caregiver00 Asked October 2022
Can I change an adult brief in a lift chair?
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My mother may come home, and instead of ordering a hospital bed, she will sit here. She use to sleep in her lift chair overnight. She would transfer to bedside commode near her and walk with walker.
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Her diaper will be much easier to change when she is on the bedside commode than it will be trying to do it when she is sitting down in a chair. It will be easier in the chair if you recline it pretty far back(in sleep position)before trying to change her in the chair,
But to answer your question you "can" change a brief in a lift chair. (In theory you can change one almost anywhere)
but the sections of the chair, the back then a space then the seat will make it more difficult.
If you have to change the brief in the lift chair place a solid piece of non porous material over the chair. This will close the gaps in the chair and prevent any leakage from running between the sections of the chair. Place a disposable pad on top of the material before she sits down.
Lay the chair back as flat as possible then change the brief just as you would if she were in bed. The disposable pad can be removed with the brief and you can scoot another one under her.
If she is getting to the point where she is not mobile then a Hoyer Lift would be of more use.
May need a hopsital bed for yourself.