What Our Expert Says - Repose Healthcare+ User Manual

With years of outstanding success in the design and manufacture of bespoke specialist healthcare
seating for healthcare environments Repose have used this expertise and that of Kate and her
colleagues at the OT Service to design the Healthcare
The range offers a selection of rise recline and recline only chairs in modern designs, featuring
comfort and functionality with specialist health fabrics to maintain clinical integrity, that can be
deployed across a hospital or other health environments for many purposes. Details of all Repose
chairs can be found on our website as can our Posture Guide.
Kate Sheehan
Independent Occupational Therapist
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What Our Expert Says

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Range for hospitals.
Benefits of rise recliners and recliners:
One of the key decisions is to select the right
mechanism for the intended purpose whether this is
to support general usage, wellbeing and comfort or
something a little more specific such as, Bariatric.
Both reclining and tilt systems can provide pressure
relief, increase circulation, improve head, neck
and trunk control, improve functional posture and
positioning, support safe transfers by various means
and minimise variations / fluctuations in the client's
muscular control.
Below we have considered some of the benefits of
the movement features that are available across our
range of mechanisms. Each mechanism has its
own features so please ensure you are looking
at the ones applicable to your chair.
• Tilt in Space
A Tilt in Space (TIS) movement allows the seat to
back angle to remain the same whilst the whole
seating system is tilted backwards. This ensures
that the angle of the hips, knees and ankles remain
unaffected and the weight on the Ischial Tuberosities
is reduced by redistributing the weight through
the back. It allows posture to be maintained and
pressure to be redistributed. This constant angle
also prevents shear and friction during movement.