How-To Library | Specialist Seating & Profiling Beds

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Chairs

CONFIGURA® RANGE

Configura® Lite 2

The most cost-effective chair in the Configura range, featuring a single motor tilt-in-space mechanism.

Configura® Lite 2

Configura® Comfort

A dual-motor tilt-in-space chair with independent no-shear backrest recline, offering standard and flat rise options.

Configura® Comfort

Configura Advance®

With integrated size adjustments in every dimension, the Advance can accommodate more complex postural requirements.

Configura Advance®

Configura Mediatric®

The tilt-in-space riser recliner with a 24 or 26-inch width and a 35-stone weight capacity.

Configura Mediatric®

Configura® Bariatric

A dual-motor chair suited to larger service users, offering an increased weight capacity with a tilt-in-space option.

Configura® Bariatric

Configura® Solus

A portable, triple motor riser recliner chair capable of adapting to fluctuating and evolving mobility needs.

Configura® Solus

Discontinued

Configura® Porter

Configura® Rise & Recline

ACCESSORIES

Chair accessories

Explore our range of specialist seating accessories, meticulously designed to support easy adjustment of the Configura® chairs, to cater to a variety of size, posture, and pressure care needs.

profiling bed RANGE

Homecare

FloorBed® 1

The first truly floor-level nursing bed, lowering to a height of just 71 mm, with a lift range of 650 mm.

FloorBed® 2

Combining floor-level functionality with increased height for care giving the FloorBed 2 lowers to 71 mm and rises to 800 mm.

CommunityBed™

The low nursing bed designed for the community. with a 180 kg weight capacity and lifting range of 220 mm to 800 mm.

JuniorBed™

The suite of accessories that combines with Accora FloorBeds and the CommunityBed to meet the children's standard BS EN 50637:2017

FloorBed® 1 Plus

The first truly floor-level nursing bed, optimised for larger service users.

Care Homes and Acute

Empresa®

The Empresa combines everything you need, into a single bed. All the profiling functions of a nursing bed in a stylish design.

Contesa®

The Contesa combines all the essential features a nursing bed with an extensive range of design options at a competitive price.

Altida™

A true "bed-for-all", designed to create a homely ambience and meet a broad range of care needs.

Proxima®

The Proxima’s industry-leading floor-level mattress platform helps mitigate the risk of falls in acute care settings.

ACCESSORIES

Bed accessories

Explore our range of bed accessories, expertly designed to enhance safety, mobility, and comfort. Our selection includes padded side rails, safety mats, and more, each designed to cater to your specific needs.

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Mattresses

Static

Allevia® Comfort

This mattress has a base layer of high-density foam for support, with a top layer of soft, pressure-reducing visco foam.

Allevia Comfort FirmEdge™

This mattress has a base layer of high-density foam for support, with a top layer of soft, pressure-reducing visco foam. It also features a firm edge which offers more support for transfers.

Allevia® Prima

This mattress features high-density foam walls and base offering total stability during side transfers; with a pressure-reducing castellated central zone to maximise re-distribution.

Hybrid

Allevia® Duo

This mattress uses a step-up/step-down hybrid foam system with extra quiet pump and foam-filled alternating cells that provide comfort as well as therapy.

Allevia® Duo Plus

This mattress uses a step-up/step-down hybrid foam system with foam-filled alternating cells. It features a heel slope to minimise surface contact and a top layer of visco foam for comfort.

Air

Allevia® Sense

This mattress uses a dynamic mattress system with alternating cells for pressure relief. The cells are 18 cm deep to provide deep immersion, and the heel slope is created by lower heel cells.

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Customers

CUSTOMERS

Homecare

Specialist equipment for community equipment stores

Care homes

Profiling beds and pressure mattresses for Care Homes

Hospitals

Preventing falls in acute care environments

OTHER

All case studies

Implementing Configura® seating in Dudley MBC

Dudley MBC had concerns about their spend on specialist seating. They also identified the need to provide learning opportunities to improve prescriber knowledge. Read how we worked with Dudley MBC to address these challenges.

All customer stories

Evie’s story: Enjoying the garden with friends

How the Configura Advance enabled Evie to once again enjoy her garden, sipping cocktails with friends.

Projects portfolio

Mayflower Court: Contemporary looks, with a high quality finish

Mayflower Court is a luxurious care home with contemporary living spaces of the highest standard. We collaborated with an interior design team to create modern beds that complement the elegant surroundings

Resources

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‘How to’ library

Download product instruction guides or watch our training videos

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Read the latest thought leadership

UPCOMING WEBINARS

April 3, 2025

Pressure ulcers – definition, assessment, prevention and treatment

Pressure ulcers are a painful, debilitating condition that can, largely, be prevented. Seen as a measure of harm by NHS England/Improvement and reportable to the CQC in care home settings, understanding how best to protect those within your care from developing a pressure ulcer is an important aspect of care delivery.

Prevention of pressure ulcers is however not always easy and, in some cases, not possible. Understanding how they develop, how to recognise those at risk, how to prevent them and what to do when they do occur is vital knowledge for anyone involved in the care of those vulnerable to pressure ulcers.

Staff with different skill sets can work their way through the whole programme, or they can choose individual modules.

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April 8, 2025

Concepts behind an evidence-based falls prevention programme for older people: Stepping On

Megan Swann is a Consultant Occupational Therapist Master Trainer and Co-author of the Stepping On falls prevention programme in Australia NSW. She has over 30 years of experience. Stepping On, an evidence based programme, aims to equip participants with the knowledge, strength and confidence to prevent falls, stay active and remain independent.

The programme whilst founded in Australia by two Occupational Therapists is also now in 17 states of the US and a manual has been written for Spanish speakers in the US: www.steppingon.com.

She continues to run and train allied health workers to become Stepping On facilitators.

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