being unsafe??

In my second week at a stroke centre in a rural setting, i had to transfer patient from lying on the floor (on a mat) onto a chair after a mat exercise class. I was teaching the patients the sequence that we have learnt at uni. It didn't work and my supervisor just jumped in and provided full assist and just lift the patient up into standing. I was then told by the supervisor that patients here go down onto the mat with their unaffected leg down onto the mat in half point and to stand on their unaffected side to support them. All I could think of at that time was, 'as long as it works for them'. I guess these patients are futher down the track that they have learnt to compromise for their affected limb and learnt compensated movements. This prac has taught me alot about being more flexible and using what works for the patients instead of thinking what is wrong or right.