Date: December 15, 2020
Time: 12:05-12:55pm PST
Location: Webinar
Seating and mobility equipment are the
essential components of our clients’ environment. The majority of long‐term
care (LTC) clients are wheelchair users who spend 12‐16 hours a day sitting.
Seating is intimately linked to personal comfort, function, and safety. Over
the past couple of decades, seating has evolved into a high-tech and an
evidence-based field, yet the developments have not been fully integrated into
healthcare.
How can seating design help with prevention of falls, infections, and pressure
injuries? Can the improved seating comfort translate to the reduction of pain,
less medications, and lower incidence of responsive behaviors?
Properly selected seat cushions provide not only skin protection but may also
reduce the risk of falls. Appropriately prescribed and adjusted cushions and
backrests may improve comfort and sitting tolerance, facilitate mobility,
independence and social interaction. Incorporating the latest developments in
chemistry and textiles, seating products also provide an unprecedented level of
infection control.
We will talk about the matters important in the LTC and create links between
various disciplines and the world of seating mobility. This presentation will
focus on the major quality metrics of the LTC industry that may be addressed by
an evidence-based seating and mobility design. But most importantly, we will
talk about seating as an area that may lower the numbers of preventable
incidents and health complications.
Presented by: Anna Sokol, RN, MN, BScN, BScKin is the Invacare® Matrx® Clinical
Education Specialist for Canada. Anna is a Registered Nurse with Emergency, SCI
Rehabilitation, and Community care experiences. In her previous role, she was overseeing
provision of nursing, therapy, and personal support services to clients living
at home and those receiving long-term care at group homes and retirement
residences.
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