Impey to host free CPD-certified webinar on accessible bathroom adaptations
A free CPD-certified webinar hosted by UK wetroom manufacturer Impey will focus on bathroom adaptations.
The ‘Level-Access Showering CPD Session’ will take place on Tuesday 14th March 2023, from 11am-1pm. Interested participants can register here.
Attendees will have the opportunity to expand their knowledge and improve confidence in specifying healthcare showering solutions and appropriate specification.
Presenting the webinar, Shaun Hunt is Impey’s Technical and Trade Marketing Manager, with expertise in the specification and installation of wetrooms and healthcare showering solutions.
Shaun focuses on humanising the subject matter and offering a broad vision of the wealth of possibilities a level access shower space can provide.
The seminar will cover the subjects of accessible showering and adapted showering in detail. It has been designed to promote a greater understanding of the requirement for inclusive showering options and specification in all environments.
Subjects include: wetroom and shower tray specification, local regulations, how to overcome restrictions, surveying advice and tips, how to specify bathroom products to suit and create safer showering environments and a live Q&A session.
To ensure up to date awareness and understanding of products, the webinar will also promote knowledge of new products and emerging technologies within the marketplace.
The products Impey will focus on during the session will include its core healthcare showering portfolio. Such as, Level-Dec EasyFit wetroom floor former, a floorboard replacement with 4 pre-formed drainage gradients that provides a level access wetroom floor suitable for a vinyl covering.
Its Maxi-Grip Plus grab rail, Elevate half-height shower door range, SlimFold shower seat range and Radiate slip resistant shower tray collection will also be included in the webinar.
According to Impey, that each of the products have been engineered to offer specific features and benefits to suit a range of specification and individual requirements for the accessible showering sector.
The session counts towards 2 hours of CPD, it will cover the importance of specifying the right products for each situation and how to ensure that products are specified and installed in the most efficient and effective way to offer the best outcome for everyone involved in the process.
The CPD has RIBA accreditation and lasts for approx. 1.5 hours plus a 30-minute Q&A.
Learning outcomes include: adaptation surveys, what to consider; creating a safe level-access showering space; wetroom drainage types and options; half height and full height shower screens; specifying shower trays; understanding slip resistance; electric showers and BEAB Care Mark approval; shower seating considerations; grab rails, specification and positioning and service and support options.
Impey states that, other than healthcare professionals, attendees who have found the CPD useful have come from various roles within sectors including housing authorities, local authorities, occupational therapy, bathroom design, architecture, community and social care, and many other settings where accessible showering facilities are required.
Maintaining close relationships with the healthcare community enables Impey to continue to offer the highest levels of customer service and support, says Impey.
As a brand Impey invests in the continued growth and advancement of the healthcare showering market to offer product ranges which improve the lives of those who use it.
