Sarah Sarsby

1 week ago | attoday.co.uk | Sarah Sarsby

Medstrom, a UK manufacturer of specialist hospital beds, is hosting a free CPD-accredited event for healthcare professionals that will explore the complex and often challenging topic of pressure ulcer litigation. Entitled ‘Navigating pressure ulcer litigation: A first-hand insight into coroner’s court cases’, the event can be attended online or in person on 5 June. The online event will take place from 10.30am-11.30am.

1 week ago | attoday.co.uk | Sarah Sarsby

A study at the University of Winchester has found that stroke survivors who wore a compression suit as part of a home exercise regime had greater functional mobility compared to those who did not wear the device. The study suggests that wearing a compression suit as part of an at-home rehabilitation programme is valuable and effective for people recovering from a stroke.

1 week ago | attoday.co.uk | Sarah Sarsby

Doug Lear, an assistive technology specialist at Northwest Ergonomics, discusses how AI is helping people with disabilities or recovering from injuries communicate, study, and work. In the exciting world of assistive technology, the last few years have truly stood out as having the most rapidly developing solutions, and many of these are things to artificial intelligence (AI).

1 week ago | attoday.co.uk | Sarah Sarsby

Gargi Agrawalla, a final-year Product Design and Technology student at Loughborough University, has won an international competition to design jewellery for use with cochlear implants and hearing aids and raise vital funds for a UK-based charity supporting deaf children. Her ‘Junkyard Dog Flower’ design has now been made into jewellery by creator DEAFMETAL and is being sold to help raise money for the charity Auditory Verbal UK (AVUK).

1 week ago | attoday.co.uk | Sarah Sarsby

Sunrise Medical, a global specialist in assistive mobility solutions, has launched a new, stylish mobility scooter that is designed to address stigmas and misconceptions surrounding mobility scooter use. The Sterling S800 by Scoozy is a modern mobility scooter with a stylish ‘bike-style’ look and feel that Sunrise Medical believes will “usher in a new era for mobility aids”.