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Several weeks ago I asked about how to handle such a move. We are nearing completion of an addition (don't know the exact start date yet so I can't make firm arrangements until then) and I started calling around how to handle this. Here is what I found: Check with the bed manufacturer to get them to move the beds. However, mother has a different bed than my father so I would need two different companies to move the beds. The bed manufacturer does not move patients so I found a company that would move my parents. The coordination of this is going to be tricky because of two bed manufacturers coming at different times and then working simultaneously with the patient moving company. I also called the county non-emergency patient transport and they can move patients but it all depends on how busy they are that day and they don't take appointments. So I can't count on them because this process needs to be done simultaneously. I also called several moving companies to move the beds but most did not want to move hospital beds because of the liability issue. So my plan is to move my parents' beds on separate days with the different bed manufacturers but use the same patient mover. Please let me know if there is anything else I can try. Thank you for any suggestions!

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I suggest doing this in stages and not trying a simultaneous move, assuming there is room in your house for an extra hospital bed and your parents can tolerate a brief separation of 1 day or so. Rent one hospital bed from a local medical supplier and place it in your new downstairs room. Move one parent down stairs onto the rental bed, then move that parent's hospital bed downstairs. Move one parent onto their hospital bed and the other onto the rental bed. Move the second hospital bed downstairs and transfer the second parent to their bed, then send the rental bed back. Your costs will probably be higher (rental bed, more mover trips) but maybe you can save some money using the county patience mover since your time line won't be as tight. Your coordination efforts should be simpler and there would be more flexibility for the getting the beds moved.
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demstress Oct 2018
I like this idea. It's too complicated to do both moves simultaneously and hope the companies come at the same time. But the idea of moving them on separate days would be easier and renting a bed for a day would solve that problem. For some reason the moving companies don't want to get involved with moving hospital beds. All said they never had such a request. That's why I will stick with the companies that initially set up the beds. They were willing and they know what they are doing. Thanks for helping me decide!
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My initial though is that this seems overly complicated. Is it really so difficult to move a couple of hospital beds? Are these king sized top of the line complex beds? Wouldn't it simply involve taking off the mattresses, unplugging the beds having and a couple of strong men moving the frames?

As to your parents, just because they spend their days in these beds doesn't mean they can't spend time in a chair or on a couch until the beds are set up. I get that you would need help to get them down the stairs, but are you totally unable to transfer them without a patient transfer service? Do they never get lifted into a chair/wheelchair or get the opportunity to bathe/shower?
(just trying to understand)
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Who delivered the beds to your house in the first place?

It's not so much that these people would be the ones to ask to come back, because I expect they're contractors who work for the manufacturer. But just cast your mind back to the day the beds arrived, and surely installing them wasn't that big a deal, was it?

The trouble with a project like this is that it starts to look overwhelming because you're trying to visualise doing it all at once. But although it's time consuming and painstaking, if you break it down into its component steps - transfer A to stretcher or wheelchair, wrap him up warm and comfortable, strip bed, remove mattress, unplug bells and whistles, dismantle headboards, move same in order to new room, etc etc etc - none of them should actually require superhuman knowledge or more than standard manpower. It'll be a tiring day but it shouldn't be as hard (or as expensive!) as it seems to be looming.
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demstress Oct 2018
I thought it would be easy, one bed company can move two beds. But father's bed company won't move mother's bed and vice versa. A regular moving company can also do in-house moves but not move hospital beds, citing liability issues. Thanks for your advice!
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