Bill Simpson
Member
- Joined
- Nov 15, 2010
- Messages
- 22
- Reason
- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 11/2010
- Country
- US
- State
- KY
- City
- Crescent Springs
To paraphrase Patsy Cline’s Satin Sheets to Lie On, I would add, Satin Cases to Slide On.
I can't take credit for discovery as I was told by another caregiver, "Use Satin Pillowcases" to more easily facilitate sliding on a transfer board. My daughter went and bought a cheap set of satin pillowcases and the first time I used it, I was overwhelmed with how easily I could slide on the transfer board. As you know by now, it has an impossible task to transfer (bare butt) on a transfer board, but with a satin pillowcase tucked neatly under me, sliding across the transfer board is as easy as can be. (Or, so I thought,) Until a family friend gave us a set of red pillowcases (a set from a wedding present). It was then I learned that the speed of the slide is directly proportionate to the quality of the pillowcase.
I hope that this can be a useful bit of information for someone who is having difficulty with a transfer board.
(One more thing) When using the more expensive satin pillowcase, the angle of the transfer board is critical, as too steep an angle can launch you completely past your destination.
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I can't take credit for discovery as I was told by another caregiver, "Use Satin Pillowcases" to more easily facilitate sliding on a transfer board. My daughter went and bought a cheap set of satin pillowcases and the first time I used it, I was overwhelmed with how easily I could slide on the transfer board. As you know by now, it has an impossible task to transfer (bare butt) on a transfer board, but with a satin pillowcase tucked neatly under me, sliding across the transfer board is as easy as can be. (Or, so I thought,) Until a family friend gave us a set of red pillowcases (a set from a wedding present). It was then I learned that the speed of the slide is directly proportionate to the quality of the pillowcase.
I hope that this can be a useful bit of information for someone who is having difficulty with a transfer board.
(One more thing) When using the more expensive satin pillowcase, the angle of the transfer board is critical, as too steep an angle can launch you completely past your destination.
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