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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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

Cup holder

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Client needed a two-handled cup holder to allow her to use normal cups rather than baby cups now that she is now a teenager. No commercial products met the requirement. The only holder that had been found was for a... View Details

Drinking Aid

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A solution was required to enable the lady to drink whenever she wanted to. A "Straw Mover" by Neater Solutions was tried, but it did not have enough adjustment to speed, or position if the lady moved in bed. The... View Details

Non-spill cup carrier

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We are often asked if we can help Clients who are unsteady on their feet (following a stroke, Parkinsons, or simply age related) if we can find some way they can carry drinks and other liquids without spilling them. The... View Details

Bracket for hydration bottle mouthpiece

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A client with MS is unable to reach the mouthpiece of her hydration bottle without assistance. View Details

Drinking pump and stand

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Our client was in the final stages of MND where he had lost most of his ability to move, and when he wanted a drink, he was having to be fed cup to mouth. However, he had a bit of... View Details

I can make a hot cup of tea for my friends & I am Blind!

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To enable a blind man to make a hot cup of tea with milk without assistance. View Details

Modified Tray

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A child who used a wheeled walker at School for mobility wanted to be able to collect his lunch from the canteen and take it to his table as all classmates do. The client's OT asked if we could enable... View Details

3D printed plastic cupholder

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Anna has Muscular Dystrophy and difficulty holding a cup. A simple cup holder was required to enable the young girl to drink easily. Several iterations would be required to reach the final solution and to ensure the item was dishwashable. View Details

Drinking aid

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Our client is a lady with MS living in a care home - and has relatively little arm movement so cannot bring a cup up high enough to take a drink without help. Remap were approached to see if we... View Details

Tray with Handle

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On visiting the client it was found access to her kitchen was restricted so she is unable to use a kitchen trolley to get her food etc. from the kitchen to her table, after discussions it was decided that a... View Details

Anti tipping chair

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Tipping the chair over backwards on a hard floor risked head injuries or worse. The child had no concept of the risk. View Details

Replacements for amputated hands

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The loss of both hands meant that the lady had no hand function and was totally reliant on others to feed, write and many other things.  Whilst there are many prosthetic hands under development, there are not immediately available on... View Details

Dinner tray collection trolleys

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Finished trolleys Underside of tray trolley showing tray drop mechanism Original trolleys Trolleys in use A special needs school had two trolleys which were used by the children to dispose of food waste, cutlery and crockery after their midday meal.... View Details

Wheelchair cup holder

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The client has poor grip and has requested a cup-holder, mounted at the right height on the arm of her wheelchair so that she can drink comfortably with a straw. A clamp was cut from a block of aluminium with... View Details

Weighted beaker

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The client’s condition resulted in violent hand tremors which prevented him drinking from a normally weighted, though modified, tumbler. After some experimenting, it was found that by adding weight to the beaker in the form of an encased lead ‘shoe’... View Details

Steps and tap operator

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A young lady of eight years of age has restricted growth and cannot reach the kitchen tap to make herself a drink. A set of steps was made that could be easily moved to and from the sink by the... View Details

Special tray for wheelchair

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A wheelchair client with restricted arm movement had problems when he went out with his friends to a pub or restaurant because he could not get near enough to a table to feed himself. As a result his friends had... View Details

Pump pot support

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A lady client used a pump pot for dispensing coffee for herself and her friends but this had to be held by carers while she used it to prevent tipping. A wooden support for the pump pot was designed that... View Details

Powered drinking aid

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Robert, a wheelchair user with no hand control and an inability to drink easily, required a powered drinking aid to provide him with some degree of self-reliance, especially at night. A device was fabricated using a 12V windscreen washer pump,... View Details

Plate holder/mover

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The client only has use of his left hand and feeding himself was difficult. His right hand would spasm and knock any tray or plate away from him. He also wished to move the plate away from him when he... View Details

‘One finger’ cup

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The client has dystonia and has had the forefinger of one hand released by surgery. She expressed a wish to hold a cup when her friends call. The sealed tube through the beaker shown in the photographs allows her to... View Details

Modified wheelchair

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This client has motor neurone disease and requires one angle of wheelchair back to accept food in his mouth and another angle (vertical) to enable him to swallow. The angle must be able to be changed quickly and easily by carer.... View Details

Inserts for wheelchair tray

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A wheelchair using client with multiple sclerosis has poor grip and shaking hands and was unable to feed self unless plates and bowls were positioned at functional height and stabilised to avoid spillage. MDF was used to make a tray... View Details