Rolling an obese patient for bed bath

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Hello, does anyone know if there are any protocols/laws/guidelines for rolling an obese patient (using slide sheets?) in their home.

It should be double handed, and I know in a hospital setting a person who was significantly overweight can be double handed on both sides (so four people carrying out the manual handling.)

Have you seen the manual handling plan/OT assessment? If you’ve any concerns I’d be speaking to your managers saying you feel it’s unsafe to do and ask for the OT to come out and do a further assessment.

Try to get some wendylett sheets (4 way slide), to make it easier to move them

They have wendylett sheets already but it's still very hard to roll them single handed. OT has assessed as single carer appropriate.

Patient has significant breathing difficulty when lying flat so has to remain upright in the bed when attempting to roll them