Sad to say, but your videos should be required viewing for every therapist in every nursing home. It's amazing how few therapists actually know and understand these techniques. Thank you so much for all those you've helped and taught correctly.
You are right, and thank you. It is not as easy to show with a bariatric patient. but he basic techniques are the same, especially the idea that you need to know your own abilities and be comfortable with the transfer before you start. It would be good to redo the video with the person you describe, to show people that it can be done.
I’m supposed to use a gait belt for the first time on a client this week… And I couldn’t figure out how to really utilize it if they were to actually fall. Thank you so much!
Doing it well doesn't take much strength. It may feel a little scary, but if your body mechanics are good it can be done easily. Please practice with someone able bodied first to help you get better at it and more confident.
Thank you the gait belt is a very important remedy to help with safety, So there will be no high risk of falling. Supporting both you and the patient techniques using proper body mechanics.
Thank you this is very helpful! MIL recently moved in got sick & didn't feel comfortable using the stairs to go to bed & has been sleeping on the sofa & now that she has recovered she is still not wanting to use the stairs to go to bed. This will be very helpful when we show her how well this will work & that she need not worry!!
Thank you for the pointers. My mother-in-law who lives with us has finally consented to the use of a gait belt, so this was very helpful and showing me how to use it properly. She is very unstable and not able to walk at all well so this will be so helpful and thank you for showing me the different ways to use it.
Caregiving 101 Dave Leffmann PT 1 second ago All the same techniques apply. The techniques if done well make it so you don't have to muscle it. When i originally practiced these techniques as an intern, I was instructed by a skilled therapist who stood maybe 4'10 and was quite pregnant. She could easily help large Navaho and Hopi men of Flagstaff. For more, check out our video on using the body's handles: transfers made easy
Hi Linda, We thought about that, but decided that we should not encourage people to go without a gait belt when in most cases it is so easy to use and adds so much more stability. Look at the the video "the secrets of moving someone easily", about the subtleties of positioning and hand placement in transfers, I think you may find more about the kinds of skills that help with transfers with and without a gait belt.
I am sorry for the late reply. I have been out of the country. Positioning yourself behind them, and being ready to pull them back, to upright, or even into you will help. On stairs or hills, position yourself on the downside from them. A cane or walker in front of them will also help. For a person who falls forward, the first question is why? Do they have a difficult time moving their feet, or is it more of a balance problem? A lot of times for movement disorders such as Parkinson's Disease, allowing them to stop, and start again will restart their walking pattern. Giving them visual targets to step over also may help foot clearance. Of course it is all a bit more complicated than this. There are sections in "Caregiving 101: A Practical Guide..._ that flesh it out more
All the same techniques apply. The techniques if done well make it so you don't have to muscle it. When i originally practiced these techniques as an intern, I was instructed by a skilled therapist who stood maybe 4'10 and was quite pregnant. She could easily help large Navaho and Hopi men of Flagstaff. For more, check out our video on using the body's handles: transfers made easy.
Sad to say, but your videos should be required viewing for every therapist in every nursing home. It's amazing how few therapists actually know and understand these techniques. Thank you so much for all those you've helped and taught correctly.
What if the patient is double your size
Will it be as easy as it looks?
You should create a video on how to sit-to-stand assist a 250lb obese patient with weak legs, not a fit 120lb female easily standing.
You are right, and thank you. It is not as easy to show with a bariatric patient. but he basic techniques are the same, especially the idea that you need to know your own abilities and be comfortable with the transfer before you start. It would be good to redo the video with the person you describe, to show people that it can be done.
I’m supposed to use a gait belt for the first time on a client this week… And I couldn’t figure out how to really utilize it if they were to actually fall. Thank you so much!
Best gait belt tutorial I’ve seen so far! Thank you!
Thank you so much for your input. Please share these videos and the book with staff and management
Doing it well doesn't take much strength. It may feel a little scary, but if your body mechanics are good it can be done easily. Please practice with someone able bodied first to help you get better at it and more confident.
You have a very Nice and Calming voice :)
Gosh... Thanks.
This was the most helpful video. I watched regarding a gait belt.
Very well done! Thank you! Many strategic points left out of other presentations. Cleared up a few areas where others are glossed over! Thanks again.
Thank you the gait belt is a very important remedy to help with safety, So there will be no high risk of falling. Supporting both you and the patient techniques using proper body mechanics.
Thank you this is very helpful!
MIL recently moved in got sick & didn't feel comfortable using the stairs to go to bed & has been sleeping on the sofa & now that she has recovered she is still not wanting to use the stairs to go to bed.
This will be very helpful when we show her how well this will work & that she need not worry!!
Thank you for the pointers. My mother-in-law who lives with us has finally consented to the use of a gait belt, so this was very helpful and showing me how to use it properly. She is very unstable and not able to walk at all well so this will be so helpful and thank you for showing me the different ways to use it.
All scenarios: Extremely helpful Thx!
Caregiving 101 Dave Leffmann PT
1 second ago
All the same techniques apply. The techniques if done well make it so you don't have to muscle it. When i originally practiced these techniques as an intern, I was instructed by a skilled therapist who stood maybe 4'10 and was quite pregnant. She could easily help large Navaho and Hopi men of Flagstaff. For more, check out our video on using the body's handles: transfers made easy
helpful Dave. Please make contact guard supervision without gait belt.
Hi Linda,
We thought about that, but decided that we should not encourage people to go without a gait belt when in most cases it is so easy to use and adds so much more stability. Look at the the video "the secrets of moving someone easily", about the subtleties of positioning and hand placement in transfers, I think you may find more about the kinds of skills that help with transfers with and without a gait belt.
Do you have any training on using a gate belt with a person who falls forward?
I am sorry for the late reply. I have been out of the country. Positioning yourself behind them, and being ready to pull them back, to upright, or even into you will help. On stairs or hills, position yourself on the downside from them. A cane or walker in front of them will also help. For a person who falls forward, the first question is why? Do they have a difficult time moving their feet, or is it more of a balance problem? A lot of times for movement disorders such as Parkinson's Disease, allowing them to stop, and start again will restart their walking pattern. Giving them visual targets to step over also may help foot clearance. Of course it is all a bit more complicated than this. There are sections in "Caregiving 101: A Practical Guide..._ that flesh it out more
What if the patient is 200lb male
All the same techniques apply. The techniques if done well make it so you don't have to muscle it. When i originally practiced these techniques as an intern, I was instructed by a skilled therapist who stood maybe 4'10 and was quite pregnant. She could easily help large Navaho and Hopi men of Flagstaff. For more, check out our video on using the body's handles: transfers made easy.