Right seating, right timing, and right place - Seating in residential facilities and the consequences of non provision
Right seating, right timing, and right place - exploring the seating in residential facilities and the consequences of non provision.
How can we reduce falls, manage shear forces, and promote independence?
Discover how Accora's range of beds can help to reduce falls, manage shear forces, and promote independence, improving clinical outcomes.
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We provide a range of modular courses, online clinical forums, interactive lunch and learn sessions, and in-person training options. These sessions are more personal training sessions.
Meet the clinical team
Our clinical experts are available for training and education opportunities but also to provide individual advice on a case-by-case basis. We can support clinicians with clinical reasoning and justification for solutions and product requests, and can advise on managing clinical responsibilities.
Mary Snow
Mary has been working as an Occupational Therapist since 2006, initially in community rehabilitation services, then spending much of her time working in community services in Oxfordshire. Within this role she has held a special interest and lead role for postural assessments and equipment provision and is passionate to continue developing her knowledge and skills in 24 hr postural management.
Jayne Brewer
Jayne qualified as an OT in 1996 and has a wide range of clinical experience in acute and community settings. Her recent experience has been in Community Equipment Stores providing training and support to prescribers and commissioners.
Sarah Thompson
Sarah has always had a keen interest in Tissue Viability since becoming a registered nurse in 2002. Her experience varies from within a community setting, where she completed her Tissue Viability based degree in 2007. She then worked within the private sector to gain additional advanced wound care skills whilst working with a medical devices company specialised in wound healing. In 2010, Sarah became a Tissue Viability Nurse and shaped a specialised service within the acute sector for 7 years before returning to the community setting as a TVN.
Heidi Sandoz
Heidi has been a Tissue Viability Nurse since 2002. Her interest and passion in the prevention and management of pressure ulcers began, however, in 1987 on registering as a nurse. She has worked in both acute and community care. She is currently the part-time Tissue Viability Services Lead for Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust.
Jenny Rolfe
Jenny is a senior occupational therapist. She qualified in 1997 and completed her MSc in Neuro-rehabilitation in 2007. She has worked in Neurological Rehabilitation at the Battle Hospital in Reading, and the Rivermead Rehabilitation Centre in Oxford which became part of the Oxford Centre for Enablement in 2000. She moved into the Specialist Disability Service at the OCE from where she joined the Oxford MND Centre in January 2007.
Since August 2009 Jenny has been funded full-time by the Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association to develop NHS wheelchair services across the UK, to improve wheelchair provision for people living with MND.
Accora Forum
Accora offer a variety of free online forums where healthcare professionals can openly share experience and knowledge and gain support from their peers. For more information of to express interest in participating please contact connect@accora.care.
