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Our occupational therapists assess, prescribe and fit wheelchairs and complex seating across the BC Interior, from manual and power wheelchairs to fully custom seating for people with complex posture and pressure care needs.
People who use a wheelchair or are starting to, including after a spinal cord injury, brain injury, stroke or amputation, and people living with MS, ALS, cerebral palsy or age-related mobility loss. Also anyone whose current seating causes pain, poor posture or pressure injuries.
WorkSafeBC, ICBC, Veterans Affairs Canada, FNHA/NIHB and extended health plans may fund the assessment and equipment when they approve it. Check with your funder to confirm what is covered. See fees and funding.
Send a referral by email to referrals@creativetherapyconsultants.ca, call 1-888-880-3222, or use our online referral form. We contact the client within 1 business day.
An assessment at home or in the community, measurements and a mat assessment, equipment trials with a seating supplier, a written prescription for the funder, then fitting, training and follow-up.
One occupational therapist works through the whole process with the client, their family, the funder and the seating supplier.
Posture, mat assessment and measurements, skin, transfers, and how and where the chair will be used day to day.
The right frame, setup and features for the person's body, abilities, home, vehicle and goals.
Cushions and positioning that help protect skin and lower the risk of pressure injuries.
Ride Designs custom cushions and backs, shaped to the person, when standard seating isn't enough.
Trials with seating suppliers, then a clear written prescription and justification for the funder.
Setup and adjustments, training for the person and their carers, and reviews as needs change.
Amanda Grant, MScOT, is a certified Ride Designs Custom Systems Practitioner. Ride Designs custom cushions and backs are made from a capture of the person's own seated shape, for people who can't get the support or pressure relief they need from off-the-shelf seating. Amanda can:
We see clients at home, at work and in the community, or at our offices, across the Interior of BC.
Seating for people who need more than a standard wheelchair cushion and back, because of posture, pain, a high risk of pressure injuries, or a body shape that off-the-shelf seating can't support well.
A cushion made from a capture of the person's own seated shape, designed to position the pelvis and take pressure off areas at risk. Amanda Grant, MScOT, is a certified Ride Designs Custom Systems Practitioner.
It depends on the funder. WorkSafeBC, ICBC, Veterans Affairs Canada, FNHA/NIHB and extended health plans may fund the assessment and equipment when they approve it. Check with your funder to confirm what is covered.
Yes. We work alongside seating suppliers for equipment trials, fitting and adjustments, so the final setup matches the prescription.
We provide complex seating services across the BC Interior, including the Okanagan, Kamloops and the Thompson, the Kootenays and the Cariboo. Assessments take place at home, in the community or at one of our offices.
Case studies from our clinicians, with identifying details changed.
Wheelchair trials, funding, custom seating and adaptive paddling after GF Strong.
Read the case studyEquipment, home modifications, home care and power mobility after discharge.
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