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The transfer of a disabled person has to be achieved with the care and consideration. Not only must the carers working along side a disabled person make sure they do not hurt their own backs when transferring patients, but the disabled person must also be comfortable and lifted in the correct manner in order to avoid harm.

There are a wide variety of amazing hoists for disabled people which may be used both in a domestic setting as well as a hospital or care home environment. Carers should really be fully trained on how best to manage both the equipment as well as the individual, to be able to avoid injury. The hoists can be used to reposition the patient in all kinds of situations, as an example lifting within the bathroom, manoeuvring in and out of bed or even transporting the patient into a swimming pool.

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Some hoists for disabled people have been made to manoeuvre patients that are not able to support their own weight and need help to simply transfer from a lying down position to a sitting up position. Other patients may need to use a hoist just to get in and out of the bath when they are not able to swing their legs over the side of the bath. Getting into and out of the car can be a struggle for most disabled people, so that they might need to utilise a hoist which will assist them to transfer from their wheelchair to inside of the vehicle.

Most hospitals and care environment will have one or more type of disabled hoist within the premises, though it is likely that to be able to look after people with varying degrees of impairment they will have a few distinct kinds. Carers will have to ensure their manual handling skills remain up to date and they are fully trained on the workings of each one of the hoists to ensure they are making use of them correctly.

It is important that the hoist is kept well maintained so that it remains in complete working order when being utilised by a patient.