Let’s Get It Clear: Sound bases for clinical practice
Figure 1. A surrogate cigarette flammability test apparatus Where do we get the assurance that our assessment and prescription practices are following best practice? Often…
Let’s Get It Clear: Does my cushion match my chair?
Figure 3. Recommending Loop and Hook placements on cushions and on wheelchair seat bases. It’s really important that a wheelchair cushion stays in place in…
Let’s Get It Clear: Medical device flammability testing
Figure 3. NiCR coil in vertical test position For patient and carer safety, it is important that medical devices will not catch fire, or if…
Let’s Get It Clear: Are they safe to drive a powered wheelchair?
Figure 5. The i-Drive® VR Driving Simulator in use with a Virtual Reality headset People have been denied a powered wheelchair because it has been…
Let’s Get It Clear: Appearance matters
Figure 5. A wheelchair does not need to look like a mobility device Client compliance has often been a challenge for many clinicians. In this…
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: Alternatives for getting the pelvis under control
Figure 1. Useful bony leverage pointsaround the pelvis When seated, we rely on the position and stability of our pelvis to allow us to manage…
Let’s Get It Clear: What makes a good head support? Or is that neck support?
Figure 4. An i2i neck support The position of our head is critical for many of our day-to-day functions. For a number of people, external…
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…