Barkers Bedding & Mobility – Midvale: Instore CPD Training

Improving Client Safety Through Clinical Mattress Selection

Join Clive Dicks for an in-person Occupational Therapy CPD training session, hosted by Barkers Bedding & Mobility – Midvale.

This practical 2 CPD Point training session explores how appropriate clinical mattress selection can improve client safety, comfort and clinical outcomes. Designed for Occupational Therapists working across community, aged care and acute settings, the session focuses on clinical decision-making around pressure care and support surface prescription.

Participants will gain a practical understanding of contemporary pressure care principles, pressure injury prevention strategies, and the role different support surface technologies play in achieving positive client outcomes. The session also examines how mattress selection translates into real-world clinical practice, helping clinicians make more informed prescribing decisions.

Pressure Care Fundamentals

A practical refresher on pressure injury risk factors, assessment and prevention strategies.

Clinical Mattress Selection

Understanding how to match support surfaces to individual client needs, environments and risk profiles, including static, hybrid and powered support surfaces.

Support Surface Technologies

An overview of contemporary mattress technologies and their application across different care settings.

Real-World Clinical Applications

Applying pressure care principles to everyday assessment, prescribing and clinical decision-making.

Interactive Discussion & Q&A

Clinical scenarios, open discussion and shared insights from the field.

Date: Thursday, 3 September 2026

Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Location:
Barkers Bedding & Mobility – Midvale
321 Great Eastern Highway
Midvale WA 6056

Presenter: Clive Dicks

CPD: 2 CPD Points