The Complete Guide to Sit-to-Stand Lifts
This course provides you with all the information that you need to safely and effectively use a sit-to-stand lift in the home. This course includes 18 minutes of comprehensive video instruction along with electronic access to the PDF chapter from our book, “A Therapist’s Guide to Caregiving.” The chapter includes 15 full-color pages with pictures, labels, and step-by-step instructions covering all skills shown in the video.This course will teach you how to properly position and adjust a sit-to-stand lift sling, how to determine the sling loop setting, and how to complete safe, smooth transfers to the bed, wheelchair, recliner, and bedside commode. Please note that the PDF chapter can only be viewed within this training portal and cannot be printed, downloaded, or shared.
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Chapter 1
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Sit-to-Stand Lifts
This course provides you with all the information that you need to safely and effectively use a sit-to-stand lift in the home. This course includes 18 minutes of comprehensive video instruction along with electronic access to a PDF manual. This course will teach you how to properly position and adjust a sit-to-stand lift sling, how to determine the loop setting, and how to complete safe, smooth transfers to the bed, wheelchair, recliner, and bedside commode.
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PDG Guide Access
Click here to access your PDF guide with picture and written instructions for all the skills you learned in this course.
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BONUS TRAINING! Bed Level Care
This lesson focuses on the techniques used to provide care for clients at bed level. These clients may be bed-bound, or they may need self-care tasks to be completed in bed due to significant leg weakness and/or the inability to stand. Here, we will cover the techniques for completing hygiene, dressing, toileting, and changing sheets/linens in bed.
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What You Will Learn
This Course Is Divided into Two Lessons
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This lesson will teach you about the different parts of the sit-to-stand lift, positioning and managing the sling, transfers, and how to integrate the lift into the self-care routine.
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This lesson contains the link to access the PDF guide for printed instructions for all of the skills you learned in this course.