Unlike the conventional beanbag seats, the ground-breaking seat can be quickly, easily, infinitely remoulded at home, by YOU (the care giver).
Chilli Bean seat for special needs children eliminates the stress of a child being uncomfortable or incorrectly positioned. It assures perfect, pressure-free, support each time.
It's because it uses vacuum technology. So carers can adjust the seat themselves, at home.
There is no need to wait for a new assessment, or a new mould to be produced and delivered.
To our knowledge, there is no other paediatric postural support system like Chilli Bean available to UK occupational therapists and special needs parents.
Chilli Bean uses vacuum technology to form, fix and adjust the bean bag into the required shape, rather than being a fixed mould.
We fully train the care giver(s) in the re-shaping process.
So you can quickly execute any re-moulding or minute adjustment- at home, as soon as your child needs.
You don’t have to worry about incorrect positioning nor pressure points.
Chilli Bean works by attaching a hand pump or the whisper-quiet electric pump to the bean bag to extract the air between the beans, fixing them into the exact shape required.
You can create and form pommels or lateral wings. You can set the firmness/ rigidity to your child’s comfort whilst achieving the security and stabilisation needed.
Chilli Bean gives you mm-precise support and comfort, without pressure points, all the time, every time- 24 hours a day.
Chilli Bean’s neoprene surface provides sensory stimulation and is wipe clean.
It’s also easy to place additional sensory devices below to provide vibration or sound.
Thus your child’s comfort and correct support is constant.
You have no delay waiting for re-assessment, re-measuring and a new mould to be manufactured and delivered with its associated additional cost.
Peter Wingrave, AAT Director:
“Chilli Bean is a revolution in postural support systems. The infinite, at home re-moulding of Chilli Bean makes it an appropriate, reasonable and best value proposition for any healthcare professional needing postural seating for clients with physical or mental disabilities.”
Adds Jane, whose son Fred has a Chilli Bean:
“What works for Fred one day may not be suitable the next. The Chilli Bean is perfect: we’re able ourselves to finitely adjust the contouring and firmness of the seat to make Fred properly supported. It’s the first time we’re chilled about his comfort, we know with the Chilli Bean it’s easy to make even tiny alterations whenever he needs.”
Full details of Chilli Bean, including how to book a free, no obligation assessment, are on AAT’s website @ https://www.aatgb.com/chilli-bean/.
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For a disabled child, making sure they are correctly supported All the time can be hard. What works one hour may not for the next 23. Their posture varies as the ADL changes.
Our multi-purpose Stabilo posture support cushions are the first on the market to deliver infinitely variable and adjustable correct posture support.
The cushions' ability to be quickly and easily re-formed as needed, at home, by the care giver, means the child’s comfort- without pressure points- can be achieved 24 hours a day, 365 days a year!
We have evolved numerous cushions shapes, that can function individually or combined to achieve the exact correct posture support needed.
They include Comfortable and Comfortable Plus for chairs/ wheelchairs, the Chilli Bean postural seat and mattress-sized Grande.
Based around the concept of a bean bag, the Stabilo cushions can be precisely and uniformly shaped with mm precision.
The carer then simply attaches a pump to remove the air between the ‘beans’ and fix the shape of the cushion.
The process holds the shape for weeks.
As tweaks are required according to the child’s needs at the time, the carer simply allows a little air back into the cushion, re-shapes as required, and refixes the contours with the pump.
Small, velcro-fixed versions mean a single limb can be stabilised during a period of therapy. Large versions replace bed mattresses and can be exactly formed to shape and support the trunk and limbs as needed, even allowing creation of abduction wedges.
The Stabilo’s unique structure means they can also deliver integrated and supplementary sensory stimulation, via the tactile neoprene wipeable surface or by positioning of a smart speaker underneath for vibration and/or sound to transfer through the cushion.
“The concept of Stabilo came from a parent who couldn’t find suitable postural support for their disabled child. The product’s delivery of a solution for the child’s needs is therefore at the centre of every version. The diversity and flexibility of the cushions means they can do almost anything- support a child to join in family time, to achieve a good night’s sleep, or be more adventurous- even flying, canoeing, swimming, bathing or abseiling!”
Peter Wingrave, AAT Director
Full details, and the opportunity to book a free, no obligation assessment, can be found here:
https://www.aatgb.com/posture-cushions/.
Yet simple prescription of an infinitely variable, vacuum posture cushion- AAT’s Comfortable Plus (with or without optional Base)- can easily eliminate discomfort in any chair or wheelchair.
