Adapted wheelchair cushion

Simple modification of cushion for easy transfers

Description
The user sits on a Simulite contoured cushion. The side edges are reinforced with a piece of a sleeping pad. The edges of the cushion become more stable and are not pressed together during transfers.

Purchased from
Supracor, www.supracor.com/products/show/1 (cushion) (last checked May 2011)

Tip is dated from 2010

Categories for this tip
looking after ones health » preventing/healing ulcers, mobility » wheelchair transfer, Tips and tricks from people with High tetraplegia with partly function in arms/hands (C5-6, ASIA A, B).