Sounds a brutal title I know but it isn't meant to be. Does anyone have any advice on this. Mum is living at home and has carers including me come to help her throughout the day. She is still quite able to walk - usually with a frame - from her chair to the loo and back. She does wear pads as she won't go to the loo herself now and needs prompting. Recently it has become difficult getting her to stand to start to walk from her riser recliner chair. The riser chair used to prompt her to get up by herself but she seems to have lost that impulse now. So when she needs to get up to be toiletted and changed its become very difficult. Once she is up she will walk happily unaided but any amount of prompting her to stand and come with us is now often met with no attempt or response. The local authority OT has been helpful in getting a standing hoist but that doesn't transition her to walking, being designed to move someone from one seated position to another. I don't want her to stop walking while she still can or she'll lose it altogether. 2 people putting our arms behind her and getting her up does work but is viewed as an "illegal" way to do it. So it seems I am stuck with no allowable way to get her up and walking. Anyone have any ideas or know how this may be overcome?? Any OT advice on legal moves we can do to get her to her feet from the chair. She is quite capable of standing. Just won't. She gets up by herself from the loo. I am only being offered options that hoist her around and sacrifice her mobility. Glad to hear any suggestions.