Webinars
Register for our free webinars which showcase the latest ideas and insights from industry experts. Long-term care professionals can also benefit from our bespoke learning live sessions tailored to the care home environment.
Upcoming webinars
Comfort 2: the next generation of comfort and postural support
In this webinar we will introduce the Configura Comfort 2, exploring how it builds on the trusted legacy of the original Comfort with advanced adjustability and user-focused innovation.
We will provide an overview of key features, including tilt-in-space, backrest recline, and rise functions, as well as it's integrated pressure care and posture management options.
The session will examine how these features work together to support safe transfers, promote healthy posture, protect skin integrity, and maintain user comfort, stability, and independence throughout the day.
Learning Outcomes
To introduce the features and functions and of the Configura Comfort 2.
To understand how the Configura Comfort 2 can meet an individual’s needs in relation to size, pressure and posture.
To discuss the clinical justifications behind the new benefits of the Configura Comfort 2.
To outline how the changes to the Comfort 2 benefit the service user and community equipment services.
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Let’s talk about technology enabled care: safety, prevention and independence at home through a TEC lens
As health and social care services continue to evolve, Technology Enabled Care (TEC) is playing an increasingly important role in supporting people to live safely, independently, and confidently in their own homes. This webinar will explore how digital solutions, remote monitoring, telecare, and connected technologies can enhance person-centred care, improve outcomes, and support proactive intervention.
The session will showcase practical examples of TEC in action, discuss implementation challenges and opportunities, and highlight how technology can complement clinical expertise while empowering individuals and their families.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Describe the role of Technology Enabled Care (TEC) in supporting people to live safely, independently and with greater confidence in their own homes.
- Identify a range of TEC solutions, including telecare, remote monitoring and digital health technologies and understand their application in home-based care.
- Recognise how TEC can integrate with specialist equipment and assistive technologies, creating connected solutions that enhance safety, wellbeing and clinical outcomes.
- Evaluate the benefits and challenges of implementing TEC within health and social care services to support person-centred, proactive care delivery.
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Clinical Corner: prevention and early intervention
This session brings together the key themes explored across our recent webinars on the prevention and early intervention.
This chatty, podcast-style webinar offers a relaxed and interactive space to revisit the most important clinical messages from the quarter. Attendees are encouraged to submit questions in advance and during the session, creating an opportunity to explore real-world challenges, clarify key concepts, and deepen understanding of best practice when supporting individuals within prevention and early intervention.
We will also highlight relevant intervention solutions and explore practical strategies for teaching and supporting others, and we will share our Prevention and early intervention guide with attendees after the session to support ongoing learning and application in practice.
Whether you joined us throughout the series or are looking for a concise and practical summary, this session will consolidate learning and provide actionable insights to apply in practice.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Understand the principles of prevention and early intervention.
- Recognise the importance of prevention and early intervention when assessing and prescribing seating, postural care, and equipment.
- Identify key considerations for effective pressure care management within prevention and early intervention and seating strategies.
- Understand how postural care, seating, and bed-based interventions work together to support comfort, safety, and function.
- Explore the impact of early intervention on positioning, independence, and overall care delivery.
- Apply learning from case examples to strengthen assessment, decision-making, and justification in practice.
- Reflect on key messages and integrate best practice into everyday clinical and care settings.
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The rhythms of rest and sleep with Ciara Breen
This podcast will take a relaxed and curious look at sleep and rest, the daily rhythms and habits that can support rest and sleep, and the barriers that life can throw in the way including illness, cultural expectations, stress and life roles.
Learning Outcomes
- How to raise and explore the topic of rest and sleep with clients
- Learn about the influence of the circadian rhythm on sleep and how people can either support this cycle, or disrupt it through patterns and sleep habits
- Discuss some of the barriers to rest including financial, cultural, and personal factors
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The Presto reveal: our brand-new innovation
Something brand new is coming from Accora- and you can see it first.
The Presto is our groundbreaking innovation: the only bed on the market built around the entire equipment pathway, from prescription and delivery through to installation, maintenance and long-term use.
This session gives you a first look at how a single bed now covers ultra-low to full nursing height, moves and folds in under 30 seconds, and brings postural positioning, pressure area management and a memory function together in one solution- none of it shown publicly before.
The training will be delivered by Jayne Brewer, Occupational Therapist and Nicholas Drake, Category Lead. All attendees will receive a CPD certificate on completion.
Join us live to see the reveal, ask your questions in real time, and be among the very first to see what Presto means for service users, prescribers, technicians, warehouse teams and commissioners.
Learning Outcomes
- Develop an awareness of the functions and features of the Presto.
- Explore the clinical benefits of the Presto and how it supports patient centred care, safer transfers, manual handling practices and clinical interventions across a range of care environments.
- Evaluate how the Presto has been designed to support the entire equipment pathway, from prescription and delivery through to installation and ongoing use, and the benefits this provides for prescribers, technicians, warehouse teams, commissioners and, most importantly, service users.
- Explore how the Presto's positioning functions can support postural management, pressure care, comfort, risk reduction and functional independence, helping to maximise participation in daily activities.
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What happens on a seating assessment?
Join Jayne Brewer as she takes you back to basics, guiding you through the full seating assessment process from start to finish. This practical session will explore the key stages involved, including the importance of gathering pre-assessment knowledge and information to support effective, person-centred outcomes.
An Accora Product Specialist will also be on hand to provide additional insight, helping to bring the process to life with real-world context and expertise.
Whether you're new to seating assessments or looking to refresh your approach, this session will offer a clear and structured overview to build your confidence in practice.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Understand the key stages involved in a seating assessment from start to finish
- Recognise the importance of gathering pre-assessment information and background knowledge
- Identify the core components of a structured, person-centred seating assessment
- Develop confidence in applying a step-by-step approach to seating assessments in practice
- Understand how product knowledge and specialist input can support clinical decision-making
- Reflect on current practice and identify opportunities to improve assessment outcomes
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Configura Advance: the chair that adapts to you
In this webinar, we'll introduce the Configura Advance, exploring its advanced adjustability and user-focused innovation.
We'll provide an overview of key features, including integrated size adjustments across every dimension and a range of backrest upgrade options. As our most configurable and recyclable chair yet, the Advance is the optimal choice for clients with complex postural requirements.
The session will examine how these features work together to support safe transfers, promote healthy posture, protect skin integrity, and maintain comfort, stability, and independence throughout the day.
Learning Outcomes
To introduce the features and functions and of the Configura Advance.
To understand how the Configura Advance can meet an individual’s needs in relation to portability, size, pressure and posture.
To discuss the clinical justifications behind the benefits of the Configura Advance.
To outline how the Configura Advance can benefit the service user and community equipment services.
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