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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Profile Bed Control Adaptation

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Our client struggled to use the handset for her profiling bed and wanted to retain independence. In order to overcome this challenge, our REMAP engineer has adapted the handset to allow the client to easily operate the controls on her... View Details

Profiling bed control with large buttons

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Client could not use the small buttons on her bed controller and was reliant on carers to adjust the bed. View Details

Bed transfer rail

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Our client had recently dispensed with a hospital-type profiling bed and bought himself a much nicer looking one.  But like the profiling bed, his new bed only came with a particular type of grab rail and our client has a... View Details

Bed raisers

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Our client has a timber bed with unusually large diameter legs that were unsuitable for commercial "elephant's feet" raisers. View Details

Carer Call Button

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The challenge was to think of a way of allowing the client to call his carer at night without the baby alarm constantly transmitting. My initial idea was to use a baby alarm with voice activation so the client would... View Details

Intravenous Pump – Alarm Monitor

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The client is a mother of one living a with young son estimated at 10-12 years old. She is deaf but can hear well with the aid of hearing aids during daytime. At night she does not wear the hearing... View Details

Bedside light with multiple switches

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The client has some mobility issues and had not used his bed for some time because he could not easily and quickly locate his bedside light if he needed to get up during the night. He did not want to... View Details

Bed lever/rail extension

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To construct a bed lever extension piece with sufficient rigidity to allow the client to more easily get in and out of her bed. View Details

Bed castor raisers

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Our client has a steel framed bed in the corner of his bedroom which had already been lifted up with "elephant's feet" bed raisers, but he needs to be hoisted and a temporary solution was needed to improve height and... View Details

One-handed bed remote control

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The client has very limited movement and only in one arm.  He sleeps in a tilting bed.  During night during coughing fits he needs to raise the bed but he cannot reach the bed wired remote control panel.  He wanted... View Details

Oxygen and Suction Hose Clamp for Bed Frame

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End user is 15 year old child, has medical equipment in bedroom, oxygen concentrator and suction, long lengths of plastic tubing which needed to be kept tidy and safe, to prevent trips and to prevent damage to equipment. Previously was... View Details

Bed mattress lifter and call switch

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This client, who has motor neuron disease, lives with and is cared for by his family. He had been supplied with a mattress elevator to allow him to get out of bed unaided.  Unfortunately he had almost no strength in... View Details

Mattress Spacer

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This elderly client required a spacer to fill a gap in her mattress. She had been supplied with a pressure-reducing mattress topper, which (strangely) was 6″ too long for a standard double-bed. Normally, this would not cause too much of... View Details

Bed controller access control

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Client is 18 years old with learning difficulties and uses a profiling bed with a wired controller. His carers need a method to prevent him from misusing the controller. View Details

Feeding pump support bracket

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Cot before the modification A young autistic child requires feeding from a feeding pump through a tube directly into his stomach overnight. He plays with the pump settings resulting in his feed being interrupted and possible hypoglycaema. A means of... View Details

Handrail for riser armchair

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New rail Side view Rail and feet One of two feet added To suit the changing condition of the client, the arm rest used during the client’s transition from wheelchair to armchair (made under job BK2017/42C) was modified.  The electric... View Details

Modified Cot Ends to allow feeding tube between the bars

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Client wanted to be able to pass a child's feeding tube through the cot ends, this allows the child to turn without getting entangled in the feed tube which is the difficulty if the tube is passed over the cot... View Details

Monorail doorway closure

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New upper doors closed … … and open. Pole to open and close the upper doors Client has a monorail running from the bedroom to the bathroom which means that the bedroom door does not close. The client is a... View Details

Hinged bed rail

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The client’s feet tend to slip off the side of his bed and what was needed was a small width attachment which can be pulled up 180 degrees whilst he is in the bed and then folded down 180 degrees... View Details

Customised bed lever

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The client’s bed is manufactured in steel with a sprung mattress support rather than slats and a standard bed lever was unsuitable. A standard bed lever was purchased and modified by the addition of aluminium sections and spacer blocks. Bristol... View Details

Padding for a cot

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The client (aged 2 years) sometimes bangs her head without control. She now has a larger cot and the top rails and ends need padding. The padding must stay in place and the straps be tight. The top rails of... View Details

Provision of adjustable bed rail

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The client has progressive weakness in all muscle groups affecting her abilities to walk, sit upright for long periods, and great difficulty moving and turning in bed. She needs a shallow bed rail to assist her to turn or otherwise... View Details

Contoured portable bed

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This 18-year old client needed a portable bed contoured for the way she sleeps that she could use when away from home. The bed needed to be raised in the middle and easily portable. A base was constructed in plywood... View Details

Moveable bed rail

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Diane, a wheelchair user with multiple sclerosis, needs a firm rail at the side of her bed to enable her to move during the night and to sit up. The rail, however, impedes her transfer off the bed during the... View Details