		5,840		4,243
Intersegment revenues | Europe
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	2,681				1,890		6,494		6,156
Intersegment revenues | Asia/Pacific
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 7,694				$ 6,411		$ 20,044		$ 19,417

[1] Consists of un-allocated corporate SG&A costs and intercompany profits, which do not meet the quantitative criteria for determining reportable segments.

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Inventories (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Inventory

Inventories consist of the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
Finished goods	$	86,690	$	77,909
Raw materials	61,534		63,123
Work in process	14,509		14,605
	$	162,733	$	155,637

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Discontinued Operations Narrative (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Jan. 18, 2013 ISG [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 ISG [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 ISG [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 ISG [Member]	Aug. 06, 2013 Champion [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Champion [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Champion [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Champion [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Champion [Member]	Aug. 29, 2014 Altimate Medical, Inc. [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Altimate Medical, Inc. [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Altimate Medical, Inc. [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Altimate Medical, Inc. [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Altimate Medical, Inc. [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of business					$ 150,800,000				$ 45,000,000					$ 23,000,000
Gain on sale of businesses (pre-tax)						(59,402,000)					22,761,000				17,069,000
Expenses related to sale							5,350,000					2,130,000			1,300,000
Expenses related to sale of business paid							5,230,000					1,537,000			844,000
Net sales of discontinued operations								18,498,000			2,643,000		15,857,000		2,841,000	4,597,000	11,778,000	13,714,000
Net earnings from discontinued operations before tax	50,000	1,198,000	1,811,000	6,066,000				402,000			484,000		3,156,000		634,000	1,371,000	2,796,000	4,215,000
Interest expense allocation										$ 78,000		$ 449,000			$ 52,000	$ 83,000	$ 202,000	$ 245,000

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) by Component

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Equity [Abstract]

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) by Component

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) by Component

Changes in accumulated other comprehensive income ("OCI") for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 and September 30, 2013, respectively, were as follows (in thousands):

	Foreign Currency			Long-Term Notes			Defined Benefit Plans			Derivatives			Total
June 30, 2014	$	137,352		$	(4,361	)	$	(4,855	)	$	(567	)	$	127,569
OCI before reclassifications	(24,470		)	1,634			(56		)	451			(22,441		)
Amount reclassified from accumulated OCI	—			—			84			11			95
Net current-period OCI	(24,470		)	1,634			28			462			(22,346		)
September 30, 2014	$	112,882		$	(2,727	)	$	(4,827	)	$	(105	)	$	105,223

December 31, 2013	$	143,845		$	(12,566	)	$	(5,414	)	$	(709	)	$	125,156
OCI before reclassifications	(30,963		)	9,839			380			127			(20,617		)
Amount reclassified from accumulated OCI	—			—			207			477			684
Net current-period OCI	(30,963		)	9,839			587			604			(19,933		)
September 30, 2014	$	112,882		$	(2,727	)	$	(4,827	)	$	(105	)	$	105,223

	Foreign Currency		Long-Term Notes			Defined Benefit Plans			Derivatives			Total
June 30, 2013	$	117,817	$	(6,743	)	$	(6,419	)	$	59		$	104,714
OCI before reclassifications	17,852		(8,062		)	265			(197		)	9,858
Amount reclassified from accumulated OCI	—		—			(62		)	78			16
Net current-period OCI	17,852		(8,062		)	203			(119		)	9,874
September 30, 2013	$	135,669	$	(14,805	)	$	(6,216	)	$	(60	)	$	114,588

December 31, 2012	$	117,465	$	2,845		$	(6,785	)	$	(782	)	$	112,743
OCI before reclassifications	18,204		(17,650		)	750			650			1,954
Amount reclassified from accumulated OCI	—		—			(181		)	72			(109		)
Net current-period OCI	18,204		(17,650		)	569			722			1,845
September 30, 2013	$	135,669	$	(14,805	)	$	(6,216	)	$	(60	)	$	114,588

Reclassifications out of accumulated OCI for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 and September 30, 2013 were as follows (in thousands):

	Amount reclassified from OCI												Affected line item in the Statement of Comprehensive (Income) Loss
	For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
Defined Benefit Plans
Service and interest costs	84			(64		)	$	207		$	(187	)	Selling, General and Administrative
Tax	—			2			—			6			Income Taxes
Total after tax	$	84		$	(62	)	$	207		$	(181	)
Derivatives
Foreign currency forward contracts hedging sales	$	369		$	(54	)	$	517		$	(496	)	Net Sales
Foreign currency forward contracts hedging purchases	(316		)	128			68			453			Cost of Products Sold
Interest rate swaps	—			13			12			139			Interest Expense
Total before tax	53			87			597			96
Tax	(42		)	(9		)	(120		)	(24		)	Income Taxes
Total after tax	$	11		$	78		$	477		$	72

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Derivatives

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Derivatives

Derivatives

ASC 815 requires companies to recognize all derivative instruments in the consolidated balance sheet as either assets or liabilities at fair value. The accounting for changes in fair value of a derivative is dependent upon whether or not the derivative has been designated and qualifies for hedge accounting treatment and the type of hedging relationship. For derivatives designated and qualifying as hedging instruments, the Company must designate the hedging instrument, based upon the exposure being hedged, as a fair value hedge, cash flow hedge, or a hedge of a net investment in a foreign operation.

