Speciality: Mental Health
Location: London, London
Speciality: Community
Location: London, London
A group of occupational therapists (OTs) have collaborated with a bespoke seating company to create a new posture guide.
It is aimed at healthcare professionals who need to carry out seating assessments and correctly identify postural need and the options that are available in response to it.
Kate Sheehan, an OT who worked on the guide, said: “As experienced OTs ourselves, we know exactly what our colleagues can encounter when conducting assessments and I hope this guide will further help with the outstanding work OTs are doing on a daily basis across the UK.”
An assessment template and illustrations have been provided to help healthcare professionals use the guide as efficiently as possible.
Users can also draw inspiration from a series of case studies included in the guide that detail patients’ conditions and the steps that were taken to improve health and wellbeing.
Among the topics covered in the guide are: