Lynne I am in awe of you - getting your bras on and your silk jammies
Albert didn't want a ceiling hoist but hey ho he's got one and now knows we couldn't now manage without it - I am now a dab hand with the sling, but
Unfortunately its not the be all and end all of transfers - I can see what's on the horizon now that his arms and hands are failing - to get him dressed on the bed he can just about help me roll him over on to his sides but this isn't going to last much longer,
I push him over - he uses the bed lever to pull at the same time - this week the OT is coming to show me how to use a "Slide sheet" pushing him is playing havoc with my shoulders and neck - I cannot imagine that a sheet is going to help me at all but I'll reserve judgement,
The other thing I find is that even though the back rest of the bed is in the sitting position its difficult to pull him forward enough to get the sling behind his back, we currently use a ladder type piece of equipment but again that's a tremendous strain on my neck and once his hands fail completely this will be a no no,
it seems you just get one bit solved and another rears its UGLY head
Sue

Unfortunately its not the be all and end all of transfers - I can see what's on the horizon now that his arms and hands are failing - to get him dressed on the bed he can just about help me roll him over on to his sides but this isn't going to last much longer,
I push him over - he uses the bed lever to pull at the same time - this week the OT is coming to show me how to use a "Slide sheet" pushing him is playing havoc with my shoulders and neck - I cannot imagine that a sheet is going to help me at all but I'll reserve judgement,
The other thing I find is that even though the back rest of the bed is in the sitting position its difficult to pull him forward enough to get the sling behind his back, we currently use a ladder type piece of equipment but again that's a tremendous strain on my neck and once his hands fail completely this will be a no no,
it seems you just get one bit solved and another rears its UGLY head

Sue
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