There are 12 things a shower commode needs to do.
Most prescriptions account for two or three. Join occupational therapist Aideen Gallagher for a clinical hour on prescribing shower commodes through a manual handling lens, the framework that supports your client and the workers caring for them.
The session
When the chair doesn't quite fit, the worker fills the gap.
Bending. Lifting. Repositioning. Sustained postures and sudden loads. When a shower commode prescription falls short, the support worker absorbs the difference, often in ways that aren't safe and shouldn't be necessary.
The right prescription doesn't just support your client. It supports everyone who supports them.
Twelve tasks. One framework.
A wheelchair has one job. A shower commode has twelve. Aideen's framework is how clinicians work through all of them, and on 9 June, she'll walk you through it live.
Join Aideen on 9 June to unlock the framework.Reserve your seat →
Four modules. One framework you'll use the same day.
Each module builds on the last, taking you from the clinical principles right through to the practical features that make the difference at the point of prescription.
Manual handling first
Why every shower commode prescription is, at its heart, a worker safety decision.
The twelve-task framework
Why a wheelchair has one job and a commode has twelve, and the structured way Aideen works through all of them.
Getting in. Getting out.
The transfer features that change what the worker has to do. The detail, it turns out, is in the design.
Moving the chair
What good looks like once your client is in the chair. Plus a Q&A to bring your own questions to.
Aideen Gallagher
B.Sc.OT · Founder of Risk Managed
Aideen has spent her career helping healthcare organisations reduce manual handling risk through smarter equipment prescription. She works across clinical, NDIS, and workplace safety settings, and brings a uniquely practical perspective shaped by years on the ground with both clinicians and the workers using the equipment they prescribe.
She'll be bringing the twelve-task framework directly from her clinical work into your prescribing practice.
Everything you need to know before you join.
Who it's for
Occupational therapists, clinical prescribers, equipment specialists, and allied health professionals working across NDIS, aged care, and hospital settings. If you're involved in prescribing or recommending shower commodes, or in the manual handling decisions that flow from those prescriptions, this session is built for you.
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