Systems and methods are provided for safe lifting of patients from hospital beds, moving of patients, and lowering of patients into hospital beds, or other hospital or patient care facilities. The system comprises a frame configured to securely support, raise or lower, and move plates suitably sized to hold a person. The plates support the patient and guide conveyor belts, which are disposed on and around the plates. The frame holds rollers to guide and move the conveyor belts in forward and reverse directions, suited to moving the plates under a person and lifting a person from a bed, or returning a person to a bed. The present invention solves problems with the currently available means of moving people in or out of hospital beds or other patient-care locations, by making it easier for patient-care staff to move a patient, and reducing strain on the patient.
