[QUOTE=moose53;20967]((((((Comforter)))))),

I was assuming, from your original description, that you were transferring from the wheelchair to the toilet -- a 'short-distance' transfer.

It's sounding to me like you can't/don't take the wheelchair into the bathroom. Is that correct?? I got that impression because you mentioned getting behind her and walking into the bathroom.
No. She drives her motorized wheelchair right up to the toilet. It's getting her from the chair to the toilet. If I lift her from the front, now I'm between her and the toilet. I've got to somehow get her turned around. That's why I've been getting behind her and walking her the few steps to the toilet, then getting in front of her to set her down. It's not a long distance, but we have landed on the floor a couple of times. Then it is impossible for me to get her back up.