Hi everyone,

As regular visitors to bespoken know members from around the world frequently ask for advice about independent living and appeal to our online community for help.

We recently got the following message from a lady who is a member of bespoken. If you can offer some advice please post a comment below. Your help with this is really appreciated.

"Is there something that can hang from the ceiling with a grab bar for people who find it difficult to raise themselves up to transfer to a chair or bed,  similar to a grab rail over the bed to help raise yourself in bed.

What we are looking for is a tracking system that goes across the bed to enable my husband to pull himself  up into a sitting position and then to enable him to transfer from the bed to his electric chair. He is now also having trouble raising himself from the toilet although he does have toilet  surround and grab rails but does not have the strength in his legs to raise himself so again something similar in the toilet would be needed."