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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Feeding Trolley

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This project centres on developing a mobility solution for the client, a child requiring a feeding pump due to medical needs. Following recent surgery, the objective is to enhance the client's autonomy and mobility while ensuring that he can safely... View Details

Pushchair to wheelchair link

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'Pushchair Link' for attaching a pushchair to a parent’s wheelchair. A new parent who is an active wheelchair user asked REMAP for a solution to link her baby’s pram pushchair combo to her wheelchair, so that she can safely propel... View Details

Wheelchair to pram or pushchair adaptation

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The client suffers acute pain caused by ACENS syndrome, which meant that she relied heavily on her partner to push her wheelchair for transportation. When she became pregnant she started to become concerned about how she would manage with a... View Details

Comfort adaptation for child potty training

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Being comfortable is always desirable. However, when you are a parent and trying to potty train your child, the comfort of the child becomes essential to the successful outcome. Whilst the majority of children's potty seats are made from rigid... View Details

Hand brakes for Silver Cross pram

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The client has problems with her balance and needs her pram to be stable and under control at all times. View Details

Cot/bed adaptation

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Our client self referred as young mother with an 8 month old baby. The mother has a fairly severe and painful spinal condition which means she mostly uses a wheelchair or occasionally a walking stick. Our client lives in Local... View Details

Pushchair emergency brake

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This project provides an adaptation to a pushchair such that it will not roll away if inadvertently released. It therefore provides safety. View Details

Buggy safety tether

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The client is concerned that she will release her baby's buggy during an epileptic seizure and requires a means to restrain it. View Details

Changing mat guard rail

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The client uses a changing mat that fits over their bath. The mat folds up out of the way during bathing. This active child has learnt how to roll off the mat very quickly. The bath manufacturer makes a guard... View Details

Customised Bath Steps

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Our client is a young boy who has short legs and very short thigh bones. He cannot walk but can manage getting up the house stairs using his knees and elbows. He needed some steps to crawl up to get... View Details

Lifting Cot for Wheelchair user Mum

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The Client is a wheelchair user who also has some limited mobility on her feet. She is unable to bend down. She has a recent baby which currently sleeps in a crib by her bed. As the child grows he... View Details

Nappy changing frame

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First time mum found it difficult to change a dirty nappy with limited use of her right hand. Her wriggly baby was forever putting his foot in the wrong place! Mum wanted a similar design to the one found under... View Details

Relocate Feeding Tube Stand

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The Occupational Therapist contacted us saying: "Somebody from Remap previously made a fantastic stand to attach this child's overnight tube feed to his profiling bed. This attached into the existing socket on the bed-frame at the head end of the... View Details

Ventilator Trolley

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The client's named nurse told us "This 4 year old client is fully ventilated (24hrs) via a tracheostomy, and requires a suitable trolley, to enable them to move about easily whilst attached to the ventilator. The trolley needs to support... View Details

Special Doll

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A request was received from a local Children's Hospital.  A two-year old girl who had sepsis had indicated that she would like a doll that more closely resembled her condition.  Could we manage to create such an item? View Details

Feeding Stand

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A child with Epilepsy, Global Developmental Delay and Feeding problems is fed at night via PEG feed. The feeding stand in her bedroom is currently balanced on her bed, and keeps falling over. This affects its function, and also disturbs the parents... View Details

Bathroom Step

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Child with significant lower limb weakness is not able to stand up from the floor independently. She requires assistance for steps. The bath is in a lowered area 25cm lower than the bathroom floor. The OT requested a Platform/step between... View Details

Modified Baby Cot

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Mum of 7 month old baby, and full time wheelchair user, couldn't put her baby into the cot, as it was the wrong height for her to wheel underneath, and the sides dropped down preventing her from getting near enough... View Details

Changing Unit

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The child was too large for the existing changing unit, but the available space was very limited, and a larger unit would not fit in the available space. Extending the existing unit was the only option. The folding frame of... View Details

Cot Door Catch

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This child is unable to absorb nutrient from her gut in the normal way, so she has a permanent intravenous line to supply all her fluids and nutrition. The nurse reported that she has a specialist cot, but the doors... View Details

Commode Seat

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The child commode provided by the OT was too small for the client, and ordering a bigger one would have taken too long. This project was time critical due to child receiving end of life care. Remap was asked to... View Details

Special School Bed Modifications

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The special school's very large activity beds had only been provided with canvas panels for two sides each and the fixings of the tops of these panels to the bed posts were inadequate and liable to tear and sag. The... View Details

Baby-proof cot latch

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The client has a toddler who sleeps in a cot with an opening front door (a previous modification by Remap to assist the mother who has back problems). The child is now older, more adventurous and stronger so a more... View Details

Wheelchair Trolley

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The client’s children both use wheelchairs which meant that both parents had to be available to be able to take the two girls out at the same time, whether on day trips or trips to the local park or shop.... View Details