Let’s Get It Clear: What’s in an ‘assembly’, and what should we call the components?
Figure 1. PSD Pad and PSD Supporting Structure When you order an ‘assembly’ to fit onto your assistive technology device such as onto a wheelchair,…
Let’s Get It Clear: Covering a mobility need in a care home
Fig 1. The Bodypoint Dynamic Arm Support dynamic arm support Having been approached a number of times in recent months, by friends and acquaintances in…
Let’s Get It Clear: Education Health and Care Plans – The essentials for success
Figure 1. The timetable to reaching an EHCP (numbers in brackets are the maximum number of weeks from the start of the process) At the…
Let’s Get It Clear: Managing the upper extremities of a seated person
Fig 3. The Moduform Dynamic Arm Support Over the years engineers have made a steady progression in improving wheelchairs and their accessories to the benefit…
Let’s Get It Clear: Alternative controls to a standard joystick
Figure 1. A centrally mounted chin-operated joystick The convention for driving a powered wheelchair is to have a joystick positioned at the end of an…
Healthcare professionals invited to a 20-minute webinar on managing progressive disorders
Postural support specialist Aergo Health is hosting a webinar next week for health and social care professionals about what can be done to help manage…
Let’s Get It Clear: Getting power under control
Figure 1. A controller with a standard joystick Figure 2. A mushroom or domed joystick handle Most electrically powered wheelchairs make use of a joystick…
Let’s Get it Clear: What makes a good positioning belt? 4. Wheelchair attachments
Figure 2. Circular clamp In previous issues of THIIS in the Let’s Get it Clear series1, we have covered ‘What makes a good cushion?’ over…
Let’s get it clear: Dynamic seating – What does it involve?
Dynamic seating is a term which covers a range of seating applications. Some of these relate to engineering applications to protect the equipment, whereas others…
Let’s get it clear: What makes a good cushion? 7. Standard of evidence
Figure 1. The stability report from ‘Explore our data’ In previous articles in this series, we have looked at elements of cushion design that influence…