Powering Possibilities: Exploring Power Assist Devices (Ballina)

Join us for a workshop focused on power assist devices and their transformative potential for manual wheelchair users. This hands-on session will explore the various styles of power assist solutions, from front-end cycle style through to hub drive and rear add-ons, providing an in-depth understanding of how they enhance mobility and reduce strain. Tailored for prescribing therapists, the workshop also dives into prescription considerations for specific user groups, ensuring that each recommendation aligns with individual needs and goals.

The highlight of the event? Trying out these innovative devices in real-world scenarios! Experience their performance first hand with guided trials indoors and outdoors, gaining practical insights into their usability and effectiveness. Whether you’re working with active individuals seeking greater independence or clients needing support for long-distance mobility, this workshop equips you with the knowledge and tools to recommend the best solutions. 

Why not make a day of it? We’re also running an afternoon workshop, 'Trailblazing Mobility: Exploring and Prescribing Off-Road Powered Mobility'. If you’re attending the afternoon workshop, consider joining us in the morning as well.

Lunch is on us!
If you decide to attend both workshops, we’ll be serving lunch between sessions. It’s a great chance to relax, network with fellow attendees, and recharge for the second half of the day. For those attending only the morning session, we’d love for you to stay and join us for lunch. It’s a great opportunity to connect with others, chat about the morning session, and enjoy a delicious meal before heading off. 

Meet the Presenter: Kate Pain (GTK)

Kate comes from an occupational therapy background, with two decades of experience in varied settings, specialising in wheelchair seating and positioning. She finds the evolution of power wheelchair alternate drive technology fascinating, and looks forward to exciting innovations becoming more readily available in power wheelchairs.

Kate really enjoys appointments with children who are trying out a wheelchair for the first time. She loves seeing the excitement in their eyes as they move independently for the first time – it’s contagious!

Kate also enjoys working with adults trialling a wheelchair for the first time, who have a lifetime of limiting perceptions about using a wheelchair, who then realise that the right equipment can amplify their abilities and enjoyment of life.