Cash Flow Hedging Strategy

The Company uses derivative instruments in an attempt to manage its exposure to foreign currency exchange risk and interest rate risk. Foreign forward exchange contracts are used to manage the price risk associated with forecasted sales denominated in foreign currencies and the price risk associated with forecasted purchases of inventory over the next twelve months. Interest rate swaps are, at times, utilized to manage interest rate risk associated with the Company’s fixed and floating-rate borrowings.

The Company recognizes its derivative instruments as assets or liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet measured at fair value. A majority of the Company’s derivative instruments are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges. Accordingly, the effective portion of the gain or loss on the derivative instrument is reported as a component of other comprehensive income and reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods during which the hedged transaction affects earnings. The remaining gain or loss on the derivative instrument in excess of the cumulative change in the fair value of the hedged item, if any, is recognized in current earnings during the period of change.

During a portion of 2014 and all of 2013, the Company was a party to interest rate swap agreements that qualified as cash flow hedges and effectively converted floating-rate debt to fixed-rate debt, so the Company could avoid the risk of changes in market interest rates. The gains or losses on interest rate swaps are reflected in interest expense on the consolidated statement of comprehensive income (loss).

To protect against increases/decreases in forecasted foreign currency cash flows resulting from inventory purchases/sales over the next year, the Company utilizes foreign currency forward contracts to hedge portions of its forecasted purchases/sales denominated in foreign currencies. The gains and losses are included in cost of products sold and selling, general and administrative expenses on the consolidated statement of comprehensive income (loss). If it is later determined that a hedged forecasted transaction is unlikely to occur, any prospective gains or losses on the forward contracts would be recognized in earnings. The Company does not expect any material amount of hedge ineffectiveness related to forward contract cash flow hedges during the next twelve months.

The Company has historically not recognized any material amount of ineffectiveness related to forward contract cash flow hedges because the Company generally limits its hedges to between 60% and 90% of total forecasted transactions for a given entity’s exposure to currency rate changes and the transactions hedged are recurring in nature. Furthermore, the majority of the hedged transactions are related to intercompany sales and purchases for which settlement occurs on a specific day each month. Forward contracts with a total notional amount in USD of $42,890,000 and $118,017,000 matured for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014 compared to forward contracts with a total notional amount in USD of $51,250,000 and $131,923,000 that matured for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013.

Outstanding foreign currency forward exchange contracts qualifying and designated for hedge accounting treatment were as follows (in thousands USD):

	September 30, 2014					December 31, 2013
	Notional Amount		Unrealized Net Gain (Loss)			Notional Amount		Unrealized Net Gain (Loss)
USD / AUD	$	582	$	10		$	—	$	—
USD / CNY	3,242		(24		)	11,730		(66		)
USD / CHF	97		2			486		4
USD / EUR	14,563		533			51,106		(168		)
USD / GBP	604		(19		)	2,686		(45		)
USD / NZD	1,012		(19		)	—		—
USD / SEK	479		37			2,485		58
USD / MXP	2,754		6			5,960		102
EUR / AUD	163		(11		)	—		—
EUR / CAD	380		(7		)	1,710		(1		)
EUR / CHF	718		13			2,654		1
EUR / DKK	306		(1		)	1,382		(5		)
EUR / GBP	7,603		(529		)	29,614		(501		)
EUR / SEK	808		48			3,432		75
EUR / NOK	962		(10		)	3,135		66
EUR / NZD	1,747		61			6,959		(111		)
AUD / CAD	354		8			—		—
AUD / NZD	255		(13		)	—		—
GBP / CHF	218		(14		)	837		(26		)
GBP / SEK	519		(67		)	2,078		(101		)
DKK / SEK	1,193		(50		)	5,337		(94		)
NOK / SEK	818		(39		)	3,418		31
	$	39,377	$	(85	)	$	135,009	$	(781	)

Derivatives Not Qualifying or Designated for Hedge Accounting Treatment

The Company also utilizes foreign currency forward contracts that are not designated as hedges in accordance with ASC 815. These contracts are entered into to eliminate the risk associated with the settlement of short-term intercompany trading receivables and payables between Invacare Corporation and its foreign subsidiaries. The currency forward contracts are entered into at the same time as the intercompany receivables or payables are created so that upon settlement, the gain/loss on the settlement is offset by the gain/loss on the foreign currency forward contract. No material net gain or loss was realized by the Company in 2014 or 2013 related to these contracts and the associated short-term intercompany trading receivables and payables.

