Advanced Bed & Mattress Prescription for Clinical Practice

Name: Advanced Bed & Mattress Prescription for Clinical Practice
Start: 2026-08-13T09:00:00+10:00
End: 2026-08-13T09:00:00+10:00
Location: Unicare Health

Individuals living with health conditions and disabilities often spend significant time in bed, making the selection of appropriate sleep support surfaces a critical component of clinical care. Modern electric profiling beds and pressure care mattresses extend far beyond sleep support - they play a vital role in pressure injury prevention, postural support, comfort, safety, falls mitigation, and enabling participation in daily activities.

For clinicians, prescribing beds and mattresses requires sound clinical reasoning and a strong understanding of how equipment features align with functional presentation, medical needs, and long-term outcomes. This interactive session will explore the clinical complexities of sleep support surface prescription and provide practical guidance to support confident, evidence-informed decision-making across a range of client presentations.

With increasing clinical complexity across community, aged care, and disability settings, the ability to prescribe appropriate sleep support surfaces has never been more important. This session aims to provide clinicians with practical, evidence-informed strategies they can immediately apply in practice.

Attendees will gain valuable insights into assessment considerations, pressure care principles, equipment selection, and prescription strategies to optimise outcomes for clients, residents, and patients.

Learning Objectives
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

Identify key assessment considerations when determining the need for an electric profiling bed and pressure care mattress.
Analyse clinical presentations and functional needs to recommend appropriate bed and mattress features and specifications.
Apply pressure redistribution and pressure injury prevention principles to support individuals at risk of skin breakdown and positioning-related complications.

This session is highly recommended for Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists seeking to strengthen their clinical confidence and reasoning when prescribing beds and mattresses to optimise pressure care, positioning, safety, and comfort.

Ilissa Liew
Head of Clinical Eduation

Ilissa, an experienced OT, is Unicare Health’s Focused Educator in Sleep Support Surfaces. She facilitates clinical training on electric profiling beds, pressure care mattresses, and positioning aids, empowering clinicians to prescribe effective solutions for pressure injury prevention and management while improving comfort, independence, and outcomes for clients.