I'm having problems getting him out of bed first thing in the morning. Any ideas for lifting?

You want to get him to bend his knees, then roll him on his side toward the edge of the bed. Bring his heels off the side of the bed. Put one arm around his shoulders and the other by his hip or under his thigh and sort of pivot his feet down and head up in one smooth motion. There are several helpful sites and videos out there....just google"how to transfer patient from bed". Also, an assistive bed rail would give him something to grab on to to help you pull him upright. This is a half length rail that fastens securely to the bed around the box spring. Where I live they can be rented on a monthly basis, although they are really not too expensive.

Sorry I had a typo. I meant to say "and my RIGHT hand under her left shoulder".

Sorry.

A hospital bed is a boon. We have a very small bedroom with no room to use hoists if we put another single bed in as well as the hospital bed, so I have a little fold up bed I put down each night, pile with comfy things and make a 'nest' next to my husband. Then in the morning I fold it up again. It means we can still hold hands at night, which is a comfort. The standing hoist is very useful and easy to use. A slide sheet is wonderful for turning him on.

I don't know if this would help. I take care of my mom who had a stroke. I have to lift her out of bed every day. I am 142 pounds and she is 144 pounds but dead weight in the early morning. First I hang her legs over the side of the bed, then roll all the way over onto her right side while keeping my knees very close to the bed. Then with my Left hand under her neck and right shoulder and my left hand around her left shoulder I lift. She also helps by pushing up with her right arm.
Hope this helps. I have wrenched my back a few times and it does take a while to go away. But since I have been doing this, it is pretty easy.

When I had my abdominal surgery, it was very painful to sit up - using my abdominal muscles. I tried different ways to try to sit up. The best one was by turning on my side, and then dangle my legs off the side of the bed (to help me push up) and at the same time to use my opposite hand to push myself up the bed. It helped having a railings, though. But, when I got released from the hospital 3 days later, I found that it still worked on a regular bed. With this in mind, I googled for a YouTube video for your situation.

Google: Tips for helping someone to sit up in bed by UCSF Memory and Aging Center.

Thank you for the advice.It is my husband and unfortunately we do not have the room fora hospital bed. I put more of my arm behind his back so it was my full fore arm lifting not just my hand, my left arm seems like it is to close to his throat but that is not bothering him.I think he just wants a reason for me to hug him first thing in the morning,but I may be wrong. A couple more weeks till he can roll over and sleep differently,but he is not as uncomfortable as he was just after the operation and home is a good place to be.

Hi conmom -- Is it possible to get a hospital bed? If your dad is on medicare and you are caring for him at home, Medicare should pay for a hospital bed, which would help to get him more in a seated position and also higher up vertically, to lessen your back strain. Also a hospital "pad" that is around 2' x 3' and can be placed over the sheet, then pulled a bit to help with movement is used in nursing facilities -- in addition to the notes above, which would also definitely help.

You could try using a 'slide sheet' which you can push under him - usually these things are brightly coloured made of nylon. They're used to help turn patients in bed when they can't turn themselves and I use one of these with my own mum. If you push the slide sheet under him when you want to get him up and use the same technique that has strained your shoulder you should be able to guide him to slide to the edge of the bed and that will mean that you're not stretching yourself. This movement of reaching the end of the bed should provide enough momentum for him to sit up with your gentle help.