I forgot to say that Ken's new rise and recline chair arrived this afternoon. We sat him in it and fiddled about with the various up/down buttons for a while. Poor Ken, us trying to put his footrest up and us not realising that we were pressing the button for the back of the chair. He was almost horizontal at one point before we noticed!
I don't think for a minute he realised he had a new chair and took our antics with the buttons as just one more thing which happened to him without him knowing why.
It proved to be a wonderful boon when it came time for toileting. Normally two carers have to heave him out of a chair and into a wheelchair. Today we pressed a button and he rose up almost to standing without any effort on the carer's part or the discomfort to Ken of being pushed and pulled around.
xxTinaT
I don't think for a minute he realised he had a new chair and took our antics with the buttons as just one more thing which happened to him without him knowing why.
It proved to be a wonderful boon when it came time for toileting. Normally two carers have to heave him out of a chair and into a wheelchair. Today we pressed a button and he rose up almost to standing without any effort on the carer's part or the discomfort to Ken of being pushed and pulled around.
xxTinaT