Foreign currency forward exchange contracts not qualifying or designated for hedge accounting treatment entered into in 2014 and 2013, respectively, and outstanding were as follows (in thousands USD):

	September 30, 2014					December 31, 2013
	Notional Amount		Gain (Loss)			Notional Amount		Gain (Loss)
AUD / USD	$	4,200	$	110		$	225	$	(1	)
CAD / USD	4,565		(103		)	—		$	—
CNY / USD	3,247		(29		)	—		—
EUR / USD	98,628		(1,617		)	14,867		250
CHF / USD	328		(14		)	1,645		35
DKK / USD	11,344		(580		)	—		—
GBP / USD	8,653		(49		)	—		—
NOK / USD	3,774		(52		)	—		—
NZD / USD	4,500		68			3,824		(1		)
SEK / USD	719		(32		)	—		—
EUR / AUD	2,142		(85		)	2,039		80
EUR / CAD	19		(1		)	—		—
EUR / DKK	33		—			5,470		(3		)
AUD / CAD	—		—			5,989		10
EUR / NOK	4		—			—		—
	$	142,156	$	(2,384	)	$	34,059	$	370

The fair values of the Company’s derivative instruments were as follows (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014				December 31, 2013
	Assets		Liabilities		Assets		Liabilities
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments under ASC 815
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts	$	740	$	825	$	414	$	1,195
Interest rate swap contracts	—		—		—		12
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments under ASC 815
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts	400		2,784		375		5
Total derivatives	$	1,140	$	3,609	$	789	$	1,212

The fair values of the Company’s foreign currency forward exchange contract assets and liabilities are included in Other Current Assets and Accrued Expenses, respectively in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The effect of derivative instruments on Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (OCI) and the Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss) and was as follows (in thousands):

Derivatives in ASC 815 cash flow hedge relationships	Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Accumulated OCI on Derivatives (Effective Portion)			Amount of Gain  (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated  OCI into Income (Effective Portion)			Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivatives  (Ineffective Portion and Amount Excluded from Effectiveness Testing)
Three months ended September 30, 2014
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts	$	451		$	(11	)	$	—
Nine months ended September 30, 2014
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts	$	127		$	(465	)	$	(22	)
Interest rate swap contracts	—			(12		)	—
	$	127		$	(477	)	$	(22	)
Three months ended September, 2013
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts	$	48		$	(65	)	$	2
Interest rate swap contracts	(245		)	(13		)	—
	$	(197	)	$	(78	)	$	2
Nine months ended September 30, 2013
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts	$	495		$	67		$	37
Interest rate swap contracts	155			(139		)	—
	$	650		$	(72	)	$	37
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments under ASC 815							Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivatives
Three months ended September 30, 2014
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts							$	(2,240	)
Nine months ended September 30, 2014
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts							$	(2,384	)
Three months ended September 30, 2013
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts							$	361
Nine months ended September 30, 2013
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts							$	617

The gains or losses recognized as the result of the settlement of cash flow hedge foreign currency forward contracts are recognized in net sales for hedges of inventory sales and in cost of product sold for hedges of inventory purchases. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, net sales were decreased by $369,000 and $517,000 while cost of product sold was decreased by $316,000 and increased by $68,000 for net pre-tax realized losses of $53,000 and $585,000, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, net sales were increased by $54,000 and $496,000 while cost of product sold was increased by $128,000 and $453,000 for a net realized pre-tax loss of $74,000 and a gain of $43,000, respectively.

The Company recognized pre-tax expense of $12,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 compared to pre-tax expense of $13,000 and $139,000for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013, respectively, related to interest rate swap agreements, which is reflected in interest expense on the consolidated statement of comprehensive income (loss).

A loss of $2,240,000 and a loss of $2,384,000 were recognized in selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2014, respectively, compared to gains of $361,000 and $617,000for the three and nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013, respectively, on ineffective forward contracts and forward contracts not designated as hedging instruments that were entered into to offset gains/losses that were also recorded in SG&A expenses on intercompany trade receivables or payables. Any gains/losses on the non-designated hedging instruments were substantially offset by gains/losses also recorded in SG&A expenses on intercompany trade payables.

The Company has entered into foreign currency forward exchange contracts and, at times, interest rate swap contracts (the “agreements”) with various bank counterparties, each of which are subject to provisions which are similar to a master netting agreement. The agreements provide for a net settlement payment in a single currency upon a default by the Company. Furthermore, the agreements provide the counterparty with a right of set off in the event of a default that would enable the counterparty to offset any net payment due by the counterparty to the Company under the applicable agreement by any amount due by the Company to the counterparty under any other agreement. For example, the terms of the agreement would permit a counterparty to a derivative contract that is also a lender under the Company's Amended and Restated Credit Agreement to reduce any derivative settlement amounts owed to the Company under the derivative contract by any amounts owed to the counterparty by the Company under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. In addition, the agreements contain cross-default provisions that could trigger a default by the Company under the agreement in the event of a default by the Company under another agreement with the same counterparty. The Company does not present any derivatives on a net basis in its financial statements and all derivative balances presented are subject to provisions that are similar to master netting agreements.

