This sounds very basic, but the one thing Hospice didn't provide that Rick needed was a special bath/shower chair. They had the regular bedside commode that wasn't on wheels, but that didn't fit his needs. Rick was and is very stubborn. He has fought every device until he could no longer make it without them. He would allow the VA to get things for him just in case but would refuse to use them. Rick transferred to the potty/shower chair by rolling his PWC into the shower, having me push his upper body forward, then he would hold to the shower grab bar with his wrist more than his hands and stand up. I then rushed the PWC out from under him and rolled the shower chair under him before he collapsed back on it. When he was ready, we reversed the process. It did not give me time to lift and place a standard bedside commode under him.
This summer he got to the point where he could no longer bear weight at all for any length of time. Now we use the lift. I may not be doing this right, but I can't get it under him to where his back is straight when I set him back down. With his back curved, if I try to sit him on a regular straight back potty chair, his back hits the back of the chair and leaves his hiney too far forward to set him down on it. The VA said this is a common problem and got us a reclining shower chair. This thing costs about $800. I am not sure if it is something medicare pays for or not. Then again your situation is different and maybe you will be better at this lift and toileting thing than I am and won't need it.