Solutions

Here you will find an archive of many previous REMAP solutions. These may be pieces of bespoke equipment or adaptations that have been made by REMAP volunteers. To find out more about an item, please click view details.

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Supportive pony saddle

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The client requires a frame to support her while pony riding to improve her posture and core strength. The adjustable frame clamps onto a standard saddle and provides sufficient support while also encouraging exercise to strengthen her muscles.

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Bike Scooter Adapter

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This client has radial dysplasia and her right arm is shorter than her left and she has limited grip strength in her right hand. She has always wanted to ride a scooter or bike but needs an adapter for the...

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ADAPTED Garden chair

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This client is an amputee who uses a mobility scooter and struggled to transfer into a garden chair to sit outside with his family. He needed a solution which would allow him to transfer independently, recline and elevate his leg.

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bespoke kitchen step

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This client required a bespoke step so they could reach the kitchen work surface and help to cook with family members. View Details

Voice Amplifier

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This project uses a hyper-directional microphone, connected to a small amplifier and loudspeaker, to help the client, who has very quiet speech, be understood whilst in bed. If this helps the client dictate into her mobile phone that will be... View Details

Oven Door Opener

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The client has quite weak hands and arms, and found it virtually impossible to open the oven door; she always needed the help of her husband. Like most oven doors there is an initial force that must be overcome to... View Details

Large toilet frame

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Task was to supply a toilet frame. It must be 36” wide for a 36 stone client. No commercial equipment could be found to cover the size or weight. View Details

4-wheel walker HEIGHT EXTENSION

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Extending the handles of a 4-wheel walker using 3D printed parts and carbon fibre tube. View Details

Bespoke Cutlery for Post Polio Sufferer

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Hazel suffers with manual dexterity following polio. She needed a set of cutlery that allows her to feed herself, which fits her hands comfortably, and will not degrade in the dishwasher. Earlier bespoke cutlery lost its shape in hot water... View Details

One-handed Sandwich Cutter

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An elderly stroke survivor with significant left-sided inattention and upper limb hemiparesis wanted to be able to make and cut his own sandwich to reduce dependence on his carers. The reliance on his right hand had made using knives risky... View Details

One-handed wheelchair lock

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The client wanted a way of securing her wheelchair with a lock that could be operated single-handed. View Details

Kanjo Eco bath lift safety belt

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A safety lap belt for a Kanjo Eco bath lift, used by a client with severe involuntary movement, to assist her carers when bathing her. View Details

Wheelchair comfort footrest modification

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A modification to make wheelchair footrests more comfortable for a client with Cerebral Palsy. View Details

Walker quick release clips

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A simple solution to allow a walker / rollator to be taken apart easily by a gentleman with arthritis, so it can fit in his car. View Details

Eyegaze mount for wheelchair user

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Allowing the wheelchair user to be mobile with his Eyegaze screen View Details

Adapt sit-to-stand aid

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A 9-year-old child had difficulty supporting herself when transferring using her ReTurn sit-to-stand aid. A padded knee divider supports her legs and guides added to the footplate locate her feet. View Details

Brake Modification on Shower Commode Chair

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The client uses a T70 shower commode chair for toileting and showering. As he lives alone without careworker support, he needs to operate both brakes by lowering the left lever, which needs to be higher and longer than the original.... View Details

Table extension and cup holder

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Fay has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair.  She would like to get close enough to her table to eat her food and drink her drink, but the table is too low for the wheelchair arms so her carer has... View Details

Strengthened wheel chair foot rest

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The patient has Cerebral Palsy and enjoys 'dancing' to music. He has broken two wheelchair foot plates. This project was to strenghten the footplate. View Details

Challenger trimaran buddy seat

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A removeable "buddy seat" to allow an instructor to sit alongside someone with disability learning to sail a Challenger trimaran. View Details

Shower control adaptations

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3D printed control adaptations for a difficult to use shower for a lady with arthritis, to improve grip and leverage. View Details

Dog Lead Adaptation

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Our client is a professional dog walker who was struggling with clipping a dog lead to the dog's collar due to osteoarthritis in her hands and fingers. This simple adaptation of a carabiner clip has enabled her to carry on... View Details

Novel Head Support

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Our client suffers from MND and experiences head drop when sitting upright which is, among other things, causing difficulties with using assistive technologies. This simple solution of using a fixed hat solved the problem. View Details

Supportive pony saddle

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The client requires a frame to support her while pony riding to improve her posture and core strength. The adjustable frame clamps onto a standard saddle and provides sufficient support while also encouraging exercise to strengthen her muscles. View Details

Custom Bathboard

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The client required a bathboard to assist their access to bathing facilities in a care home. View Details

Back Door Locking Mechanism

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Our client is now wheelchair bound and cannot use the upvc door from the garage to the back garden as she cannot reliably lock it. As a consequence, she has stopped using her back garden as she is too worried... View Details

Bike Scooter Adapter

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This client has radial dysplasia and her right arm is shorter than her left and she has limited grip strength in her right hand. She has always wanted to ride a scooter or bike but needs an adapter for the... View Details