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this post was submitted on 03 Aug 2026
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FWIW, I'm a massage therapist who works in hospice. Legally, if someone falls I'm not allowed to try to get them up because that's not an area of training for licensing/my scope of practice does not allow it. Someone working in a nursing home would be trained on safe transfers, BUT if there's a chance the patient experienced an injury or is unable to assist in getting up themselves, it really is safer for all parties to get a lift assist from the fire department. If I had a loved one that needed to stay in a rehab/nursing facility and they sustained a fall, I'd rather the extra set of eyes assess before just putting them back in bed.
Exactly nothing prevents a NURSING home from having a nurse or first responder on the payroll there. Also keep in mind that they are calling for a lift assist. Not an injury. They're making the determination that the patient isn't hurt and opting to not have an ambulance show up. They're calling for a literal $1,000,000 truck that gets 4 mpg with 4 people to show up and provide labor.