End-of-life care often involves the choice of keeping someone at home to care for him/her. If you have chosen to do that, but you find that you have to move closer to the hospital for emergency reasons, then you need some special moving services. These movers often move heavier objects, and more delicate objects too. Here is how to prepare the moving service team for what you need to move.

Inform the Moving Company Right Away

It is important to inform your movers that they will have to move a lot of sensitive medical equipment. You do not have to go into any family medical history details to get the point across either. You can simply say that your spouse or child is in the late stages of whatever disease, and that you have to move closer to the nearest hospital in case of an emergency. Then list the pieces of equipment that have to be moved very carefully.

Call and Arrange for the Family Member to Be Moved in an Ambulance

The safest way to move a hospital bed and bedside medical equipment is without the patient in them or attached to them. To do this in the safest manner possible, arrange for an ambulance to help with the move by moving your family member in the ambulance and the equipment in the moving truck. This keeps your family member connected to necessary equipment and safe inside a life-saving vehicle while everything else is moved to the new home. Then the ambulance crew can move your family member back into the hospital bed in the new home and set everything back up again.

Have a Nurse Sit with the Family Member in the New Home While You Move the Rest

The movers will need some direction on what to move and how to move it. As much as you want to be at your loved one's bedside regularly, you will have to be the one to direct the movers' actions. If you already have visiting nurses tending to your family member, plan ahead and request that they sit with him/her while you help the movers with the rest of your belongings.

Box, Label, and Bubble Wrap or Foam

The movers can box and label everything small in the house. As for the bigger medical supplies and equipment, they can use moving foam wraps or bubble wrap to protect these items and secure them once they are on the truck. Try to make the process as seamless as possible so that everything is unloaded and placed where it should go in the new home. Then everything should be ready to reconnect and easy to set up.

Companies like Smitty Movers can help you with your moving needs.