A manual device used by healthcare professionals to assist in the physical movement and transfer of a person/patient (e.g., a hospitalized, a person with a disability, or a geriatric) from one position to another. The device typically has no lifting capabilities and utilizes sliding techniques to turn the person. It is typically designed as a flat plate or board and is used to turn the person in order to change his/her position or direction. It may be used whilst the patient is, e.g., in bed, sitting on a chair or in a car seat, or standing, and is placed under the buttocks or the feet (when standing) so that he/she can change position.