Fair Values of Financial Instruments Narrative (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Fair Value, Option, Qualitative Disclosures Related to Election [Line Items]
Foreign Currency Transaction Gain (Loss), Realized	$ (349,000)	$ 3,763,000	$ (250,000)
Discounted Cash Flow, Discount Rate	10.00%	9.88%	9.27%
Goodwill, Impairment Loss			47,719,000
Impairment of Intangible Assets (Excluding Goodwill)	1,523,000	773,000	1,761,000
Other Assets [Member]
Fair Value, Option, Qualitative Disclosures Related to Election [Line Items]
Number of Quoted Market Prices Available	0
Stated Rates of Return Available	0
Other Intangible Assets and Goodwill [Member]
Fair Value, Option, Qualitative Disclosures Related to Election [Line Items]
Impairment of Intangible Assets (Excluding Goodwill)	1,523,000	773,000
Maturity of Corporate Debt with Similar Credit Risk	20 years 0 months 0 days
US Treasury Bond Maturity	20 years 0 months 0 days
Asia/Pacific [Member]
Fair Value, Option, Qualitative Disclosures Related to Election [Line Items]
Goodwill, Impairment Loss			39,729,000
IPG [Member]
Fair Value, Option, Qualitative Disclosures Related to Election [Line Items]
Discounted Cash Flow Sensitivity Analysis Discount Rate Increase	1.00%
NA/HME [Member]
Fair Value, Option, Qualitative Disclosures Related to Election [Line Items]
Goodwill, Impairment Loss			7,990,000
Europe [Member]
Fair Value, Option, Qualitative Disclosures Related to Election [Line Items]
Goodwill, Impairment Loss			0
Discounted Cash Flow Sensitivity Analysis Discount Rate Increase	1.00%
Patents [Member] | NA/HME [Member]
Fair Value, Option, Qualitative Disclosures Related to Election [Line Items]
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Finite-lived		96,000
Trademarks, Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Member] | IPG [Member]
Fair Value, Option, Qualitative Disclosures Related to Election [Line Items]
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Finite-lived	123,000
Customer Lists [Member] | IPG [Member]
Fair Value, Option, Qualitative Disclosures Related to Election [Line Items]
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Finite-lived	442,000		625,000
Customer Lists [Member] | NA/HME [Member]
Fair Value, Option, Qualitative Disclosures Related to Election [Line Items]
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Finite-lived	167,000		508,000
Developed Technology Rights [Member] | IPG [Member]
Fair Value, Option, Qualitative Disclosures Related to Election [Line Items]
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Finite-lived	223,000	398,000
Licensing Agreements [Member] | Asia/Pacific [Member]
Fair Value, Option, Qualitative Disclosures Related to Election [Line Items]
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Finite-lived			201,000
Trademarks [Member] | IPG [Member]
Fair Value, Option, Qualitative Disclosures Related to Election [Line Items]
Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets, Impairment Losses After Tax	496,000	204,000
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets, Impairment Losses	568,000	279,000
Trademarks [Member] | Europe [Member]
Fair Value, Option, Qualitative Disclosures Related to Election [Line Items]
Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets, Impairment Losses After Tax			320,000
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets, Impairment Losses			$ 427,000