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Supplemental Guarantor Information Consolidating Condensed Balance Sheets (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 29,066	$ 29,785	$ 32,625	$ 32,625	$ 38,791
Trade receivables, net	172,252	188,622
Installment receivables, net	1,324	1,562
Inventories, net	162,733	155,637
Deferred income taxes	2,389	2,761
Due from Affiliate, Current	0	0
Other current assets	37,261	41,172
Total Current Assets	405,025	419,539
Investment in subsidiaries	0	0
Intercompany advances, net	0	0
Other Assets	32,001	45,936
Other Intangibles	45,819	62,584
Property and Equipment, net	93,481	106,149
Goodwill	448,105	462,226
Total Assets	1,024,431	1,096,434
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable	121,203	116,704
Accrued expenses	150,045	133,100
Accrued income taxes	17,828	12,259
Due to Affiliate, Current	0	0
Short-term debt and current maturities of long-term obligations	781	14,102
Total Current Liabilities	289,857	276,165
Long-Term Debt	23,907	31,184
Other Long-Term Obligations	103,140	118,276
Inercompany advances, net	0	0
Total Shareholders’ Equity	607,527	670,809
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity	1,024,431	1,096,434
The Company (Parent) [Member]
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	1,752	1,401		3,148	5,774
Trade receivables, net	51,229	72,272
Installment receivables, net	0	0
Inventories, net	24,361	30,806
Deferred income taxes	0	0
Due from Affiliate, Current	8,919	4,179
Other current assets	6,138	9,970
Total Current Assets	92,399	118,628
Investment in subsidiaries	1,430,467	1,475,156
Intercompany advances, net	1,022,820	959,071
Other Assets	28,990	42,831
Other Intangibles	366	466
Property and Equipment, net	31,056	35,169
Goodwill	0	0
Total Assets	2,606,098	2,631,321
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable	52,179	42,521
Accrued expenses	41,846	30,314
Accrued income taxes	6,791	5,375
Due to Affiliate, Current	63,749	42,314
Short-term debt and current maturities of long-term obligations	0	13,118
Total Current Liabilities	164,565	133,642
Long-Term Debt	19,166	25,642
Other Long-Term Obligations	40,169	53,470
Inercompany advances, net	1,774,671	1,747,758
Total Shareholders’ Equity	607,527	670,809
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity	2,606,098	2,631,321
Combined Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	471	313		0	1,018
Trade receivables, net	27,551	28,317
Installment receivables, net	413	452
Inventories, net	27,902	27,472
Deferred income taxes	0	0
Due from Affiliate, Current	1,861	380
Other current assets	467	568
Total Current Assets	58,665	57,502
Investment in subsidiaries	477,900	450,021
Intercompany advances, net	1,656,292	1,620,683
Other Assets	1,031	1,061
Other Intangibles	5,456	17,109
Property and Equipment, net	14,407	17,774
Goodwill	16,661	16,660
Total Assets	2,230,412	2,180,810
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable	7,408	7,237
Accrued expenses	21,541	17,228
Accrued income taxes	0	0
Due to Affiliate, Current	2,050	2,124
Short-term debt and current maturities of long-term obligations	8	8
Total Current Liabilities	31,007	26,597
Long-Term Debt	8	61
Other Long-Term Obligations	0	0
Inercompany advances, net	1,026,223	959,172
Total Shareholders’ Equity	1,173,174	1,194,980
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity	2,230,412	2,180,810
Combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	26,843	28,071		29,477	31,999
Trade receivables, net	93,472	88,033
Installment receivables, net	911	1,110
Inventories, net	113,045	100,444
Deferred income taxes	2,389	2,761
Due from Affiliate, Current	68,139	44,292
Other current assets	36,836	35,461
Total Current Assets	341,635	300,172
Investment in subsidiaries	0	0
Intercompany advances, net	183,397	179,451
Other Assets	1,980	2,044
Other Intangibles	39,997	45,009
Property and Equipment, net	48,018	53,206
Goodwill	431,444	445,566
Total Assets	1,046,471	1,025,448
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable	61,616	66,946
Accrued expenses	92,838	90,385
Accrued income taxes	11,037	6,884
Due to Affiliate, Current	13,120	4,413
Short-term debt and current maturities of long-term obligations	773	976
Total Current Liabilities	179,384	169,604
Long-Term Debt	4,733	5,481
Other Long-Term Obligations	62,971	64,806
Inercompany advances, net	61,615	52,275
Total Shareholders’ Equity	737,768	733,282
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity	1,046,471	1,025,448
Eliminations [Member]
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0		0	0
Trade receivables, net	0	0
Installment receivables, net	0	0
Inventories, net	(2,575)	(3,085)
Deferred income taxes	0	0
Due from Affiliate, Current	(78,919)	(48,851)
Other current assets	(6,180)	(4,827)
Total Current Assets	(87,674)	(56,763)
Investment in subsidiaries	(1,908,367)	(1,925,177)
Intercompany advances, net	(2,862,509)	(2,759,205)
Other Assets	0	0
Other Intangibles	0	0
Property and Equipment, net	0	0
Goodwill	0	0
Total Assets	(4,858,550)	(4,741,145)
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable	0	0
Accrued expenses	(6,180)	(4,827)
Accrued income taxes	0	0
Due to Affiliate, Current	(78,919)	(48,851)
Short-term debt and current maturities of long-term obligations	0	0
Total Current Liabilities	(85,099)	(53,678)
Long-Term Debt	0	0
Other Long-Term Obligations	0	0
Inercompany advances, net	(2,862,509)	(2,759,205)
Total Shareholders’ Equity	(1,910,942)	(1,928,262)
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity	$ (4,858,550)	$ (4,741,145)

