The change brought about by Specialist Seating has been described as transformative…life changing! Someone’s quality of life is improved by bringing comfort, support, reduced injury risk, and potentially even a bit more independence.
Who is Specialist Seating for?
Specialist Seating is essential for people with limited mobility, often due to long-term illnesses, accidents, or age-related deterioration.
Why is Specialist Seating important?
Sitting for long periods in limited positions can lead to discomfort, pressure injuries (sores), body shape distortion, and tiredness. Specialist Seating is a vital part of ‘postural management’ that helps prevent these things for a huge positive impact on quality of life
Correct seating and improved posture can be vitally important for comfort, support, improved mobility, independence and quality of life.
The benefits of choosing the right seat ?
Everyone is different. So our expert assessor will carry out a detailed assessment to understand someone’s specific needs. Specifically this includes their medical history, physical limitations, challenges, and any impairments. Then we set clear goals for functionality and quality of life, such as:
- Increased Comfort. We will make a Specialist Seat recommendation designed around individual posture, pressure distribution and required support. So the chair user achieves the greatest possible comfort.
- Less risk of pressure injury. We will consider any special features that are necessary, to distribute the pressure of sitting evenly. This then reduces the risk of pressure injuries, and enables better blood circulation.
- Improved Posture / preserving body shape. Postural support helps reduce joint pressure and muscle tension, and improves body alignment.
- Increased Mobility and Independence. Some models make it easier for people to move around their surroundings. For example, for a chair user in a care home setting this can mean access to common areas rather than being confined to a bedroom
- Wellbeing. Improved quality of life by providing comfort, support, and potentially even a bit more independence. Tilt-in-Space chairs, for example, allow patients to switch between sitting up and lying flat.
Correct seating and improved posture can be vitally important for comfort, support, improved mobility, independence and quality of life.
Where do Premiere Healthcare fit in?
We will support you with independent expertise and advice, for an informed choice, by helping to choose and adjusting the chair to each user’s own needs – a truly tailored service at no extra cost!
