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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Support to aid teeth brushing

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Our client, Timothy, a wheelchair user, was experiencing difficulties leaning forward over the washbasin when cleaning his teeth. His Occupational Therapist suggested that handles on both sides of the wash basin would be useful to pull his upper body forward.... View Details

Portable Dog treat dispenser

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The Charity 'Dogs for Good' require potential assistance dog owners to be able to dispense single kibble dog treats to reward the right actions during their training period. This person has been waiting over a year to have an assistance... View Details

Toilet backrest

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The client who has MND needed extra back support while using his toilet. A backrest was made from foam, attached to his toilet cistern with velcro material. View Details

Toilet footrest

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A client with MS has a toilet that has been raised to assist transfers, meaning her feet are unsupported. Because she has to spend long periods on the toilet, this is painful and a movable footrest was required. Her reduced... View Details

Shower control lever

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The client, who has Parkinson’s disease, found the controls on his shower difficult to operate. The controls were cylindrical and smooth, meaning that there was little for him to grip.  A simple lever was clamped onto the control, making it... View Details

Long-reach shower controller

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The client needs to be seated when showering and, because of the configuration of the shower cubicle, is too far from the shower controls to reach them. A simple arm engages with the control knob and allows it to be... 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

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

A removable tray for a walking frame

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Our client uses his walker with one hand in the middle of the cross bar, rather than the two handles. He reached out to REMAP because he wanted to be able to carry some items around his flat and to... View Details

VitrA Shower Control Adaptation

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A 3D printed lock-on handle to assist a gentleman with reduced hand function to operate one of the controls on his VitrA shower mixer. View Details

Kanjo Eco bath lift safety belt

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A safety lap belt for a Kanjo Eco bath lift, used by a client with severe involuntary movement, to assist her carers when bathing her. 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

Shower control adaptations

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3D printed control adaptations for a difficult to use shower for a lady with arthritis, to improve grip and leverage. View Details

Custom Bathboard

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The client required a bathboard to assist their access to bathing facilities in a care home. View Details

Securing an Otto Bock Robby bath frame

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Our client is a teenaged girl hoisted into a large/deep electrically adjustable bath, onto an Otto Bock "Robby" adjustable bathing frame shown below, set precisely to her support needs.   However, our client is inclined to move around a lot and... View Details

Changing mat guard rail

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The client uses a changing mat that fits over their bath. The mat folds up out of the way during bathing. This active child has learnt how to roll off the mat very quickly. The bath manufacturer makes a guard... 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

4-wheeled Walker adaptation

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Our client was elderly and frail and had had a stroke which affected her right-hand grip on her 4-wheel walker. She also had hurt her ankle on a protruding brake fixing on the lower tubing of the walker. Her Occupational... View Details

Bathing support

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Bathing supports to raise a bathing sling higher in the bath, for a disabled gentleman who was too tall to fit in the bath. 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

Changing bed steps

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The school required steps to enable a small child with good mobility to climb up onto a changing bed with the minimum of assistance. It is hoped that he will gain confidence and be increasingly able to mount the bed... View Details

Customised Bath Steps

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Our client is a young boy who has short legs and very short thigh bones. He cannot walk but can manage getting up the house stairs using his knees and elbows. He needed some steps to crawl up to get... 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

Changing table

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A client with learning difficulties needs a table to support him in his home while his carers help him get dressed and bathed. Because of the restricted space available, the usual floor-mounted table would not work. View Details