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i work in a care home and one of our residents has parkinsons she is very heavy in the morning can i use a hoist to get her up from bed and on to the to the toilet

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Ask the charge R.N. that runs the unite how it should be performed properly. Ask that nurse to show you how, or to assist you in your first attempt to attempt this.
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Wow this is so relevant to me right now. I am having the same Parkinson's problem. Getting mom out of bed has become a nightmare. She keeps rolling back. She has lost so much strength. She has become so frail and her body is racked with pain. Toilet dressing too has become a nightmare as well because I have to clean her off and dress her. It's time to a nursing home because if a facility needs to do the Hoyer lift, I am not 2 people. I'm tired and the drama and temper tantrums aren't working for either of us. Love you Mama but it's time for professionals and at the next dr appt we need make that a reality.
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You mean like a Hoyer lift? Or a sit-to-stand lift?

Whenever you use a mechanized lift 2 staff members always need to be involved. But then again, if you had an extra person there the two of you could lift this woman in the morning and you wouldn't need a lift.

Don't ever try to lift her on your own. You'll break your back and she's liable to fall in the process.

What does your supervisor say?
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An hoist is the safest way to move a person who cannot help themselves. People lifting patients can let go when the patient gets stressed. Caring for older adults is my profession
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Dad was non load bearing because of a foot amputation. We used the lift to move him from bed to recliner, then had to roll him on his side to remove the "hammock" part f the hoist. We were originally sent a mechanical one with a crank, worthless, we asked for an electric one and got it. I learned to use it by watching rehab. Now that I think about it, it was not used for toilletting. They used bedpans.
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Absolutely, don't risk injuring yourself. Parkinson's makes them rigid , especially if they are trying to help you get them up. An electric lift will have a sling with a hole in it for toileting and the resident should have special clothing that allows for the ease of this process. (snap back slips and dresses or shirts with just the pant fronts). They sit on pads or diapers in their chair for incontinence.
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Two person assist and use the hoyer!
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In a home care place they have to legally have 2 people run the hoyer lift. I personally have used one alone for 3 years in my house to transfer my Mom who cannot walk. It took me months to learn on my own how to get her into a wheelchair because she rises in a scooped position, but I finally learned. There is no way to get them onto a toilet though because if you are lucky and have the hole in the right place its impossible to remove a full sling. They have smaller slings that can cross between legs but not for someone like my 93 yr old mom that cannot walk. I lift and pivot transfer her onto the toilet to bathe her mornings. Good luck.
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PS an if you remove the sling, you have to stand them to get their clothes off. At least thats my experience, I have tried it all. If you do find a way, please let me know lol!
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Friendlybedguy, what about for dementia elderly patients who dont understand anything, and cannot use their arms? I tried lavinlifts and they were horrid. Would love an easier way to roll my mother in bed, or lift her to change her. Thx
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