Postural Management Study Day: Accora Chairs
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Please arrive from 9:00am – the sessionwill start at 9:30am.
Free lunch included!
Spaces are limited to 80 people, so bookearly to avoid disappointment.
Synopsis
This 1 day practical workshop will work theprinciples of postural management, how posture and pressure care are related,and how to complete a postural assessment.
There will be a mix of presentation andhands on practical activities. The workshop will concentrate on completingassessment and documenting the outcomes, followed by how to clinically justifyrecommendations for solution provision.
Learning Outcomes
- Be able to identify red flags for clients with postural issues
- Be aware and understand underlying principles of 24 hour postural management
- Be able to identify the basics of postural assessment and physical anatomy related to this
- Increase confidence in physical assessment skills
- Increase confidence in documenting postural assessment
- Increase awareness of a range of considerations when analysing assessment outcomes
- Be familiar and deepen understanding of basic solutions to manage postural presentations
- Be aware of more advanced solutions and know when and where to refer on if unable to address within own service
Meet our Experts:
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.