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This document aims to suggest mounting solutions that local services may find appropriate to stock or have access to. The majority of these are items that we would consider come under the remit of local teams and therefore our team are unlikely to provide to clients. We may expect local teams to have trialled these or similar items prior to referring to the Barnsley team and be able to provide feedback on this in their referral. Any equipment that is provided by, and comes under the specification of Barnsley Assistive Technology Team can be mounted by the team as necessary.
There are now a wide range of manufacturers and suppliers of mounting solutions for switches, communication aids, EC controllers, tablet computers, smartphones etc. A large number of ‘off the shelf’ mounts are available, which may often meet the needs of clients for mounting items on to tables, beds, wheelchairs etc.
For more complex mounting, some companies offer a bespoke virtual mounting service, where they will use photographs of the client in their wheelchair along with measurements and other details provided via email to design a mounting solution which is tailor made. This can be useful when the client is seated in an unusual position or has an unusual or challenging type of chair.
Local Services Resource Pack
Our Local Services Resource Pack has now been updated and split into four separate guides: