How do move Mom from bed to chair to bathroom?

Moving a parent from bed to wheelchair to bathroom can be exhausting. If your dear mother is heavy there is danger of injuring yourself or her. Perhaps you could move her once a day and use a bedside commode the rest of the time. If the commode is placed correctly, your mother should be able to stand up, then turn, with little assistance, to sit down on the commode. Also, it is easy to bathe her while she sits there. In fact, with the proper basins, washcloths, aloe vera soap, as well as toothbrush and paste, most all of her personal care can be done at her bedside.

If you don't want to use a commode, I suggest that you hire a professional geriatric care manager, or physcial therapist or nurse from the visiting nurse service. For the safety of your mother and youself, let a professional work out a routine that is best for both of you. Even if you are very good at doing transfers, there is the danger of getting too tired which can lead to injury.

I hope other caregivers will be able to give you suggestions about this from their own experience. What you are doing is not easy. I wish you the very best as you care for your mother.