Wheelchair and Bedrails Training

Qualification JD Own Certificate

Duration 1 Day

Maximum Attendees 12 People

Cost Per Course Contact for further details

Cost Per Person Contact for further details

Overview

This training is aimed at all users, carers and staff with responsibility for the provision, prescription, use, maintenance and fitting of bed rails, and those who provide care for service users in need of wheelchairs.

Course Contents

• Wheelchair Aims:
  
  • Understand and demonstrate safer manual handling techniques when pushing/pulling wheelchairs
  • Be aware of safe techniques for assisting wheelchair users with transfers
    
  • Understand how it feels to be an essential wheelchair user
  • Be aware of access issues and how to improve access for wheelchair users and those assisting them
    
  • Gain confidence to safely assist and manoeuvre wheelchairs in a range of situations
    
• Bedrails Aims:
• • assessing if a bed rail is necessary and appropriate
  • the need for good communication between bed occupant and carers or staff
  • checking compatibility of the bed rail, bed, mattress and the needs of the bed occupant
  • taking into account the use environment and possible interaction with any other equipment, accessories or devices present in that environment as part of the risk assessment
  • correct fitting and positioning of the bed rails initially and after each period of use
  • re-assessing the changing care needs of the bed occupant.

Accrediated Qualification

JD Own Certificate