Method for moving a disabled person from a lying position on a bed to a sitting position and vice versa by means of an appliance, as well as an appliance for this
In a method for moving a disabled person 27 from a sitting position on the edge of a bed to a lying position, while the person is sitting upright a cross bar of the appliance is inserted behind the upper legs. Then the disabled person 27 takes hold of the ends of the cross bar after which the cross bar is pushed up at a bow and the upper body is moved backwards at a bow while the person tilts on his or her bottom until his or her feet are at a higher level than the top of the mattress of the bed. Then the person is turned for about a quarter of a turn until his or her legs have come above the bed. Subsequently, the cross bar is pushed up at a bow and/or the upper body is moved further backwards at a bow until the person rests with his or her back on the bed.
