How do you transfer someone who is dead weight?

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Nana2652 Asked December 2019

How do you transfer someone who is dead weight?

She seems like she is at the end of her life stage. I never had a problem transferring clients but this lady is not responsive and she just lays there with her arms always locked in front of her chest. She doesn't talk and has a G tube. She seems so stiff that I have a hard time trying to pull her legs apart just so I can put her diaper on. She feels so heavy like dead weight. How do you transfer someone that is dead weight?

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My mother was dead weight from stroke damage. She required two people to both lift and change her. Please don’t attempt alone, either or both of you could be injured

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Country Mouse is right. This lady sounds like at least a 2 assist. Is she catatonic? She can’t help at all? I might be tempted to talk to her family about other options. If she should become injured, it might go badly for you.

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Not by yourself, for a start. Are you working alone? Do you have the right kind of moving and handling equipment?

There should be two of you and a slide sheet as a bare minimum, and I hope the lady is on a hospital bed.

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