It does more too: transferred to other equipment, it can open the door to trying a raft of activities- aquatherapy, sailing, canoeing, ski-boarding, sand buggying, sledging to name a few.
Comfortable Plus is essentially a bean bag that can be fixed into shape to support and stabilise the head and torso without pressure points, thereby effectively reducing the risk of pressure sores.
Once moulded to the contours required, air within is extracted via pump to fix the “beans” into shape. The process means it can be quickly and easily adjusted, at home by a trained carer, to accommodate finite adjustments to comfort, whether on a daily, weekly or monthly basis.
As a result, it plays a strong role in effective reduction of the risk of pressure sores.
The optional Base can be similarly moulded to provide the required stabilisation to hips and pelvis. It even allows formation of a pommel.
Made from an advanced neoprene material, Comfortable Plus is waterproof and can be wiped clean to address spills or maintain hygiene.
The design of the AAT Comfortable Plus means it can be easily transferred to any seat, whether a conventional chair or wheelchair- or beyond. It has been used to enable disabled clients to to relax in the bath (with AAT’s Aqua Liberty system), or beyond- to enjoy ski boarding, a raft of water sports, karting- any activity that involves a seated position.
"Comfortable Plus is a revolution in postural support systems.
Anyone who cares for or works with children and adults with physical limitations knows that what suits in terms of positioning one day may not work the next.
The infinite, at home variability of Comfortable Plus and its diversity of use make it an appropriate, reasonable proposition for any healthcare professional needing postural seating for clients with physical or mental disabilities.
The fact it has infinite seating support uses beyond purely sitting at home is an added bonus: it enables wider participation in life and extends a client’s scope of experiences, helping their overall health and wellbeing.”
Peter Wingrave, AAT Director
AAT’s nationwide team of assessment managers are trained to support healthcare professionals in undertaking postural assessments, free of charge and with no obligation. As part of the purchase process AAT will train care-givers in appropriate adjustment of Comfortable Plus. As the system can be wiped clean, it can be taken into equipment stores if/when no longer needed, and re-issued, thereby delivering further positive amortisation and optimisation of care budgets.
To find out more about Comfortable Plus, and book a free, no obligation assessment, click the link: https://www.aatgb.com/comfortable-plus/.
Hip stabilisation and correction without pressure is often difficult to address for physiotherapists and occupational therapists, requiring complex prescription of a combination of postural support cushions.
The introduction of Base Doro https://www.aatgb.com/base-doro-2/ eliminates that complexity.
It delivers a single cushion with prominent pommel provides posterior and lateral support on any chair or wheelchair.
The innovative vacuum technology within the cushion means it is infinitely variable and adjustable, enabling exact, pressure-free support for the whole pelvis.
The strategic pommel enables abduction of the legs. Side lateral panels that extend beyond the hip girdle help stabilise and correct the whole pelvis.
An integral neoprene strap provides complimentary safety when in use.
The stability and security for the user can also encourage torso movement during daily activities, thus helping increase strength for some musculoskeletal conditions.
Base Doro can be precisely set up for each person, and quickly and easily adjusted as needed. Based on the beanbag concept, a pump removes air to fix the cushion to the exact configuration of each user and hold them without pressure.
Any progressive change- however slight- required to maintain support and comfort can be undertaken at home, by the care-giver (with appropriate qualified training). There is no need for lengthy and costly re-moulding.
Available in four sizes, Base Doro can be used with all clients from child to adult.
The cushion’s technologically-advanced breatheable neoprene cover can be wiped clean to maintain hygiene; its integral elasticity has the flexibility to “immerse” the buttocks without friction.
A hand pump is supplied as standard. Optional accessories include an electric pump, mounting strap and flexible foam-padded cover.
“Base Doro takes seated support to a new level. To our knowledge, nothing else gives, in just one cushion, the degree of support, and infinite variability to each person (client or patient). It will make postural seating prescription much simpler, easier- and cost-effective- for Occupational Therapists. Just one cushion can turn almost any chair into a postural chair and ensure appropriate support for wheelchair users. It delivers transferrable comfort.”
Peter Wingrave, Director AAT GB
Base Doro compliments the range of vacuum posture cushions already available from AAT, including the Comfortable Plus Duo seat and back support, Chilli Bean seat and Grande mattress.
Free no obligation assessments for Base Doro, any or all of the range of vacuum posture cushions, and AAT’s complete range of daily living aids can be booked here: https://www.aatgb.com/base-doro-2/
