1. Use side rails, a trapeze, or other adaptive technique to pull up to a sitting position, with the back supported by pillows or the headboard of the bed. If side rails or a trapeze is not required, the client props up on the elbows in a semireclined position and generates momentum by alternately pushing with one elbow and then the other until the elbow comes up high enough for the client to prop the hands on the bed.2. Sit on the bed and reach forward to the feet, or sit on the bed and pull the knees into flexedposition.3. Holding the top of the slacks, flip the pant legs down to the feet.