24-Hour Care Conference
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Please arrive from 9:00am – the session will run from: 9:30 - 16:30.
Free lunch & CPD Certification provided. Parking onsite.
Synopsis
Through four workshops, the 24-Hour Postural Management day will explore key aspects of positioning, movement, posture, and pressure care, with a strong emphasis on comfort, safety, and well-being.
The conference features expert speakers Jo De Clercq, Kay James, Jayne Brewer, Heidi Sandoz, Jenny Rolfe, and Nicola Murphy, offering practical insight and shared expertise across all sessions.
As a conference exclusive, we will be unveiling our latest innovations: Comfort 2 and Presto -giving attendees a rare first look at these brand-new products.
Itinerary:
09:30 Registration (breakfast, welcome tea & coffee)
09:45 Introduction from Accora
10:00 Opening presentation: Jo DeClercq
11:00 Break (tea and coffee)
11:20 Workshop session 1
12:20 Lunch (provided)
1:00 Workshop session 2
2:05 Workshop session 3 (tea/coffee to be served)
3:10 Workshop session 4
4:15 Round up
4:30 Event close.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand how effective, person-centred care across a full 24-hour period supports comfort, safety, independence, and well-being.
- Recognise the interrelationship between positioning, movement, posture, and pressure care within a holistic 24-hour care approach.
- Apply practical principles to support people with complex needs, including those living with advanced dementia, through therapy-led positioning, in-bed care, and adapted moving and handling practices.
- Identify common postural limitations and understand how these can affect comfort, function, mobility, and pressure risk across day and night.
- Use observation, problem-solving, and evidence-based decision-making to improve alignment, support, and comfort in both sitting and lying.
- Understand how support surfaces, equipment, and care-specific products contribute to safe, effective care when selected and used appropriately.
- Recognise when reassessment or escalation to therapy or specialist services is required to ensure ongoing safety and effectiveness of care.
- Communicate care decisions and rationale clearly to colleagues, carers, and individuals to support consistent, high-quality 24-hour care.
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.
Jo De Clercq
Jo has been working as a physiotherapist for people with dementia for over 20 years, primarily at the elderly nursing care home De Wingerd in Leuven. Currently, Jo serves as an Expert in Care Innovation and ComfortCare for the Woonzorgnet Dijleland group, which includes De Wingerd. Through Jo's business, ComfortCare, he has been providing training globally for more than 10 years.
Kay James
Kay James has been practicing as an Occupational therapist for the last 30 years. She started her Moving & Handling career at King’s College Hospital 26 years ago. Currently, Kay is the Director of OT4Independence Ltd based in Kent providing an Independent Occupational Therapy Service and Moving & Handling Training. She works with therapists from Health and Social Care to implement single carer handling to maximise an individual’s independence, dignity and quality of life. She also works with private care teams, schools, colleges, and local authorities across the South East.
Nicola Murphy
Nicola Murphy is a dedicated and compassionate Occupational Therapist with experience within the inpatient, outpatient, and community settings. Her experience spans across many specialities including oncology, surgery/ vascular, wheelchairs services, and elderly care.
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.