Method utilizing personal support sling and mattress system for managing waste collection for bed-ridden user

A method for managing human waste collection and disposal for a bed-ridden user, comprising:

• providing a pelvic support member suspended at least in part over a mattress at a pelvic region of the user, said pelvic support member having an aperture, said pelvic support member having at least one additional opening;
• providing a bag dimensioned to fit said aperture;
• removably attaching said bag to said pelvic support member so that a pocket or receptacle portion of said bag is disposed below said aperture;
• and
• adjusting said pelvic support member to change a geometric parameter of said aperture and/or at least one additional opening, said geometric parameter being taken from the group consisting of (a) size of said aperture and said opening and (b) location thereof relative to edges of said pelvic support member,
• wherein said pelvic support member includes longitudinally extending flexible elongate elements each slidably attached to transverse edge elements of said pelvic support member and further includes transversely extending flexible elongate elements each slidably attached to longitudinal edge elements of said pelvic support member, the adjusting of said pelvic support member including sliding at least one of said flexible elongate elements along respective ones of said transverse edge elements and said longitudinal edge elements.