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Business Segments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment

The information by segment is as follows (in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
Revenues from external customers
North America/HME	$	124,258		$	146,454		$	383,109		$	448,547
Institutional Products Group	25,151			28,083			76,072			87,135
Europe	158,505			150,265			455,263			429,650
Asia/Pacific	12,606			11,776			37,520			38,327
Consolidated	$	320,520		$	336,578		$	951,964		$	1,003,659
Intersegment revenues
North America/HME	$	20,730		$	20,427		$	60,084		$	59,443
Institutional Products Group	1,414			1,254			5,840			4,243
Europe	2,681			1,890			6,494			6,156
Asia/Pacific	7,694			6,411			20,044			19,417
Consolidated	$	32,519		$	29,982		$	92,462		$	89,259
Restructuring charges before income taxes
North America/HME	$	3,041		$	1,210		$	4,689		$	4,837
Institutional Products Group	591			36			2,308			237
Europe	69			542			1,030			722
Asia/Pacific	376			96			380			1,202
Consolidated	$	4,077		$	1,884		$	8,407		$	6,998
Earnings (loss) before income taxes
North America/HME	$	(22,568	)	$	(11,563	)	$	(54,821	)	$	(37,808	)
Institutional Products Group	(7,275		)	1,010			(7,636		)	1,955
Europe	12,181			13,136			33,190			27,344
Asia/Pacific	(1,736		)	(2,233		)	(6,835		)	(9,871		)
All Other (1)	(6,977		)	(6,354		)	(18,723		)	(17,515		)
Consolidated	$	(26,375	)	$	(6,004	)	$	(54,825	)	$	(35,895	)

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(1) Consists of un-allocated corporate SG&A costs and intercompany profits, which do not meet the quantitative criteria for determining reportable segments.

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Long-Term Debt (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments

Debt consists of the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014			December 31, 2013
Senior secured revolving credit facility, due in October 2015	$	8,000		$	28,109
Convertible senior subordinated debentures at 4.125%, due in February 2027	11,166			10,641
Other notes and lease obligations	5,522			6,536
	24,688			45,286
Less current maturities of long-term debt	(781		)	(14,102		)
	$	23,907		$	31,184

Schedule of Line of Credit Facilities

An increase in the maximum leverage ratio for the first three quarters of 2014, with quarterly ratios as described in the following table:

Fiscal Quarter Ending	Maximum Leverage Ratio
March 31, 2014	4.75	to	1.00
June 30, 2014	4.50	to	1.00
September 30, 2014	4.00	to	1.00
December 31, 2014 and thereafter	3.50	to	1.00

Schedule of Convertible Debt

The liability components of the Company’s convertible debt consist of the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014			December 31, 2013
Principal amount of liability component	$	13,350		$	13,350
Unamortized discount	(2,184		)	(2,709		)
Net carrying amount of liability component	$	11,166		$	10,641

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parentheticals) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized	300	300
Preferred Stock, Shares Outstanding	0	0
Treasury Stock, Shares	3,164	3,158
Common Shares [Member]
Common Stock, Shares Authorized	100,000	100,000
Common Stock, Shares, Issued	34,193	34,084
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share	$ 0	$ 0
Class B Common Shares [Member]
Common Stock, Shares Authorized	12,000	12,000
Common Stock, Shares, Issued	1,086	1,086
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share	$ 0	$ 0

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Derivatives Gain (Loss) in Statement of Finacial Position (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended			12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014 Cash Flow Hedging [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Cash Flow Hedging [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Cash Flow Hedging [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Cash Flow Hedging [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Foreign currency forward contracts Cash Flow Hedging [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Foreign currency forward contracts Cash Flow Hedging [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Foreign currency forward contracts Cash Flow Hedging [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Foreign currency forward contracts Cash Flow Hedging [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Interest rate swaps Cash Flow Hedging [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Interest rate swaps Cash Flow Hedging [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Interest rate swaps Cash Flow Hedging [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Foreign currency forward contracts	Sep. 30, 2013 Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Foreign currency forward contracts	Sep. 30, 2014 Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Foreign currency forward contracts	Sep. 30, 2013 Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Foreign currency forward contracts
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in OCI on Derivatives (Effective Portion)		$ (197)	$ 127	$ 650	$ 451	$ 48	$ 127	$ 495	$ (245)	$ 0	$ 155
Amount of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into Income (Effective Portion)		(78)	(477)	(72)	(11)	(65)	(465)	67	(13)	(12)	(139)
Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivatives (Ineffective Portion and Amount Excluded from Effectiveness Testing)		2	(22)	37	0	2	(22)	37	0	0	0
Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivatives	$ (53)	$ (74)	$ (585)	$ 43								$ (2,384)	$ 370	$ (2,240)	$ 361	$ (2,384)	$ 617

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Inventories

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Inventories

Inventories

Inventories consist of the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
Finished goods	$	86,690	$	77,909
Raw materials	61,534		63,123
Work in process	14,509		14,605
	$	162,733	$	155,637

