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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Hot Drink Flask Holder and Drinking Tube

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A stand and drinking tube for hot drink flasks for a client with MS. View Details

Wheelchair Arm Spacers

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Machined aluminium spacers to provide extra distance between the arms on a lightweight/compact/folding powered wheelchair for the occupant's comfort. View Details

Voice Operated Page Turner

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Surrey REMAP were contacted by the daughter of an MS patient who used to own a book shop, and couldn't get on with new the iPad and PC options for reading a book. The patient, a quadriplegic who needed to... View Details

Rutland trolley adaptation

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The project to adapt the client’s Rutland trolley shows the importance of personalised solutions in assistive technology. By addressing the specific challenges she faced, the team were able to implement a successful solution that involved widening the trolley's legs. Despite... 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

Bespoke Cutlery

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This was a project that involved the creation of customised cutlery supports for two clients. The primary client initiated the request via the carer and the second client was in the same care home with similar needs, and so the... View Details

Trolley rollator hand rest and grip

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An adaptation for a trolley rollator for a lady with poor LH grip. View Details

ONE-HANDED KNITTING AID

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A one-handed knitting aid for a client who had a stroke affecting her left side, and based around an embroidery hoop stand. View Details

Piano raising

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The Client, who had very poor balance and a high risk of falls, required assistance to raise his upright piano so he could comfortably play while seated in his wheelchair. Due to his condition, he could not use a piano... View Details

Jetty Ramp

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The Client, who has dementia and reduced mobility, required a ramp for accessing the main jetty from his houseboat. Previous ramp solutions have proven inadequate due to their inability to adapt to changing tides. View Details

Left Hand Brake Lever for Rollator Four Wheeled Walker

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Our Client, Sheila, had a stroke which has affected her right side. Sheila's day-to-day living is challenging as she is unable to use her right arm and wears a foot splint on her right foot. Her husband said "I would... View Details

Cooker control guard

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The client's daughter is 11 years old and has Cornelia De Lange Syndrome, resulting in severe behavioural difficulties.  These include fiddling with cooker control knobs when Mum is out of the kitchen or her back is turned. The cooker control... View Details

Umbrella mounting for wheelchair

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Our client who uses a powered wheelchair needed an (opened) umbrella mounting so his hands are free to make him independent. View Details

Rowing Machine Challenge

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A man with advanced Motor Neurone Disease wished to do a 24 hour challenge for a world record on a Rowing Machine and requested REMAP to provide side and back support for the seat of the machine. View Details

Life without fingers and thumbs

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Our client contracted Covid fairly early on, which led to sepsis and necessitated the amputation of all fingers and thumbs. Help from the NHS was coming but not in the immediate future. I visited with her Occupational Therapist and saw... View Details

Wheelchair to rocking chair adaptation

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Talia has complex needs which are in part a result of scoliosis and spinal surgery. Her parents thought that it would be fantastic for her to 'experience some park life fun' by being able to adapt her wheelchair into a... View Details

Weights for a Walking Frame

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Stair barrier

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A barrier to prevent the client falling down the stairs at night. View Details

To design and build a stability frame

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Our client Gillian was experiencing falls particularly when transferring from her chair, from a raised seating position to standing because of her physical motor impairment. Her occupational therapist approached REMAP to see if there was any way of making something... View Details

Request to adapt mobility scooter

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Our client’s sister, an occupational therapist, contacted us to help adapt a privately purchased mobility scooter. She wrote that her brother was using a foldable mobility scooter.  However, reduced dexterity in his hands and fingers as a feature of progressive... View Details

Scooter Conversion to 3 Wheels

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This was a project for a 13-year-old girl, named Lillybet to convert a 2 wheeled scooter into a 3 wheeled one.  Lillybet has the intellectual capacity of a much younger child (around 3 years of age), and very poor balance... 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

EXPERIMENTAL POWERED BOCCIA RAMP

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An experimental wheelchair/motor powered Boccia ramp to assess whether it is possible to reduce the reliance on a ramp-positioning helper for those with significant disabilities playing the sport. View Details

Modified over bed pole

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Our client uses a profiling bed that has the facility for mounting an over-bed pole. This enables him to take his weight off the bed to prevent pressure sores. View Details