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Home Modifications Workshop

28/9/2014

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George Xinos of Functional Access Solutions will be co-presenting a three day workshop on home modifications along with Occupational Therapist, Wendy Chandler.

The workshop is part of Yooralla's Assistive Technology Learning program and will be held on Monday 13 October 2014, Monday 20 October 2014 and Tuesday 21 October 2014, at the Independent Living Centre, 705 Princes Hwy, Brooklyn, Victoria.

This will be a 'hands on' workshop, held over two weeks to allow participants to apply learned content in their own workplace and consolidate learning outcomes.


Learning outcomes include:
  • Increase understanding of DDA, BCA, AS 1428 and their relevance to modifying private residences.
  • Understand some of the legal implications for therapists and clients.
  • Increase awareness of possible design faults and develop knowledge and strategies to avoid these.
  • Gain an understanding of home modification in the context of more specialised areas such as bariatrics, palliative care, environmental control & dementia.
  • Opportunity to work through case studies, and discuss and review ideas and examples of well integrated home modifications.
  • Gain confidence in communicating recommendations graphically and producing suitable specifications / scopes of work.
  • Work through examples of more complex home modifications.

For more information or to book your place please download the workshop flyer, or contact Yooralla's Assistive Technology Learning on (03) 9362 6111 or 1300 885 886.

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Home Modifications Workshop - Focus on Bathrooms

16/6/2014

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George Xinos of Functional Access Solutions will be co-presenting a whole day workshop focusing on bathroom modifications with Occupational Therapist, Alison Schneider.

The workshop is part of the Yooralla's Assistive Technology Learning program
and will be held on Tuesday 24 June 2014  at The Independent Living Centre, 705 Princes Hwy, Brooklyn, Victoria.

Learning outcomes include:
  • Increased knowledge about bathroom design and prescription
  • Increased confidence in designing & reading plans of bathroom modifications
  • Increased knowledge about what to look for when choosing common fittings and fixtures
  • Increased knowledge of relevant Australian Standards & BCA
  • Problem solving challenging bathroom modification situations
  • And more…
For more information or to book your place at the workshop please visit the Yooralla Assistive Technology Learning website.



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Advanced Home Modifications Workshop

22/11/2012

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On 21 November 2012, George Xinos of Functional Access Solutions, and Wendy Chandler of Roberts Occupational Therapy, facilitated a three day workshop on the topic of Home Modifications for Yooralla's Assistive Technology Learning.

The workshop content included segments on legislation, the validity of the evidence base for practice, common pitfalls, specialty areas of practice, manual handling and its context in home modifications, as well as producing suitable documentation and its importance in the process.

The workshop combined both theoretical and practical activities with a number of guest presenters also providing invaluable insights in applied areas of focus.



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