post 3.

Day3 and today my transfer techniques were put to the test. We had one lady "Beryl" who is 66yo with L # NOF (sort of a given) and suffers from severe dementia to the point where she is unable to communicate. Beryl has yet to be sat of bed since the surgery ~1.5/52 ago. Her partner is adamant to look after her himself and take her home.

The medical staff believe this isn't advantageous for the both of them and think she is better suited for high level care. Today's session was prodominantly to both sit Beryl up out of bed for the first time and prove to the partner that it is unadvisable that he cares for her himself, as he has previously been quite difficult to reason with.

The task at hand was to get beryl sitting out of bed in her chair. Initially we tried it manually and required 4 medical staff to get her SOEOB and a nurse to hold the pulpit frame, it was a real struggle and didn't achieve a safe transfer. We then progressed to a standing hoist which was an interesting experience, the fact that a hoist was required further indicated that a high care situation for Beryl when she was discharged would be much more beneficial.

Beryl was hoisted into the chair beside the bed which required one physio supporting the trunk, myself and a nurse stabilising the legs, Aaron supporting under the shoulders and a nurse controlling the hoist. As soon as Beryl was lowered into the chair a look of relief and the biggest smile came across her face, I found this quite a rewarding experience, moreso because I hadn;t seen any distinguishable emotion on her face since I ad beeen on the ward. As beneficial as it was to get Beryl sitting up and out of bed the partner became more confident in the idea of taking her home and looking after her himself because she was so happy. So in the end the medical team felt that their plan in a way had slightly backfired. Anyway, just another day on the #NOFs.