STANDING POWER WHEELCHAIRS: FROM EVIDENCE TO TRAIL + POWER ASSIST DEVICES: GAIN INDEPENDENCE WITH SOME POWER ASSISTANCE

(Topics 13 & 7 – Permobil Learning Pathways)

FOR COMPLEX REHABILITATION HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

5.5 AHPRA CPD HOURS

$35 with morning tea, lunch and continuous tea and coffee included

Kindly hosted at Powerhouse Hotel Tamworth by Rydges by

Aidacare Healthcare Equipment, Tamworth

AM Session: 3.5 hours

Standing Power Wheelchairs: From Evidence to Trial

Feeling nervous or overwhelmed by determining if standing is right for your client? Or maybe you have made the decision, but where do you start? This session is designed to help your confidence in all things standing power wheelchairs.

Standing as a therapy intervention has been broadly recognised as an effective method providing clinical outcomes and improvement of functions. Power standing wheelchairs offer great means for extending these outcomes to the home and community situation, adding additional functional and psycho-social benefits.

During this session, we will begin with a look at the results from Permobil’s systematic review of the standing literature. Once we understand the evidence, then we will discuss how to determine readiness for your client and how to have a successful trial.

Objectives:

1. Describe 3 evidence supported ways that standing can benefit an end-user.

2. List 4 considerations to determine readiness for standing.

3. Explain the importance of the trial process for a standing power wheelchair.

PM Session: 2 hours

Power Assist Devices: Gain Independence with Some Power Assistance

Who benefits from a power assist device (PAD) and what do we need to consider during an assessment? Are all PADs compatible with all types of MWCs? This workshop looks at the different PAD options, exploring the benefits and challenges of each with reference to relevant EBP. We will work through what information is needed from an assessment, potential clinical reasoning strategies and how this relates to identifying the most appropriate device for trial.

Objectives:

1. Identify how front, main and rear wheel PAD are installed and detached from a MWC.

2. List 3 reasons why you may choose one type of PAD over another (with reference to a case study that will be provided).

3. Identify the benefits of PADs with reference to relevant evidence-based practice (EBP).

Agenda:

8:45am – Registration

9:00am – 11:00am – Session 1

11:00am – 11:15am – Morning tea

11:15am – 12:45pm – Session 1 Continued

12:45pm – 1:30pm – Lunch

1:30pm – 3:30pm – Session 2

3:30pm – Finish

PRESENTER

Tracee-lee Maginnity

Permobil Clinical Specialist

Occupational Therapist

Tracee-lee Maginnity joined Permobil Australia in July 2019, as a clinical education specialist. Originally from New Zealand, she graduated Auckland University of Technology with a BHSc (Occupational Therapy) in 2003 and has since worked in various roles related to seating and mobility including assessing, prescribing and educating. After gaining experience as an assessor and prescriber at Seating To Go / Wheelchair Solutions in prescribing for both disability and injury, she moved to Australia in 2011 to take on the Senior Occupational Therapist role in a custom moulded seating service. She then worked in clinical consulting and education roles until joining Permobil. Tracee-lee is passionate about maximising functional outcomes with end users and the importance of education within the industry. She has mentored many therapists interested in AT. Her experience includes working with complex postures to achieve custom outcomes. Tracee-lee is also an international wheelchair rugby classifier where she enjoys the task analysis of wheelchair propulsion and functional capacity identification of athletes.

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