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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Adaptable window opener

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This is a simple yet flexible window opener for a client who needs to operate a variety of windows from a distance and from a fixed, low position. 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

Leg Supports for Rollz Motion wheelchair

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This client has a Rollz Motion wheelchair and, for medical reasons, needs to have her legs horizontal. However, this wheelchair does not have an option for leg supports to be attached. I obtained some standard leg supports and designed and... View Details

Food Preparation Device for Amputee

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Our client lost both hands in an accident and wishes to be able to prepare food. A sleeve was made that straps onto his arm to which different knives can be fitted. View Details

Induction Hob Pan and Button Location Guides

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Our client is registered blind and has an induction hob that he would like to use. He asked us to make some guides to allow him to locate the various touch buttons and also to locate the pans on the... View Details

Walking Frame Supporting Platform

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Our client had great difficulty going up his two steps from his hall to his kitchen. To solve this, REMAP has created an overlapping extension platform to the bottom step between the hall and the kitchen in order to accommodate... View Details

bespoke kitchen step

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This client required a bespoke step so they could reach the kitchen work surface and help to cook with family members. View Details

Oven Door Opener

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The client has quite weak hands and arms, and found it virtually impossible to open the oven door; she always needed the help of her husband. Like most oven doors there is an initial force that must be overcome to... View Details

Bespoke Cutlery for Post Polio Sufferer

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Hazel suffers with manual dexterity following polio. She needed a set of cutlery that allows her to feed herself, which fits her hands comfortably, and will not degrade in the dishwasher. Earlier bespoke cutlery lost its shape in hot water... View Details

One-handed Sandwich Cutter

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An elderly stroke survivor with significant left-sided inattention and upper limb hemiparesis wanted to be able to make and cut his own sandwich to reduce dependence on his carers. The reliance on his right hand had made using knives risky... View Details

Dishwasher opener

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Our client has arthritis in her hands and was finding her dishwasher difficult and sometimes painful to open. She needed a solution which would allow her to use the dishwasher independently and with comfort and ease. View Details

Hob guide

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Our client already had a cooker hob guide made for him in the past, which helped to locate pans on a ceramic hob and reduce the risk of accident, but this was in a poor state of repair. View Details

Round cooker knob adaptation

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Our client has arthritis and found her cooker controls a little difficult to turn. There are some commercially available gadgets on the market but these don't tend to help when the controls are round as in this case. View Details

Table place setting template

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The college student has no fine muscle control and often will spasm when trying to use his hands. Laying the table for banquet service is part of the curriculum and currently the student is unable to participate. 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

Jug tipper

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Students with motor impairments at a local special needs college were struggling to pour ingredients from a jug during cookery.  Standard kettle tipping devices had been tried but were unsuitable for this particular application. View Details

Pan holder for one-handed cooking

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After a stroke, the client was unable to hold pans steady on the stove while cooking. The usual pan holders use plastic suckers to grip the stove top but these would not work on the hot surface his Aga. View Details

Baryatric Perching Stool that folds

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The client could not obtain a folding stool of sufficient strength to enable him to use it in his kitchen area. He wanted to be able to cook healthy meals and possibly go fishing, but is unable to stand for... View Details

Adapted thin and light cutlery.

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The challenge was to find a way of making very light cutlery items with thin grippy handles, with the fork and spoon both being angled. View Details

Stool backrest modifications

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To produce custom back supports to suit the client's back profile, in addition to the standard support. View Details

Rascal Rio power chair tray

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Our client is an 80 year old lady suffering from MS. She wanted an easily removable tray fitted to her Rascal Rio powered wheelchair which she uses around the house.  Nothing was available from the manufacturer.  The controls for the... View Details

One-handed food preparation

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The client had a major stroke and lost use of her left hand but still lives independently and wished to be able to prepare fruit and vegetables, specifically melon. A number of commercial aids are available, but none would hold... View Details

Step Stool

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The usual solution for helping someone to get on/off the sofa or to get in/out of bed might be standard NHS step stools but given the client’s height the platform on these stools is too high for her to step... View Details

Cooker Hob Guard Modification

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The client is a power wheelchair user in her home. She had experienced an accident while trying to remove a pan from her cooker hob. The gas taps for the hob were at the front of the hob, in the... View Details