Guest guest Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 Tim, my husband is 5'11 " (I'm 5'3 " ) and we do a lot of traveling. We have a portable over-the-bed lift because there is no way I can lift him (and we also have a small portable personal patient lift that works best on hard floors). We place the shower chair right next to the bed and the over the bed lift gets him into it easily and then we roll into the shower or over the commode....... which ever. There's no fear of falling, tipping, etc. ADA hotel rooms work fine for this lift and you don't have to worry about whether the bed is on a box or on wheels like the portable patient lift. We use it on cruise ships too. Of course the lift is good for the width of the Permobil when he's only changing clothes and heading out ............ I can lift all three parts of the over-the-bed lift and put it together really easy. When we've flown, I usually mail it ahead of time but sometimes it rides in the belly of the airplane and I carry on the portable motor. Once we rented one to be placed in our hotel room when we arrived and that worked well too. (and if you ever go to Vegas, Treasure Island has ceiling lifts in the bedroom and bathroom so you don't have to think about that at all!) Good luck! Travel question Hi everyone: I'm hoping for some advice on a travel topic. and I are hoping to do a bit of traveling sometime soon (we got married last month!). But we're a little concerned about how to shower safely while away from home. I'm comfortable lifting for dressing, getting into bed and getting on the commode. But we haven't tried manual lifting for the shower. We'll get a room with a roll in shower, but we can't use her powerchair in the shower. That means transferring to a shower chair or something. The concern here is that the shower chair could tip in the process. Or could lose her balance while I'm helping her get situated on the chair. Or I could slip on the wet floor while carrying her. Anyone have some tips to make this as easy and safe as possible? Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 : Thanks for the quick reply! This sounds like a great setup you have. I was wondering if you could provide more information on the small portable lift you use. The brand and model would be very helpful. Also, where would you rent one of these? Thanks agin! Tim > > Tim, my husband is 5'11 " (I'm 5'3 " ) and we do a lot of traveling. We have a portable over-the-bed lift because there is no way I can lift him (and we also have a small portable personal patient lift that works best on hard floors). We place the shower chair right next to the bed and the over the bed lift gets him into it easily and then we roll into the shower or over the commode....... which ever. There's no fear of falling, tipping, etc. ADA hotel rooms work fine for this lift and you don't have to worry about whether the bed is on a box or on wheels like the portable patient lift. We use it on cruise ships too. Of course the lift is good for the width of the Permobil when he's only changing clothes and heading out ............ I can lift all three parts of the over-the-bed lift and put it together really easy. When we've flown, I usually mail it ahead of time but sometimes it rides in the belly of the airplane and I carry on the portable motor. Once we rented one to be placed in our hotel room when we arrived and that worked well too. (and if you ever go to Vegas, Treasure Island has ceiling lifts in the bedroom and bathroom so you don't have to think about that at all!) Good luck! > > > > > > Travel question > > > > > Hi everyone: > > I'm hoping for some advice on a travel topic. > > and I are hoping to do a bit of traveling sometime soon (we got married last month!). But we're a little concerned about how to shower safely while away from home. I'm comfortable lifting for dressing, getting into bed and getting on the commode. But we haven't tried manual lifting for the shower. > > We'll get a room with a roll in shower, but we can't use her powerchair in the shower. > > That means transferring to a shower chair or something. The concern here is that the shower chair could tip in the process. Or could lose her balance while I'm helping her get situated on the chair. Or I could slip on the wet floor while carrying her. > > Anyone have some tips to make this as easy and safe as possible? > > Thanks in advance! > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 Information on that portable lift would be great From: tmlasalvia <tim.lasalvia@...> Subject: Re: Travel question Date: Friday, July 16, 2010, 10:32 PM Â : Thanks for the quick reply! This sounds like a great setup you have. I was wondering if you could provide more information on the small portable lift you use. The brand and model would be very helpful. Also, where would you rent one of these? Thanks agin! Tim > > Tim, my husband is 5'11 " (I'm 5'3 " ) and we do a lot of traveling. We have a portable over-the-bed lift because there is no way I can lift him (and we also have a small portable personal patient lift that works best on hard floors). We place the shower chair right next to the bed and the over the bed lift gets him into it easily and then we roll into the shower or over the commode....... which ever. There's no fear of falling, tipping, etc. ADA hotel rooms work fine for this lift and you don't have to worry about whether the bed is on a box or on wheels like the portable patient lift. We use it on cruise ships too. Of course the lift is good for the width of the Permobil when he's only changing clothes and heading out ............ I can lift all three parts of the over-the-bed lift and put it together really easy. When we've flown, I usually mail it ahead of time but sometimes it rides in the belly of the airplane and I carry on the portable motor. Once we rented one to be placed in our hotel room when we arrived and that worked well too. (and if you ever go to Vegas, Treasure Island has ceiling lifts in the bedroom and bathroom so you don't have to think about that at all!) Good luck! > > > > > > Travel question > > > > > Hi everyone: > > I'm hoping for some advice on a travel topic. > > and I are hoping to do a bit of traveling sometime soon (we got married last month!). But we're a little concerned about how to shower safely while away from home. I'm comfortable lifting for dressing, getting into bed and getting on the commode. But we haven't tried manual lifting for the shower. > > We'll get a room with a roll in shower, but we can't use her powerchair in the shower. > > That means transferring to a shower chair or something. The concern here is that the shower chair could tip in the process. Or could lose her balance while I'm helping her get situated on the chair. Or I could slip on the wet floor while carrying her. > > Anyone have some tips to make this as easy and safe as possible? > > Thanks in advance! > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 We ordered the small portable patient lift out of an advertisement I saw in the MDA magazine Quest. After I called the company to make sure I could return it if it didn't work for us, we put it on a credit card. They said we could get a full refund if we did it quickly (I forget the actual time frame). I'll go out to the garage and look at the sticker and get the exact information for you. We've had it about 5 yrs (and only use it about 4 times per year) so I don't remember the manufacturer but I'll get the info and send it to you. Good Luck. Travel question > > > > > Hi everyone: > > I'm hoping for some advice on a travel topic. > > and I are hoping to do a bit of traveling sometime soon (we got married last month!). But we're a little concerned about how to shower safely while away from home. I'm comfortable lifting for dressing, getting into bed and getting on the commode. But we haven't tried manual lifting for the shower. > > We'll get a room with a roll in shower, but we can't use her powerchair in the shower. > > That means transferring to a shower chair or something. The concern here is that the shower chair could tip in the process. Or could lose her balance while I'm helping her get situated on the chair. Or I could slip on the wet floor while carrying her. > > Anyone have some tips to make this as easy and safe as possible? > > Thanks in advance! > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 I will be traveling all next week and want to be very protective of my grains - I plan to use water kefir all week as I do at home - I know they need to breathe, but is it ok to cap the container or maybe use saran wrap and a rubber band while traveling ? It would be for maybe 8 hours on several travel days - at night they could breathe easy again Mack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 <<I will be traveling all next week and want to be very protective of my grains - I plan to use water kefir all week as I do at home - I know they need to breathe, but is it ok to cap the container or maybe use saran wrap and a rubber band while traveling ? It would be for maybe 8 hours on several travel days - at night they could breathe easy again>> Mack, When I've taken my water kefir on car trips they did get a little over-fermented on the way down but were okay after a rinse and feeding when I got to my destination. I had to have it capped in the car and had it in a cooler with an ice pack since it was hot outside. Hope that helps a bit, Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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