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Inventories (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]
Finished goods	$ 86,690	$ 77,909
Raw materials	61,534	63,123
Work in process	14,509	14,605
Inventory, net	$ 162,733	$ 155,637

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Net Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share Computation of Basic and Diluted Net Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014		Sep. 30, 2013		Sep. 30, 2014		Sep. 30, 2013
Net Earnings (Loss) per Share—Basic
Average common shares outstanding	32,006		31,902		32,005		31,902
Net loss from continuing operations	$ (28,725)		$ (6,274)		$ (62,075)		$ (38,325)
Net earnings from discontinued operations	13,629		22,376		15,390		77,146
Net Earnings (Loss)	(15,096)		16,102		(46,685)		38,821
Net loss per common share from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ (0.90)		$ (0.20)		$ (1.94)		$ (1.20)
Net earnings per common share from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.43		$ 0.70		$ 0.48		$ 2.42
Net earnings (loss) per common share	$ (0.47)		$ 0.50		$ (1.46)		$ 1.22
Net Earnings (Loss) per Share—Assuming Dilution
Average common shares outstanding	32,006		31,902		32,005		31,902
Stock options and awards	188		164		211		107
Average common shares assuming dilution	32,194		32,066		32,216		32,009
Net loss from continuing operations	(28,725)		(6,274)		(62,075)		(38,325)
Net earnings from discontinued operations	13,629		22,376		15,390		77,146
Net Earnings (Loss)	$ (15,096)		$ 16,102		$ (46,685)		$ 38,821
Net loss per common share from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ (0.90)	[1]	$ (0.20)	[1]	$ (1.94)	[1]	$ (1.20)	[1]
Net earnings per common share from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.42		$ 0.70		$ 0.48		$ 2.41
Net earnings (loss) per per common share—assuming dilution (in dollars per share)	$ (0.47)	[1]	$ 0.50	[1]	$ (1.46)	[1]	$ 1.21	[1]

[1] Net loss per common share assuming dilution calculated utilizing weighted average shares outstanding-basic for the periods in which there was a net loss.

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Long-Term Debt Leverage Ratios (Details) (Revolving Credit Facility [Member], Line of Credit [Member], Credit Agreement [Member])	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014 December 31, 2014 and thereafter
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum levarage ratio	4.00	4.50	4.75	3.50

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Fair Values

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Fair Values

Pursuant to ASC 820, the inputs used to derive the fair value of assets and liabilities are analyzed and assigned a level I, II or III priority, with level I being the highest and level III being the lowest in the hierarchy. Level I inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level II inputs are quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets: quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs are observable in active markets. Level III inputs are based on valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs are unobservable.

The following table provides a summary of the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured on a recurring basis (in thousands):

				Basis for Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date
				Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets / (Liabilities)	Significant Other Observable Inputs			Significant Other Unobservable Inputs
	Total			Level I	Level II			Level III
September 30, 2014
Forward Exchange Contracts—net	$	(2,469	)	—	$	(2,469	)	—
December 31, 2013
Forward Exchange Contracts—net	$	(411	)	—	$	(411	)	—
Interest Rate Swap Agreements—net	(12		)	—	(12		)	—

Forward Contracts: The Company operates internationally and as a result is exposed to foreign currency fluctuations. Specifically, the exposure includes intercompany loans and third party sales or payments. In an attempt to reduce this exposure, foreign currency forward contracts are utilized and accounted for as hedging instruments. The forward contracts are used to hedge the following currencies: AUD, CAD, CHF, CNY, DKK, EUR, GBP, MXP, NOK, NZD, SEK and USD. The Company does not use derivative financial instruments for speculative purposes. Fair values for the Company’s foreign exchange forward contracts are based on quoted market prices for contracts with similar maturities.

The carrying values and fair values of the Company’s financial instruments are as follows (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014						December 31, 2013
	Carrying Value			Fair Value			Carrying Value			Fair Value
Cash and cash equivalents	$	29,066		$	29,066		$	29,785		$	29,785
Other investments	642			642			998			998
Installment receivables, net of reserves	2,528			2,528			2,819			2,819
Long-term debt (including current maturities of long-term debt)	(24,688		)	(23,794		)	(45,286		)	(46,124		)
Forward contracts in Other Current Assets	1,140			1,140			789			789
Forward contracts in Accrued Expenses	(3,609		)	(3,609		)	(1,200		)	(1,200		)
Interest rate swap agreements in Accrued Expenses	—			—			(12		)	(12		)

The Company, in estimating its fair value disclosures for financial instruments, used the following methods and assumptions:

Cash, cash equivalents: The carrying value reported in the balance sheet for cash, cash equivalents equals its fair value.

Other investments: The Company has made other investments in limited partnerships and non-marketable equity securities, which are accounted for using the cost method, adjusted for any estimated declines in value. These investments were acquired in private placements and there are no quoted market prices or stated rates of return. The Company does not have the ability to easily sell these investments.

Installment receivables: The carrying value reported in the balance sheet for installment receivables approximates its fair value. The interest rates associated with these receivables have not varied significantly since inception. Management believes that after consideration of the credit risk, the net book value of the installment receivables approximates market value.

