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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Outside wheelchair ramp

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Our client, Mason, is a double bilateral amputee who uses a wheelchair. He needed a ramp up to the front door of the family bungalow to help negotiate a 240mm high step. No commercially available ramps were suitable for his... 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

Bedside step

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The client, Mason, is a double bilateral amputee and needs a step to assist him getting in and out of bed. 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

BED RAIL GAP PROTECTION

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A fabric sleeve to prevent limbs going though the gaps in a bed grab rail, during transfer. View Details

Stand Transfer Aid Foot Strap

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An Occupational Therapist asked REMAP Suffolk East to provide something to stop a client's feet sliding forwards on the foot plate of a Sara Stedy stand/transfer aid. 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

Duvet lifter

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The client uses a self hoist to move from her bed into a wheelchair. She finds it very hard/impossible to remove her duvet to do this so REMAP was engaged to find a solution. It was a difficult solution to... View Details

Raise ReTurn sit-to-stand aid footplate

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The footplate of a ReTurn sit-to-stand aid was too low for a child so a simple wooded platform was made to achieve the required height. View Details

Standing Aid

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A client's left leg is 5.5 inches shorter than her right. A custom stand was made to make transfers from and onto her wheelchair a lot easier. 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

Adapt sit-to-stand aid

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A 9-year-old child had difficulty supporting herself when transferring using her ReTurn sit-to-stand aid. A padded knee divider supports her legs and guides added to the footplate locate her feet. View Details

Ambiturn belt extension kit

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We were contacted by an OT who was having difficulty securing the belt around a client who was using an Ambiturn sit-to-stand aid.  A larger belt wasn't obtainable. View Details

Narrowboat access lift

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Steve lived permanently on a narrowboat and needed a means of transferring between the deck and the cabin, a height of almost 1 metre, following amputation of a leg. He could not leave hospital without this being available. His Occupational... 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

Wheelchair footrest holders

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In order to take the client out of the wheelchair, the horizontal foot rest needs to be pivoted to a vertical position, and held there by a carer during transfer, as the manufacturer has made no provision for holding it... 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

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

Rising Shower Chair

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The client, a man in his early 70s, has a rare late-onset progressive muscle disorder (inclusion-body myositis). He currently is wheelchair dependent and relies on a full function powered (“Quickie”) wheelchair. He has almost no extension power in the knees... 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

Zimmer frame arm gutter supports

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Our client is of very short stature with significant posture issues.  She had been using a child's zimmer to help her walk, which had previously been modified to have an extra set of wheels, but this wasn't providing the support... View Details

Molift Raiser 205 foot plates

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A Molift Raiser 205 is a type of hoist for lifting someone from a seated position. However, the client's condition meant that her feet were prone to twisting and moving out of position for lifting which was uncomfortable for her. ... 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

Shortened bed rail

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Our client has a hospital profiling type of bed at home but was struggling to transfer to his wheelchair unaided, and needed another strong supporting rail in addition to the two standard issue support rails he already had for this... View Details