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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Comfort adaptation for child potty training

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Being comfortable is always desirable. However, when you are a parent and trying to potty train your child, the comfort of the child becomes essential to the successful outcome. Whilst the majority of children's potty seats are made from rigid... View Details

Special toilet support rail

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The client requires additional support while sitting on the toilet. A removeable cross-rail was added to the existing drop-down rails View Details

Shower chair comfort and safety modifications

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The client has a form of Cerebral Palsy called FOXG1 which results in regular random movements of the arms and legs. Although showering is carried out in a specially designed shower chair, the hard surfaces of the shower chair often... 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

Night time toileting

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In a similar vein to a previous project https://remap.org.uk/solutions/urine-bottle-night-time-emptying/ this is a full solution to the problem of clients with severely reduced dexterity/movement, and night-time toileting. Conventional urine bottles, and this type of commercially available urine container were both unsuitable... 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

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

Toilet transfer rail

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Our client has a particular transfer method from his wheelchair to the toilet which requires a combination of a standard issue fold-down floor mounted support rail, and some sort of additional hand-hold near to the toilet cistern.   For the latter,... View Details

Padded toilet seat adaptation

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Several years ago, Ian Brocket of the Harrogate & Ripon group modified a commercially available padded toilet seat to cope with a client doing a side transfer onto it, through improving areas such as the hinges which tend to be... View Details

Access to toilet

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The challenge was to allow the child with leg amputation below the knee to access his toilet and allowing him to be more independent. the client had some small steps that he could climb and get onto the toilet but... View Details

Urine bottle night time emptying

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Our client was struggling with his care provider due to their staffing shortages and was often in a situation where the time period from being put to bed by his carers to a visit next morning was up to 12... 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

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

Help for children with dwarfism

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Young girl with dwarfism was just starting school and required a way to reach the school wash basins and toilets View Details

Shower Chair Headrest

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The referral from the Occupational Therapist said: "This child has SMA type I/II. She has really reduced active movement and is dependent on adults for all changes of position. She uses a specialist wheelchair and requires a high level of... View Details

Folding toilet step

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A school requested Remap to make a folding toilet step for an exceptionally small pupil but which could also be used by others. View Details

Travel Toilet Seat

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The Occupational Therapist asked for "Some form of adapted seat that fits over a normal toilet, with back support, and harness to provide stability whilst seated. It needs to be light, & able to fold away into a carrying bag."... View Details

Commode Seat

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The child commode provided by the OT was too small for the client, and ordering a bigger one would have taken too long. This project was time critical due to child receiving end of life care. Remap was asked to... View Details

Toilet transfer stool

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A girl has Type III Osteogenesis Imperfecta disorder which means she has brittle bones and short stature. This results in her having difficulty transferring herself from the wheelchair onto the toilet. Due to her fragility and lack of strength in... View Details

Toilet Steps

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The child was growing and proving heavy for the Mother to lift her on and off the toilet.  There was also the desire to give her the independence to use the toilet without assistance.  The space available and the height... View Details

Shower chair footrest

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The standard footrests of John's showerchair made it difficult to manoeuvre around the narrow doors and landing of his home. Removing them make the chair both narrower and shorter, but meant that the only way of moving about was to... View Details

Toilet seat back rest

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A severely disabled wheelchair user needed a toilet seat back rest but no commercial product was suitable due to the distance from the cistern, space between the wall and location of the mounting below the cistern. A bespoke unit was... View Details

Interfacing a shower toilet with a commode chair

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The client wishes to use her toilet (with integral wash and dry function) without transferring from her wheeled commode, but the wash water escapes through the gap between toilet bowl and the underside of the commode (onto the bathroom floor),... View Details

Transfer Board

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Reuben has no legs, and prosthetics are not possible. He needs assistance to get into his wheelchair, and he needed assistance to get to the toilet. Commercial transfer boards are available, but they are too small and unstable for Reuben's... View Details