Long-term debt: Fair values for the Company’s convertible debt is based on quoted market-based estimates as of the end of the period, while the revolving credit facility fair values are based upon the Company’s estimate of the market for similar borrowing arrangements. The fair values are deemed to be categorized as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

Forward contracts and interest rate swaps: Fair values for the Company’s foreign exchange forward contracts are based on quoted market prices for contracts with similar maturities, while the fair values of the interest rate swaps are based on model-derived calculations using inputs that are observable in active markets.

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Shareholders' Equity Transactions (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended						9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014 Restricted Stock	Sep. 30, 2014 Stock Options	Sep. 30, 2014 Performance Shares	May 16, 2013 2013 Plan	Sep. 30, 2014 Weighted Average Restricted Stock	Sep. 30, 2014 Weighted Average Performance Shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares authorized								4,460,337
Unrecognized compensation cost						$ 11,093
Unrecognized compensation cost for stock options						3,546
Unrecognized compensation cost for awards other than options					5,491		2,056
Granted (in shares)			8,977
Expiration period						10 years
Stock-based compensation expense recognized as part of selling, general and administrative expense	$ 1,934	$ 2,148	$ 4,404	$ 4,721	$ 1,257	$ 2,724	$ 423
Period for recognition of unrecognized compensation costs			2 years						1 year 6 months	3 years 0 months
Net award activity (in shares)					462,352		341,332
Awards forfeited in period (in shares)					89,616
Award vesting period					3 years	4 years
Outstanding shares not vested (in shares)					502,157
Grants in period (in shares)					231,176		152,800
Vested in period (in shares)					27,925
Weighted average grant date fair value (in dollars per share)					$ 19.14		$ 20.05
Award requisite service period							3 years
Awards cancelled (in shares)							29,156
Performance achievement level, lower range							0.00%
Performance achievement level, upper range							150.00%
Performance achievement level, target range							100.00%

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Other Intangibles (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets

The Company's intangibles consist of the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014				December 31, 2013
	Historical Cost		Accumulated Amortization		Historical Cost		Accumulated Amortization
Customer Lists	$	83,681	$	70,451	$	92,637	$	65,158
Trademarks	30,681		—		31,649		—
License Agreements	1,322		1,322		1,393		1,393
Developed Technology	8,663		6,522		9,916		7,191
Patents	6,226		5,821		6,107		5,568
Other	6,619		7,257		7,702		7,510
	$	137,192	$	91,373	$	149,404	$	86,820

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets

The Company's intangibles consist of the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2014				December 31, 2013
	Historical Cost		Accumulated Amortization		Historical Cost		Accumulated Amortization
Customer Lists	$	83,681	$	70,451	$	92,637	$	65,158
Trademarks	30,681		—		31,649		—
License Agreements	1,322		1,322		1,393		1,393
Developed Technology	8,663		6,522		9,916		7,191
Patents	6,226		5,821		6,107		5,568
Other	6,619		7,257		7,702		7,510
	$	137,192	$	91,373	$	149,404	$	86,820

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Shareholders' Equity Transactions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Shareholders' Equity Transactions

Equity Compensation

On May 16, 2013, the shareholders of the Company approved the Invacare Corporation 2013 Equity Compensation Plan (the “2013 Plan”), which was adopted on March 27, 2013 by the Company's Board of Directors (the “Board”). The Board adopted the 2013 Plan to replace the Company's prior equity plan, the Invacare Corporation Amended and Restated 2003 Performance Plan (the “2003 Plan”), which expired on May 21, 2013. Due to its expiration, no new awards may be granted under the 2003 Plan; however, awards granted prior to its expiration will remain in effect under their original terms.

The 2013 Plan uses a fungible share-counting method, under which each common share underlying an award of stock options or stock appreciation rights (“SAR”) will count against the number of total shares available under the 2013 Plan as one share; and each common share underlying any award other than a stock option or a SAR will count against the number of total shares available under the 2013 Plan as two shares. Any common shares that are added back to the 2013 Plan as the result of the cancellation or forfeiture of an award granted under the 2013 Plan will be added back in the same manner such shares were originally counted against the total number of shares available under the 2013 Plan. Each common share that is added back to the 2013 Plan due to a cancellation or forfeiture of an award granted under the 2003 Plan will be added back as one common share.

The Compensation and Management Development Committee of the Board (the “Compensation Committee”), in its discretion, may grant an award under the 2013 Plan to any director or employee of the Company or an affiliate. The 2013 Plan initially allows the Compensation Committee to grant up to 4,460,337 common shares in connection with the following types of awards with respect to shares of the Company's common shares: incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, SARs, restricted stock, restricted stock units, unrestricted stock and performance shares. The Compensation Committee also may grant performance units that are payable in cash. The Committee has the authority to determine which participants will receive awards, the amount of the awards and the other terms and conditions of the awards. 

As of September 30, 2014, there was $11,093,000 of total unrecognized compensation cost from stock-based compensation arrangements granted under the Company's 2013 Plan and previous plans, which is related to non-vested options and shares, and includes $5,491,000 related to restricted stock awards, $3,546,000 related to non-qualified stock options and $2,056,000 related to performance share awards. Total unrecognized compensation cost will be adjusted for future changes in actual and estimated forfeitures and for updated vesting assumptions for the performance share awards (see "Performance Shares and Performance Share Units" below). No tax benefit for share-based compensation was realized during 2014 or 2013 as a result of a valuation allowance against deferred tax assets.

