If unlevel transfer and can't get under person to raise w/pillow, will this still work for wheelchair/bed/commode transfers?
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If not too much height difference, use a small towel to slide. Should work fine.
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I would say it would be tricky. We have tried transfers in our van from passenger front seat to driver's front seat, and the board wants to rise up on the end without weight. As my transferee is pretty heavy and has little upper body strength, we have abandoned that approach. I believe the transferee needs to have the ability to shimmy from one side to the other to effectively transfer using the board safely. That is my take anyway. Hope it is useful
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Yes, if you need to slid them up hill a little and they need help you can always pull a little on their clothing or use a transfer belt around there waist and pull that even can push them a little at the hips. It's the best one I have used. I always feel secure and I have to transfer by myself.
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Nope!! Doesn't work at ours...chair is too high and large to be pulled up. Good idea though.
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My dad made me a longer one with one slot, and I found it easier to move into position when there are two. The longer it gets, the more important 2 slots are. As far as the length goes, this is the standard length and is just right for most transfers (wheelchair to bed, couch, shower chair). You only need a longer one if you can't get your chair close (like it was for one of our cars), and for me, a chest down paraplegic , with no muscle control below the bra line, trying to balance over a big gap with a longer board was scary. You can't reach the end of a longer board to move it, it gets in the way, and if too much of the board is in the wheelchair when you transfer into it, it's hard to get it out from under you. Really, I have found that this length works perfectly 99% of the time.
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Quilting Grandma-I had to take the back mat up in order to use the stow & go in my van. It was not difficult to get the mat up, but there was no way around doing that. Fortunately for us, we do not use the option very much at all, so it is not a problem. Sorry for the lateness of the response; I had to find some time to check it out.Jim
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Yes it can. I have difficulty rising & I bought this to allow me to have other seating arrangements. Also, being portable it can go with me & I don't have to worry about getting "stuck" and not being able to rise.
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It is a lightweight transfer chair, but it does have an adjustable belt (plastic catch) which will retain the passenger. You could always replace this light restraint with a heavier belt, but if your traveler is a large person or someone who might have seizure disorder, I would take care to use this little chair for short, very well attended transfers. We purchased this chair to transport our daughter (who is 5 foot nothing and 100 lbs) back and forth from the restroom as her normal chair is quite massive and will not fit through the doorway.
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Can be operated by one person lifting another. The person being lifted would not be able to operate it.
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Hi OTTeacher, Thanks for your interest in the Drive Medical New Style Patient Lift with Six Point Cradle. This patient lift can be used to transfer a patient from a bed to a wheelchair and back.
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This would never work sweetheart. You need to write these people and ask what to get as this one is awesome for LOW things like a huge bed where you can put it under the frame on the side like if you want to slide a rug under it. I got two for that purpose. It only goes up 13 inches!
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Yes. I just used this model of Drive transport wheelchair for a 3-day weekend with my father. If you look at the photos, each side has a rubber-padded tube extending in the back just inside each rear wheel. You can push down on either one with a foot while you pull back the handles at the top with your hands. This helps lift the chair over a small bump or ridge. Just be careful! This isn't meant for off-roading. ;)
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I think it depends on how much body control and balance the person being transferrd has. My daughter is a small adult but we need two people to assist in the transfer.
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It's recommended to transfer to a drive equal in size or larger. I don't think it will work out well going from more to less.
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I cannot answer definitively as I had another application, but is it soft and I think it would transfer.
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I sent this chair to a friend in another state so I'm not sure but My guess would be no. I have seen chairs where the you can raise the legrest without reclining but never the opposite. I can tell you that she had trouble with the frame of chair and I asked her to return it for a replacement but she declined. The lift mechanism works fine.
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don't think so. probably have different portal structures. believe you can transfer the "guts" from one to the other if you are electrically savy. i'm not!!!
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I have a large, very heavy couch with recliner mechanism on a Persian rug. I could not make this small lifter work (maybe could have with a deeper carpet) but was able to lift and move the couch with the EZ Moves Furniture Lifter, 25" tall, which I purchased at the same time as the smaller lifter. I was able to life a heavy chair that comes with the couch with the small lifter. But I found it much easier to lift the couch and the chair not by their feet but by the frame, which was about 1 1/2" higher than the feet. I did this using the 25" tall lifter as the smaller one couldn't lift a frame that high. My guess is your success would depend on whether you can insert the small lifter under the feet of your heavy desk.
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I actually bought this for my mother, and I remember we had a tough time getting it to raise all the way when we first tried it. It's been too long and I can't remember exactly what we did to get it to release... but you might try pushing down on it and then release it to see if that helps ... I just searched Google and found this page, and yes now I remember we had to reset the weight setting ... it says to Push down on the upholstered part of the cushion, causing it to &#64258;ex outward. This allows the lifting mechanism to swing freely. (The Uplift cushion is designed to &#64258;ex this way thousands of times. Flexing will not damage the product.) Look at this link http://www.medicalsuppliescanada.ca/documents/seat-assist-user-guide-english.pdf Good luck and God bless!!