Prescribing Power Wheelchair Features to Correspond with Functional Outcomes. The prescription of a powered mobility device creates freedom and quality of life for end users who would otherwise be reliant on others, whether it be for mobility or the completion of functional tasks. The market is flood with a wide variety of power mobility solutions. So where do you start when comparing power wheelchair options? What information helps you decipher the options available, helping to justify the choice of product you and your client have decided on post-trial? This hands-on interactive training day gives you the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of specific power wheelchair features that you can compare and prescribe to enhance the functional outcomes of power wheelchair users. The day will cover: • Introduction to the assessment processes required to set functional outcome goals • Understanding of the impact that communicating assessment findings can have in the collaboration process between client-therapist-supplier, and how “getting it right” leads to improved longevity of equipment use. • Gain a better understanding of power wheelchair features to assist in refining prescription processes which will assist in reaching therapeutic outcomes • Develop a clinical pathway to ensure we are not “over prescribing” • Understand the adaptability in power wheelchairs that can be tweaked to improve function • Trial a range of specialised powered features available and the impact they have on functional outcomes. • Trial a variety of base configurations to determine the impact of “ride quality” in the prescription process. • Decipher “off-road mobility” from “outdoor mobility” and impact this has on features prescribed in the power wheelchair base. This course is suitable for beginner to intermediate prescribing therapists who are looking to increase their knowledge of power wheelchairs in mechanical way, assisting to negotiate today’s market. Joint the Power Mobility Team as they welcome Lauren Hunter, Director of Clinical Education & Senior Occupational Therapist working with Linds Rehabilitation Equipment. Lauren joined the Linds team to provide product consultation support as an equipment specialist working with the Motion Composite, CG Air Cushions, PDG, NXT seating, Seating Dynamics and Amysystem Alltrack product range. Lauren has over 15years of clinical experience working with wheelchair prescription and intervention implementation over a variety of inpatient and outpatient settings, working through the spectrum from paediatric to aged care. Lauren has a passion to educate therapist in the practical applications of wheelchair assessments and intervention planning to ensure goal setting becomes an easy and clear pathway to achieving wheelchair prescription success.