Dad is one of the old school. 92, wheelchair-bound as of six years ago due to a lower spinal condition and resultant operation. He lives alone. My sister and I are there regularly. He accepts a carer twice a week for bathing and so on but daily dressing, and the nurse to dress a pressure sore. Well he'll cope come h*ll or high water.
However, he finds it nearly but not quite impossible to pull his trousers on in a morning and is looking for a hoist system he can use by himself. He's looking to built himself (his grandson to do it for him) a hoist/pulley system fastened to the bedroom ceiling to get himself upright so he can pull his trousers up. He simply will not, at least at the moment, have more care.
Currently he's looking at scaffolding websites and mechanics' pulley shops.
None of the aids I've seen for sale are suitable and the hoists I've seen need a carer to operate.
Does anyone have any way around this?
However, he finds it nearly but not quite impossible to pull his trousers on in a morning and is looking for a hoist system he can use by himself. He's looking to built himself (his grandson to do it for him) a hoist/pulley system fastened to the bedroom ceiling to get himself upright so he can pull his trousers up. He simply will not, at least at the moment, have more care.
Currently he's looking at scaffolding websites and mechanics' pulley shops.
None of the aids I've seen for sale are suitable and the hoists I've seen need a carer to operate.
Does anyone have any way around this?