Resources
Accora's clinical corner: sleeping in a riser recliner
This session brings together the key themes explored across our recent webinars on sleeping in a riser recliner. Over the past 3 months, we’ve examined the impact of sleeping in a riser recliner on sleep hygiene, comfort, confidence, transfers, mobility, pain management, and tissue viability.
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 who sleep in a riser recliner.
We will also highlight relevant intervention solutions and explore practical strategies for teaching and supporting others, and we will share our Sleeping in a Riser Recliner 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.
Please submit your questions here.
Configura 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 its 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.
A wedge-tastic webinar with Kay James
In this webinar, Kay James will share with you all the different ways that you can use a positioning wedge to facilitate independence, enablement, optimal handed care and meet people’s care needs with comfort and dignity.
Care facilities product guide
Our seating, beds and mattress range for care facilities.
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The swell effect: Starting with legs for patients sleeping in a riser recliner
When a patient presents with swollen legs (oedema), they aren't just carrying extra fluid; they are carrying a heavy burden that threatens their independence and potentially the viability of their skin in terms of leg ulceration and potential pressure damage. If left unmanaged, a "simple" case of swelling can trigger a downward spiral that could end in a total loss of mobility- a state clinicians often call being “off-legs.”
Safe sleep: the Ascenda story
Great products don’t start with technology; they start with people. One of the most common problems occupational therapists face is a client who sleeps in their riser recliner. Typically due to ‘comfort’ or inability to transfer to a bed, this leads to numerous complications in posture, pressure, and in some cases can lead to Lymphedema. Critically, as a result of this, clients face the most challenging complication of all - the absence of independence and dignity.
Understanding why patients choose riser recliners for sleep
For many people, a riser recliner armchair is more than just a comfortable seat- it becomes a place to rest and sleep. In this blog, we look at why people choose to sleep in these chairs and the alternative options to support patients' safety.