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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Long-reach shower controller

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The client needs to be seated when showering and, because of the configuration of the shower cubicle, is too far from the shower controls to reach them. A simple arm engages with the control knob and allows it to be... View Details

A removable tray for a walking frame

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Our client uses his walker with one hand in the middle of the cross bar, rather than the two handles. He reached out to REMAP because he wanted to be able to carry some items around his flat and to... View Details

Bed Control Activation Unit

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The client has Motor Neurone Disease resulting in increasing difficulty/being unable to press the hand control buttons to operate a profiling bed. The aim of the project was to provide a modified front face to the control unit which he... View Details

VitrA Shower Control Adaptation

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A 3D printed lock-on handle to assist a gentleman with reduced hand function to operate one of the controls on his VitrA shower mixer. 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

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

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

Changing mat restraint

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The client is very active when being changed and their carer requires a means of providing gentle restraint. 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

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

Bathing support

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Bathing supports to raise a bathing sling higher in the bath, for a disabled gentleman who was too tall to fit in the bath. View Details

Seahorse chair arm support

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To provide additional lateral support to the client's arm and shoulder when using his Seahorse toiletting chair as there was nothing commercially suitable to fit this chair. No major changes to the chair structure of the chair was advised. View Details

Changing bed steps

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The school required steps to enable a small child with good mobility to climb up onto a changing bed with the minimum of assistance. It is hoped that he will gain confidence and be increasingly able to mount the bed... 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

Changing table

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A client with learning difficulties needs a table to support him in his home while his carers help him get dressed and bathed. Because of the restricted space available, the usual floor-mounted table would not work. View Details

One-handed nail filing and varnishing

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After a stroke affecting her ability to use one hand, the client struggled to file her fingernails and varnish them. View Details

Wash – Shampoo hair independently

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The challenge was to create an aid which would enable a young woman who is unable to raise her arms above shoulder height to wash, shampoo and condition her hair independently. View Details

One-handed Hair Tie

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The client is a lady who has substantially lost the use of her left arm as a result of a stroke. She has fairly long hair and, prior to the stroke, was used to using the sprung type of hairgrip... View Details

Sit-to-stand sling modification

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The client uses a MiniLift sit-to-stand aid for transfers but the sling is unsuitable. The Oxford Journey aid has a more suitable sling, but the aid itself is too large to maneuver inside the client's home and its sling uses... View Details

Shaving aid remake

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The challenge with this project was not to invent a new device but to recreate as closely as possible an existing one whilst making it possible to 3D print the parts and include a currently available razor. The original device... View Details

Special toilet seat

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A bariatric client with motor neuron disease wishes to self-insert suppositories and enemas while seated over the toilet. This required the means to roll sideways to expose the anus and an enlarged opening to provide access. View Details

Arm support

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Client has Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome and her weak arms cause difficulty with lifting them above waist height, so has trouble with doing makeup, hair-drying, hair straightening, etc. She had tried resting arms on, for example, a dressing table but they... View Details

Modified Electric Toothbrush

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The client's daughter contacted REMAP, reporting that her Mum has arthritis and cannot switch on her electric toothbrush, nor can she grip a manual toothbrush. View Details

Prop for enabling hair washing

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MsA is a wheelchair user and has a right hemiplegia. Following a head injury her scalp is very sensitive and she likes to wash her own hair, with help. Sitting in her wheelchair, she bends over the side of the... View Details