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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Adult Stairgate

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Note: Case was completed with the assistance of Mark Crossley. The client has suffered a stroke. The client lives in a 2-storey house with his parents, and his bedroom is upstairs. Due to the client’s reduced mobility, there is a... View Details

Hinged Bed-Rail

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The referral for this project came from an occupational therapist. The client has frequent night-time seizures which often lead to him falling from his bed and injuring himself. He also frequently needs to go to the toilet in the night... View Details

Rutland trolley adaptation

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The project to adapt the client’s Rutland trolley shows the importance of personalised solutions in assistive technology. By addressing the specific challenges she faced, the team were able to implement a successful solution that involved widening the trolley's legs. Despite... View Details

To design and build a stability frame

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Our client Gillian was experiencing falls particularly when transferring from her chair, from a raised seating position to standing because of her physical motor impairment. Her occupational therapist approached REMAP to see if there was any way of making something... View Details

Modified Stair Lift

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This client was unable to reach the lever of their stairlift which put them at risk of falling down the stairs. Their Occupational Therapist asked REMAP to adapt the lever, so the client could stay safe. View Details

Raised Sofa

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The client's OT contacted REMAP, because their sofa was very low, and she was struggling to get up from it. View Details

Steps for young adult with Morquio syndrome

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Remap Essex West were approached to provide a set of steps to enable the young adult Client with Morquio Syndrome to use the toilet facilities unaided at a training centre. Previously his mother had to attend every day to help... View Details

4-wheeled Walker adaptation

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Our client was elderly and frail and had had a stroke which affected her right-hand grip on her 4-wheel walker. She also had hurt her ankle on a protruding brake fixing on the lower tubing of the walker. Her Occupational... View Details

Emergency Brake for Baby Stroller

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Our client was a young mother-to-be who suffered from dramatic and unpredictable seizures. She was concerned that if she were to experience one of these seizures when she was out with her baby in the stroller, then she would not... View Details

Fly-by-wire kids tractor

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Reaching the steering on your toy tractor is very frustrating if you are a 20-month old boy. If only you could have a small steering wheel close to your hand that would steer the tractor electrically, like a modern automated... View Details

Wheelchair Step

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A Paediatric Occupational Therapist contacted us with the following challenge: A child with Cerebral Palsy has a tiny tracks electric wheelchair: https://www.tinytrax.com/ The wheelchair seat is 45cm off the ground, so slightly too high for her to sit straight into... View Details

Molift Knee Blocks

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The client had had recent surgery, preventing him from being able to transfer independently by standing following a surgery. This meant that he was having to be lifted by mum or hoisted at school. School had tried to use a... View Details

Stairlift safety rails

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The client  fears that weakness in her legs will allow her to fall forward out of the seat of her stairlift. View Details

Step-up platform

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21-month-old Sebby with achondroplasia (short stature) cannot use standard steps etc to access sinks, toilets and worktops. His mother is having to hold him so that he can wash his hands, etc. and  she would like him to be able... View Details

Stairgates

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Rails at top of stairs … … and with board in place Bottom of stairs A mother of three autistic children requires robust gates at the top and bottom of her stairs to prevent falls. Standard stairgates for toddlers are... View Details

Improved grip for vertical grab poles

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The client found that his wet hands slipped on the floor-to-ceiling poles in his bathroom. Both poles were fitted with paracord whipping over double sided carpet tape to provide a secure hold.   View Details

Fall protection for epileptic

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  Toilet and bidet Kitchen sink Desk The client’s mother required protection around the home against drop seizures of her epileptic child. For the toilet and bidet, closed cell foam protective edge strip (sold for packing of paintings and mirrors)... View Details

Handrail

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The client required an indoor stair handrail in an awkward location, and the suggested Magic Rail was unsuitable. A bespoke angled rail was made and fitted.   View Details

Stair gate for child

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The client is a seven year old autistic boy who frequently wakes at night and wanders. An existing gate at the top of the stairs was low and there was danger of him toppling over and down the stairs. A... View Details

Tall adult stair-gate

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This tall client is unsteady on his feet and has jerky, involuntary movements. A tall (to chest level) stairgate was requested that would prevent him toppling down the stairs when moving from his bedroom to the bathroom at night. The... View Details

Modified door

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A hyperactive little girl needed to be prevented from gaining access to the stairway from her bedroom. The door was modified so that she could be stopped from opening the door but easy access could still be maintained if needed.... View Details

Modified bath lift

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This 90 year old lady lives alone and sometimes has dizzy spells. When this happens she lowers herself to sit on the floor but is unable to get up without assistance. As her carer only comes twice a day, she can... View Details

Hand rail for settee

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The client had difficulty in getting on and off his settee and had on occasion fallen on to the floor. A steel tubular frame was attached securely to the settee base with brackets and wood screws which he could grasp... View Details