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Terry, There are lifts available. I suggest that you check with a good medical supply house and they should be able to help. You can also check on the net. I have seen a number of different kinds but I can't remember the URL's off hand. Charlie Terry Kempf wrote: > 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 -- ****************************************************************************************** Charles T. Meyer, M.D. Middleton (Madison), Wisconsin [log in to unmask] ******************************************************************************************