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My ex-wife's brothers' wife's mother has PD. She wrote: > The kids and I went to Dad/Mom house Sun. My sister got Mom from the rehab > center and took her home as Dad was cooking dinner. (Karen didn't stay nor > did I see her) When I got there Mom was sitting in her lift rocking chair. > Dad is afraid of lifting Mom so I had to several times. From the > wheelchair, toilet-on and off, back to her rockig chair, into the car to > take her back to rehab and out of the car again. Needless to say I did a > number on my back. Today I feel like 100 yrs old. Going to the chiroprator > on Tues. At this point having Mom home is ALOT! We desperatley need "lift > tools" of what ever they have available for her needs. She is so afraid of > falling that I had to pull her hand off me/or whatever she grabbed onto as I > was get her transferred onto a seat. Are there lifting tools available? What should I tell her. She is petite and her mother is not. She is not strong enough to do a lot of lifting. Terry from Madison