The amount of stock-based compensation expense recognized under the provisions of Compensation-Stock Compensation, ASC 718 was as follows (in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,				For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014		2013		2014	2013
Stock-based compensation expense recognized as part of selling, general and administrative expense	$	1,934	$	2,148	4,404	4,721

Stock Options

During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Compensation Committee granted 8,977 non-qualified stock options. Generally, non-qualified stock option awards typically have a term of ten years and are granted at the fair market value of the Company’s Common Shares on the date of grant. Compensation expense of $2,724,000 was recognized during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 related to stock options previously awarded. The Company expects the compensation expense to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 2 years.

The following table summarizes information about stock option activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2014:

	September 30, 2014			Weighted Average Exercise Price
Options outstanding at January 1, 2014	4,533,782			$	23.86
Granted	8,977			16.71
Exercised	(9,885		)	14.76
Canceled	(638,206		)	28.54
Options outstanding at September 30, 2014	3,894,668			$	23.10
Options exercise price range at September 30, 2014	$ 12.42 to
	$	47.80
Options exercisable at September 30, 2014	3,152,241
Shares available for grant at September 30, 2014*	3,646,676

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 * Shares available for grant as of September 30, 2014 reduced by net restricted stock and restricted stock unit award and performance share and performance share unit award activity of 462,352 shares and 341,332 shares, respectively during the quarter.

The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding at September 30, 2014:

	Options Outstanding				Options Exercisable
Exercise Prices	Number Outstanding At 9/30/14	Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years)	Weighted Average Exercise Price		Number Exercisable At 9/30/14	Weighted Average Exercise Price
$ 12.42 – $15.00	1,057,821	8.0	$	13.92	437,501	$	13.79
$ 15.01 – $25.00	1,523,112	4.6	22.45		1,403,441	22.36
$ 25.01 – $35.00	884,470	4.7	25.73		882,034	25.71
$ 35.01 – $47.80	429,265	0.7	42.61		429,265	42.61
Total	3,894,668	5.1	$	23.10	3,152,241	$	24.86

When stock options have been awarded, they generally become exercisable over a four -year vesting period whereby options vest in equal installments each year. Options granted with graded vesting are accounted for as single options. The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with assumptions for expected dividend yield, expected stock price volatility, risk-free interest rate and expected life. The assumed expected life is based on the Company's historical analysis of option history. The expected stock price volatility is also based on actual historical volatility, and expected dividend yield is based on historical dividends as the Company has no current intention of changing its dividend policy.

The 2013 Plan provides that shares granted come from the Company's authorized but unissued common shares or treasury shares. In addition, the Company's stock-based compensation plans allow employee participants to exchange shares for minimum withholding taxes, which results in the Company acquiring treasury shares.

Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units

During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, an aggregate of 231,176 restricted shares and restricted share units (for non-U.S. recipients) were granted without cost to the recipients, 89,616 restricted shares were forfeited, and 27,925 restricted shares vested. The awards granted during the first quarter are subject to three year cliff vesting and thus vest in their entirety on May 15, 2017. The awards of restricted shares/units are classified as equity awards as they are issued as common shares, or will be settled in common shares upon vesting. The fair value of the awards is based on the stock price on the date of grant discounted for the estimated value of dividends foregone as the awards are not eligible for dividends except to the extent vested. The fair value of the awards granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 was $19.14 per share. Compensation expense is recognized ratably over the service period and $1,257,000 was recognized during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 related to restricted shares/units and there were shares/units outstanding totaling 502,157 shares that were not vested. The Company expects the compensation expense to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 1.5 years.

Performance Shares and Performance Share Units

During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, an aggregate of 152,800 performance shares and performance share units (for non-U.S. recipients) were granted as performance awards with a 3 year performance period with payouts based on achievement of certain performance goals. There was no vesting of performance awards during the period and 29,156 awards were cancelled. The awards are classified as equity awards as they will be settled in common shares upon vesting. The number of shares earned will be determined at the end of the performance period based on achievement of performance criteria for January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016 established by the Compensation Committee at the time of grant. Recipients will be entitled to receive a number of common shares equal to the number of performance shares that vest based upon the levels of achievement which may range between 0% and 150% of the target number of shares with the target being 100% of the initial grant.

The fair value of the performance awards is based on the stock price on the date of grant discounted for the estimated value of dividends foregone as the awards are not eligible for dividends except to the extent vested. The fair value of the awards granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 was $20.05 per share. The Company assesses the probability that the performance targets will be met with expense recognized whenever it is probable that at least the minimum performance criteria will be achieved. Depending upon the Company's assessment of the probability of achievement of the goals, the Company may not recognize any expense associated with performance awards in a given period, may reverse prior expense recorded or record additional expense to make up for expense not recorded in a prior period. Compensation expense of $423,000 was recognized during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 related to performance awards. The Company expects the compensation expense to be recognized over 3.0 years.