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My husband has Parkinson’s. I need help with safe, home transfers. He weighs 260, and has had 7 falls in the last year.

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You get an order for PT to come out and do an assessment. At 260 lb, this is dangerous to you and your back. The PT will assess whether a Hoyer lift is needed but he still needs to help. Hoyers are usually a 2 person operation.
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Your profile says that your husband is in a nursing facility, so why are you needing help with transferring him? Or is he now back home?
I do hope for your sake that he is still in the nursing facility as it sounds like caring for him has gotten to be too much for you.
Falling is not only part of Parkinson's but is part of dementia as well, so he has a double whammy against him.
My late husband who had vascular dementia fell all the time at home. There was a 2 month period that he fell 9 times and I had to call 911 9 times to come get him up.
When my husband became bedridden for the last 22 months of his life, I did have to hire an aide to come put him on the bedside commode so he could poop, but otherwise he stayed in his hospital bed in our living room.
If your husband is back at home, you may want to hire full-time aides to come help him transfer when needed.
Best wishes.
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If DH is living at home now, seems to me you need caregivers coming into your home in shifts so you can have help transferring him. They can perform other duties too, like helping him shower and dress, light housekeeping, food prep, grocery shopping etc.

Good luck to you.
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My husband weighs only 150 and I must lift him off the toilet. I tried to get in-home help, but no one I contacted will lift anyone. So... I am stuck doing it until I either injure myself or he falls and ends up in the hospital. A Hoyer lift will not fit into our bathroom (23" door). A sit to stand requires the patient to have some use of the legs, which my husband does not. I was told private individuals may do lifting, but if they get hurt they will sue the pants off you. There is home health available, but not for what we need.
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lmh1973 Jul 24, 2024
Maybe your husband could use a commode and then the hoyer lift could be used. I’ve done it. I took the lid off the back of commode, placed it against the wall and put a pillow up against the wall for Moms back to rest on. This also made it easier to lower her on the commode without scraping her back against the lid. I hope this helps.
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There comes a time when family home care is no longer sustainable. You have reached that point. This probably isn’t what you want to hear.

How you wish to proceed is up to you. Acceptance of what is will be your first step. You’ve done your best.
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A Sit To Stand would be perfect.
Easy to use, one person can manage it.
If your husband is on Hospice it can be ordered. Or his doctor can order it and Medicare should cover the cost.
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dsykes54: You may have to hire caregivers to come into the home.
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