I desperately need advice on toileting my PALS.
Up until now, despite an irreparably torn rotator cuff in one arm and an arthritic back, I've been able to transfer my 66 yo wife from a wheelchair to a bedside commode. I’ve done this by using a gait belt to assist her up so she could grab the inside of a sink where she stays to await me as I come up behind her with a commode chair. Because of the pain all this physical straining has caused my 75 yo shoulders and back lately, I’m at the limit of my physical ability to help her. The effort required to transfer her in the last few weeks has increased dramatically as her one remaining (semi) functional arm & leg rapidly weaken.
Now to my question. Does anyone know of a method or piece of equipment that would allow me to transfer her directly from a wheelchair to a commode using a Hoyer sling (I currently have a toileting sling). By directly I mean doing so without having to put her in a bed first to take off her undergarments and lifting her back up before being placed on a commode? The same applies to taking her off the commode and putting her back in her wheelchair.
Up until now, despite an irreparably torn rotator cuff in one arm and an arthritic back, I've been able to transfer my 66 yo wife from a wheelchair to a bedside commode. I’ve done this by using a gait belt to assist her up so she could grab the inside of a sink where she stays to await me as I come up behind her with a commode chair. Because of the pain all this physical straining has caused my 75 yo shoulders and back lately, I’m at the limit of my physical ability to help her. The effort required to transfer her in the last few weeks has increased dramatically as her one remaining (semi) functional arm & leg rapidly weaken.
Now to my question. Does anyone know of a method or piece of equipment that would allow me to transfer her directly from a wheelchair to a commode using a Hoyer sling (I currently have a toileting sling). By directly I mean doing so without having to put her in a bed first to take off her undergarments and lifting her back up before being placed on a commode? The same applies to taking her off the commode and putting her back in her wheelchair.
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