I’m taking Mom home from special care in an assisted living facility. I have a question about the medical equipment I purchased and carpet.

Thanks for the help!

If you are using the Sit to Stand in one room I would lay sheet vinyl down in that room. (best thing would be to pull up the carpet if at all possible.)
If you are going to bring the Sit to Stand to other rooms the sheet vinyl could be placed down the hall into the main room where the equipment will be used.
If your mom is walking at all it might be best to remove the carpet to prevent tripping. If mom is not walking at all as soon as she looses upper body strength to hold onto the Sit to Stand you will have to switch to a Hoyer Lift. that might be a bit easier to move around as it has a larger "footprint"
In reality it might be best to remove carpet in that room as there will be spills, accidents that will be difficult to remove from the carpet. It might be possible to have the carpet removed, rolled up and stored until it can be replaced.

Have you looked at rolls of vinyl flooring? It's the same stuff that office chair mats are made out of except it comes in big rolls. You could tape those together. That over carpeting should make a rollable surface yet still be soft enough with the carpet under it to absorb some of the impact in case there's a fall.

This is a walker? Not one of those PC pipe things?

With a regular walker you can get those little "ski" things to help go across carpets. I wonder if there is something out there for sit and stand walkers? Or something u can rig up.

Have you tried carpet runners. They are usually what they call "industrial ply" very short. Usually little loops. They come in different lengths. Its like what u find in Drs offices. Her walker should go over these.

I decided to keep carpeting because the room stays warmer with it vs a hard floor, so I replaced the old, sculptured carpet in Mom's room with lightweight, self-stick carpet tiles that are very low pile (they're almost completely flat). When one gets soiled or worn, I just pull it up and replace it with a spare tile. You can get them on Amazon or at a big-box hardware store like Lowe's or Home Depot, and the cost is relatively low.

I second the idea of lifting the carpet and storing it if it is in good shape. If money is tight you don't need to lay any type of new flooring, just cover the sub floor with a couple of coats of floor paint or urethane.

seriously, use masonite taped together, it comes in 4x8 sheets, needs to be trimmed to install around obsacles, 3/16 or 5/16 thickness will do, 3/8 is too thick, you'll see, so get some really good gorilla tape, duct tape etc, use the 2 inch to 2 and 1/4 inch wide tape, start in a corner, slowly install the masonite smooth side up, stagger the shortside joints when you lay it, tape it all together, walla temporary floor that anything will roll over

I suggest taking the carpet up and storing it, then looking at vinyl plank floating flooring. It's relatively inexpensive, quick and easy to put down, and easy to clean. I use commercial grade vinyl flooring in my entryway, baths, kitchen and laundry because it looks like wood flooring, doesn't easily scratch and is water proof.

Hello,

You have not filled out your profile, so we do not know what medical conditions Mum has.

If it were me, I would remove the carpet and underlay, you can store them to be replaced at a later date and lay down a solid waterproof floor. It will make clean up far easier for you in the long run.

Carpets are not sanitary.

From frustrating experience I can vouch for the fact that these things don’t roll on carpeting. You also cannot get them to bump over cords. Whoever told you they do was wrong. I hesitate to say this but I’d pull up the carpeting and lay tile or some sort of planking. If you do, it will save you a lot of frustration.

Oh. what a pain! Would it be too expensive to replace the floor?

Wait, I just googled what flooring can be placed over carpet. Laminate flooring can go over carpeting. Call a flooring dealer to verify this. Good luck!