Advancing Wheeled Mobility Care - Presented by Reliable Medical

Join us in person for an exciting event all about wheeled mobility! Whether you're curious, need tips, or just love learning about the latest in mobility aids, this is the spot for you. Meet fellow enthusiasts and experts from Reliable Medical who are ready to share insights and answer your questions. Don’t miss out on this chance to explore and experience firsthand what wheeled mobility has to offer!

Info: This one-hour interactive course is intended to help clinicians and providers expand their current knowledge to improve clinical outcomes with power wheelchair provision. This course will review strategies for customizing a power wheelchair system to their clients’ medical and functional needs. Participants will gain an understanding of how programming, the use of PSFs, base configuration, posture, and power wheelchair skill acquisition contribute to safe and functional power mobility. Research supported clinical application, case examples and open discussion will examine the role of the power wheelchair provision process. Highlighted within the course will be the importance of individualized goals and assessments.

Info: This one-hour course is intended to help clinicians and providers expand on their current knowledge and skills in order to achieve greater success in translating seating and positioning-related issues into clinical goals for intervention. Through mobility user case examples linked to key clinical concepts and research, open discussion, as well as practical applications of equipment intervention, it will also examine the importance of the seating and mobility evaluation and the application of seating and positioning systems within the larger context of the rehabilitation plan of care. Highlighted within the course will be the importance of individualized goals and assessments.

Info: This course reviews the comprehensive evaluation process for individuals with chronic conditions requiring long-term wheelchair use, focusing on physical, functional, and environmental needs to support appropriate assistive technology recommendations. It explores clinical decision-making and an algorithmic approach to mobility equipment trials and prescriptions. Participants will also examine the preventative and therapeutic use of powered seating features to enhance independence and support medical management, particularly when caregiver and therapy resources are limited. Key applications include managing conditions such as orthostatic hypotension, edema, contractures, and pressure injuries, as well as preventing skeletal deformities. The course emphasizes identifying appropriate candidates for power mobility to improve functional independence, reduce complications, and promote user-controlled pressure redistribution and positioning.

Info: This course will take time to review the common concerns when considering power mobility utilization for those with cognitive impairments. Evidence based practice will be highlighted in relation to those with stroke or cognitive impairment in regards to proper training, assessment, and potential in the utilization of complex power mobility devices. We will review the common seating and mobility challenges in regards to safe, timely, and efficient manual wheelchair mobility performance and how to optimize utilization of the most appropriate mobility device through proper clinical reasoning. Recommendations on how to best approach mobility trials and training will be described as represented in the literature along with case studies for application.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

NHC Place Cool Springs, 211 Cool Springs Boulevard, Franklin, United States

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