Goodwill (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2013 NA/HME [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 NA/HME [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 NA/HME [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Institutional Products Group [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Institutional Products Group [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Institutional Products Group [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Europe [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Europe [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Europe [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Asia/Pacific [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Asia/Pacific [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Asia/Pacific [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Other Intangible Assets and Goodwill [Member]	Aug. 06, 2013 Champion [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Champion [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Goodwill																	$ (16,277,000)	$ (16,277,000)
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	462,200,000	473,531,000	484,010,000	0	0	15,843,000	53,986,000	52,348,000	21,505,000	408,214,000	421,183,000	406,515,000	0	0	40,147,000
Reclassification			0			(7,853,000)			7,853,000			0			0
Foreign currency translation adjustments	16,303,000	(12,331,000)	13,712,000	0	0	0	(1,402,000)	638,000	(538,000)	17,705,000	(12,969,000)	14,668,000	0	0	(418,000)
Acquisitions		1,000,000	23,528,000		0	0		1,000,000	23,528,000		0	0		0	0
Impairment charge			(47,719,000)			(7,990,000)			0			0			(39,729,000)
Divestiture	(16,277,000)			0			(16,277,000)			0			0
Ending Balance	$ 462,226,000	$ 462,200,000	$ 473,531,000	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 36,307,000	$ 53,986,000	$ 52,348,000	$ 425,919,000	$ 408,214,000	$ 421,183,000	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Maturity of Corporate Debt with Similar Credit Risk																20 years 0 months 0 days
US Treasury Bond Maturity																20 years 0 months 0 days
Discounted Cash Flow Sensitivity Analysis Discount Rate Increase							1.00%			1.00%
Discounted Cash Flow, Discount Rate	10.00%	9.88%	9.27%
Discounted Cash Flow, Discount Rate Premium	1.00%			2.30%