Transferring a patient from a bed to a wheelchair, bedside commode or bathroom safely is a challenging task for caregivers. Professional physical therapists and nurses often use a simple but effective ...

A former nursing home employee was found not guilty of abuse last week in an unusual case centering around the use of a gait belt to keep an elderly dementia patient from falling. At trial, ...

Which gait belt is best? If you’ve never been unsteady on your feet, it can be hard to imagine how debilitating that is — the mere act of standing up could be dangerous. A gait belt is a tool a ...