LONG-TERM SUPPORT
INTRODUCING CAREFLEX & THE BENEFITS OF SPECIALIST SEATING Specialist seating can be critical to optimum recovery following a brain or spinal injury. CareFlex are here to support individuals, families, carers and professionals from assessment through to prescription and review.
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hen an individual’s ability to achieve good sitting posture is affected it can have a significant impact on their quality of life. Specialist seating aims to allow individuals, who might otherwise have difficulty, to achieve their optimum sitting posture to sit out comfortably, reduce the risk of body distortion, enhance physiological function, manage pressure injury risk, interact with their environment, and participate in activities of daily living.
We have and continue to submit our products for independent testing and evaluation, including pressure mapping and published clinical research to enable customers to reason and justify their provision.
LUCY’S STORY
Lucy experienced a traumatic brain injury as a teenager, resulting in limited active movement, hypertonicity, contractures, pelvic instability, and unequal loading of tissues. Lucy utilised her wheelchair for all activities of daily living and had no alternative seating. She WHO ARE CAREFLEX? required a specialist seating system to aid postural Since 1995 CareFlex has stability, encourage normal been collaborating with movement and promote Health & Social Care engagement in daily life. Professionals to develop Flexible postural support at innovative and effective all body segments allowed specialist seating; we The opportunity to relax unique accommodation of understand the importance her asymmetries. Adjustable of balancing the four throughout the day also seat dimensions ensured key objectives (Comfort, encouraged energy conservation, individualised set-up for Function, Postural stability and security, whilst Management and Pressure which was critical to Lucy’s ability enhancing comfort and Care Management) for to engage meaningfully and reducing the risk of pressure optimum seated posture interact socially. injuries. The opportunity with a sound holistic to relax throughout the day approach. We have also encouraged energy conservation, which was critical to confidence and pride in our specialist seating and the Lucy’s ability to engage meaningfully and interact socially. positive impact we know it can have on individuals’ lives.
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