My mother-in-law has Parkinson's and although she has it mostly under control, recently she has had trouble getting in and out of her bed. They delivered a hospital bed this week that was supposed to help her, she is still having trouble getting in and out. I am looking for any suggestions or other equipment that may help. We have tried having her user her walker, but it isn't stable enough to help her push herself up. She has a cane, but that doesn't help. She has a dresser within reach but when she grabs onto it her soft hands slip and I am afraid she will fall using this. Any suggestions are appreciated! Thank you!
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at this point. I was not trying to recommend for a person to use long term.
herself any more so I have to.
We got the Golden Technology Cloud lift chair / bed and it has been such a blessing. It is soft and has infinite positions. I cannot lift and position her in
bed anymore but the draw sheet really helps. The chair is very expensive but it has saved us having to use a facility and it costs less than a month at a facility so I call it a bargain. Once she gets into the chair, she can sit, recline, sleep , watch tv, etc. The chair will stand her up to get out, then all we have to do is turn 1/4 and sit in wheel chair or whatever.
Good luck!
So that thwarted my wonderful plans to use the Cloud chair to solve all our problems.
Now I have found there is such a thing as "Personal Care Home". It is a regular house where the elderly live with CNA live in helpers 24/7. It is family style.
It looks like a wonderful step to care when I can no longer lift her and situate her.
I can care for her 95% of the time- it is just the 5% that still has me stumped. She fell trying to get out of bed a couple days ago so I am feeling big pressure to change her care to the next step. Today she was sliding and thought she was going down when I was trying to get her up.
I still think the Cloud chair would give us the "time space" to continue at home
if we could figure a way to raise and lower the chair. I shopped for lifts but to
no avail. A pallet jack only raises 6 inches. A car jack would have to be welded
precisely to accommodate a recessed platform.
The nurse does not like the idea at all.
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Thanks so much
and I think you have hit the jackpot answer. The only problem is
my mom cannot blow the whistle, so we got a little bell that rings loud.
onto it and lays back into the bed as close to the head as possible.
Then I lift her feet into the bed, and roll her over facing the other side. Then I go around to the other side and pull the draw sheet
again to get her situated better.
Getting up is the same procedure backwards. I use the draw sheet
to pull her into a sitting position. The hospital bed head raises to
assist in the sitting procedure.
This is not perfect but it has helped for this moment. All this lifting is hurting my back so I do not know how long we can do this. If I were younger and stronger, I think it could work a long time.
We also put a short step stool for her to step up on to climb into
the bed.
Slick sheets like rayon or silk are easier for her to slide on than the
cotton ones that create more friction.
I have considered hanging a rope from the ceiling to the middle of the bed so she can use it to pull up on. If you do that, I would
recommend tying a knot every 6 inches or so.