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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Weighting a Rollator

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Laura, who uses a rollator daily for mobility, reported that the device lacked stability, causing frequent inconvenience and increasing the risk of slipping. View Details

Chair adaptation with tray

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A gentleman with shorter arms and legs needed a chair that was standard width but with a seat height of 25cm and a seat depth of 30cm and armrest height of 60cm with sturdy hand grips extending beyond the front... View Details

Foot guide for an ARJO Sara Stedy sit-to-stand-aid

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The client uses a standing aid to mobilise from sitting, but one-sided weakness means one foot drags, leading to his standing with poor posture. A guide was added to the footplate to guide the foot into the preferred position. View Details

ETAC Turner Knee Block

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A removable EVA foam block for an ETAC Patient Turner Pro to prevent the client's knee from moving into the gap between the knee supports when being transferred. View Details

Sofa Arm-Rest

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A client needed help with sitting to standing from their sofa. Raising the sofa alone was not sufficient as he needed something to press down on. View Details

Adaptive Stairlift

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We were asked to design a device which would raise and lower the seat height for a Stannah stairlift for a lady with muscular dystrophy.  We designed the adaptive seat in CAD which enabled us to share updates and design... View Details

Footplate Shields for Activity Chair

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The client tried using a Rifton Activity Chair, but he kept getting his foot trapped underneath the wheels. The company makes a footplate box, but it wasn't suitable as it would have prevented the client from standing and transferring on... 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

Seated leg press gripping frame

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This unusual request came from a local physiotherapy department, where the control panel on their seated leg press machine tended to be used by patients to pull themselves up off the apparatus, which wasn't doing the panel any good and... View Details

Assessment car for rehabilitation patients

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The East Kent Neuro Rehabilitation Department had an old quarter of a mini which used to be used as rehabilitation practice for their patients. However, this was thrown away during Covid. The department requested for something similar to be made... View Details

Wheelchair stick holders

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Kirah is a volunteer for the Harrogate and Ripon Group of Remap helping with publicity and fundraising.  A powered wheelchair user herself, Kirah had been carrying her bulky tripod-base walking sticks strapped to the rear of her wheelchair for some... View Details

Rollator carrier for electric chair

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The challenge was to construct a bracket to hold a three wheeled Rollator onto a electric chair so the client could access smaller shops that his chair would not fit into. View Details

Chair raisers for leather arm chair

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Our client has a leather suite with low profile square timber feet, but following a stroke, found it harder to get out of the chair. Most chair raisers, such the commercial "elephant feet" type, cater for chairs with proper legs... View Details

Arjo Sara Stedy additional cross rail

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Our client has a Swedish product called an Arjo Sara Stedy which is used to help his transfer from sitting to a standing position.  However, the nature of his chair and folding leg rest means his care team struggled to... 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

Temporary duvet support

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  The client needs to sleep on her back until the post-op swelling of her hip and thigh recedes. She also needs to be able to move her feet and legs in order to lessen the risk of deep vein... View Details

Crutch Stand

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The client, an 80 y.o. woman, is unable to walk or stand for more than a few seconds due to severe arthritis in her right hip. The condition has worsened over the past 18 months, and now she is confined... View Details

Alternative to sofa raising

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Lynne has poor strength in her lower body and finds getting on and off her sofa almost impossible. She thought the answer might be to raise the sofa, as we have done so many times before. But the sofa was... View Details

Step Stool

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The usual solution for helping someone to get on/off the sofa or to get in/out of bed might be standard NHS step stools but given the client’s height the platform on these stools is too high for her to step... View Details

Breezi chair modification

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To make a foldable footrest for an existing chair for a client with special needs. View Details

Mini Lift Platform Footrest

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The client has Cerebral Palsy affecting all four limbs. She mobilises in a powered height adjustable wheelchair. She is weight bearing with support and uses a Mini Lift 125 for transfers. She previously had work done on her old Mini... 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

Standing Frame Modification

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The client uses a standing frame at school; but as she uses it, she twists her trunk. The Physio was keen to try and prevent her being able to twist so much by adding taller elbow blocks. The School Physio... View Details