Posts Tagged ‘wheelchair breakage’
Dynamic Seating – interventions and reality
Jill Sparacio, OTR/L, ATP/SMS, ABDA has over 37 years’ experience in occupational therapy, specializing in seating and wheeled mobility. Jill uses Dynamic Seating quite a bit and took a moment to talk with us.
Continue ReadingDynamic Seating: Looking Back and Ahead
Jessica Presperin Pedersen MBA, OTR/L ATP/SMS is an amazing occupational therapist in the Chicago area who has vast seating and wheeled mobility experience.
Continue ReadingDynamic Seating: Clinical Implications of Movement
Suzanne Eason, OT/L is a rock star! This OT works at the St. Mary’s Home in Virginia and truly applies the latest evidence to her practice – all to the benefit of the clients she works with.
Continue ReadingA Dynamic Journey – a solution to wheelchair breakage and so much more
This blog addresses various aspects of Dynamic Seating – seating that provides movement in response to client forces. Just how do people actually find this solution? Well, many caregivers and health care professionals are working with a client who has broken their seating system, mounting hardware and/or mobility base. Wheelchair breakage may occur repeatedly over time. Each time something breaks, the client is at risk of injuring themselves and may not be able to use the wheelchair at all until repairs are made. It can be quite challenging to repeatedly submit for funding for these repairs, as well. As a result, someone close to this client starts looking for a solution.
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