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.

All Solutions

Reducing Gap of a Bed Lever

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Our client Sarah, a young lady with Cerebral Palsy, needed a bed rail but was afraid of getting her arm stuck between the bars. REMAP Retired Occupational Therapist and Maker Virginia Tite provided a solution. View Details

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

TV REMOTE CONTROL HOLDER FOR WHEELCHAIR

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The client uses her wheelchair all day and required a mounting for her Sky TV remote so she could access TV without help. 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

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

Wheelchair comfort footrest modification

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A modification to make wheelchair footrests more comfortable for a client with Cerebral Palsy. View Details

Eyegaze mount for wheelchair user

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Allowing the wheelchair user to be mobile with his Eyegaze screen View Details

Table extension and cup holder

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Fay has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair.  She would like to get close enough to her table to eat her food and drink her drink, but the table is too low for the wheelchair arms so her carer has... View Details

Strengthened wheel chair foot rest

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The patient has Cerebral Palsy and enjoys 'dancing' to music. He has broken two wheelchair foot plates. This project was to strenghten the footplate. View Details

Comfort panels for a standing sling

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The person relies on a standing hoist  but the standing sling was uncomfortable under the arms. The current sling was the most padded version available. The sling belongs to the community equipment store, so nothing can be permanently fixed to... View Details

Wheelchair seat adapter plate

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We created an adapter plate to mount a supportive seat to a powered wheelchair base for young man with Cerebral Palsey and scoliosis. View Details

Accessible storage

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Our client is a powered wheelchair user with something of a storage problem around his flat.   Remap were asked if we could create an accessible solution to utilise an area of his lounge alongside his fireplace which wasn't usable for... View Details

Scalextric control adaptation

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Our young client has CP and was unable to grip and operate a conventional Scalextric trigger control. View Details

Boccia ball holder

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Boccia is a boules sport related to bowls and Pétanque, and is played up to Paralympic level.  Our client plays Boccia socially and required a Boccia ball holder to attach to an existing wheelchair tray he has. 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

Writing – Painting Aid

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A drawing/painting/writing aid for a Cerebral Palsy sufferer who enjoys painting. The device attaches to a fabric-covered splint via a metal joint and locking screws on aluminium sheets formed to match the splint. The sheets are lined with sections of... View Details

Artist’s head harness

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Lizzie has been using painting as a therapy for some time.  Her cerebral palsy means that she can't use her hands to paint and as she is in a wheelchair it makes it difficult for her to paint on a... 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

Electric go-kart

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Scott had such fun riding in his electric car, but he had outgrown it and he missed scooting around under his own steam. Scott has cerebral palsy, which is a condition affecting his brain. The signals to his limbs and... 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

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

Electrification of recumbent trike for 9 year old boy

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Miles is a 9 year old with cerebral palsy. His father bought a recumbent trike for exercise, but he could not pedal uphill. His dad then purchased a wheel with an electric motor, battery pack, pedal sensor, controls and display... View Details

Give me a minute – indicating when eye tracker software is in use

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It can be difficult to tell when somebody who uses an eye tracker to operate their communications software is communicating. So the temptation is to look over their shoulder. Fil McIntyre, The Head Technologist at Beaumont College asked if it... View Details

HandShake – using hand motion to control switchable software

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Some people with e.g. cerebral palsy are unable to use physical controllers such as buttons and joysticks to interact with communication software are still able to make intentional hand movements. View Details