Last week we learned about car transfers and how to educate seniors in how to transfers into a car using proper technique. Well, when I got to FW this week, the PT was working with my patient on .... car transfer. I walked outside with the patient and the therapist to see first hand what we had learned last week. The PT open the passenger door and explain about moving the car seat back to give the client enough room to manuever. PT continue to show how to sit down and then swing your legs into the car. PT then position the wheelchair and the patient near the door and had her stand. Just as PT was helping and positioning the patient correctly, the patient swung her legs into the car and sat down, just like you normally get in the car. LOL!! that took both PT and I by surprise. She was ready to go. Told us to get the keys, let's go!
Sometimes patients move and know more than we think. So after we stopped laughing, we took the patient back in the facility and continued with therapy.
This site had pictures of car transfer for seniors and wheelchair bound persons: http://www.ricability.org.uk/consumer_reports/mobility_reports/getting_in_and_out_of_a_car/techniques/
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