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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More Hob Guides for Visually Impaired Clients

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Since the original hob guide job 2023#062, I have provided a further three fibreglass hob guides for clients with visual impairments. Two of these are for induction hobs and one is for a conventional electric ring type hob. In all... View Details

Wheelie Bin Lid Lifter for Wheelchair User

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Our client, Emily, has Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy which causes weakness in her hips and shoulder muscles. Being a full-time wheelchair user, she cannot lift the lids on her wheelie bins. REMAP engineered a pair of remote controlled "Bin Lid... 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

Activity Boards

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                        We recently received a request to create two activity boards: one for use in a school and another for a portable board to help stroke victims rehabilitate (the... 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

Aids to use for upper limb function for cancer patients.

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Up to 19% of cancer patients may suffer from Metastatic Spinal-cord Compression MSC), leading to them being bed bound.Macmillan have funded work to help these patients. The objective was to provide a range of activities on a transportable board that... View Details

Telescopic Dressing stick and Hairbrush adaptor

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Our client has a shoulder and upper limb weakness from a progressive long-term condition.  She needs to use a long-handled hairbrush and dressing stick to be independent, e.g. if she wears a cardigan outdoors, the weather improves and she gets... View Details

A fitted sheet fitter

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Washing Machine Door Handle Aid

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An elderly but independent lady lived alone and had arthritis in her hands. She could not open her washing machine door by herself and relied upon her neighbour visiting her twice a week to open the door for her. View Details

Extended tap lever

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A client with bi-lateral wrist fractures had insufficient strength to turn on the bathroom tap (standard tap-turners don't fit this unusual tap design). The tap is a lever tap, which has to be pulled out for "on", pushed in for... View Details

MaMa T4CE

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The simple domestic oven presents particular design challenges for the engineer.  No more so when the design has to allow for the individual capabilities of a client who is differently abled. The latter means that no one solution will fit... View Details

Net curtain raiser/lowerer

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The client is having increasing difficulty removing her net curtains for washing and subsequently re-fitting them. Balancing on an unstable chair is no longer an option. View Details

Homecraft Pick-Up Reacher Modification

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The client had difficulty picking up certain objects, such as a television remote control or house DECT phone, using the standard reacher as they have a weakened grip and the standard reacher was only able to hold the sides of... View Details

Brailling a Washing Machine Panel

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Most washing machine manufacturers will supply and fit a Brailled replacement front panel on request. However, this one sent a standard spare panel, which they would arrange to be fitted, once Brailled. How to get it Brailled?  Neatly and unobtrusively? ... View Details

Accessibility Handle for Alcatel 1066 Mobile Phone

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Our client had difficulty picking up and maintaining grip on their mobile phone. As a consequence the phone would often drop to the floor and they were unable to retrieve it from their electric wheelchair. View Details

Replacements for amputated hands

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The loss of both hands meant that the lady had no hand function and was totally reliant on others to feed, write and many other things.  Whilst there are many prosthetic hands under development, there are not immediately available on... View Details

Activity Board

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An activity board was required for a special needs class of 5-7 year old children, consisting of a wall mounted panel with simple everyday activities fixed to it allowing the children to interact with them. The items are to be... View Details

Oven transfer shelf

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Daniel enjoys cooking and wanted to become more independent by making his own meals. However, his mobility and vision problems limited his ability to do this. He could prepare his food on a flat surface, but was unable to transfer... View Details

Dinner tray collection trolleys

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Finished trolleys Underside of tray trolley showing tray drop mechanism Original trolleys Trolleys in use A special needs school had two trolleys which were used by the children to dispose of food waste, cutlery and crockery after their midday meal.... View Details

Ironing aid for arm amputee

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The client needed an aid to assist with holding clothes on his ironing board. A standard spring clamp was modified by fitting a weaker spring so that it could easily be operated with one hand. Bristol Panel case reference number... View Details

Device to operate the foot pedal control of an electric sewing machine

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Client’s requirement This referral came from an adult neurological physiotherapist for a 67 year-old paraplegic. “Her main hobby is sewing but [following her accident] she is unable to use the foot pedal to control her sewing machine. Some people do... View Details

Gas Fire Controls

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There are other posts here dealing with this problem in various efficient ways.  This project was initially tackled in yet another different way.  The problem is a common one where both depression and rotation of the control is required.  A... View Details

Washing machine knob device

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This lady was unable to operate the controls on her washing machine. A 350mm long lever was made with a glued on socket which fitted over the control knob. The client pushes the knob in, when needed, by leaning her... View Details

Washing machine control handle

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Arthritis precluded the client using their washing machine’s program selector switch. They wanted to be able to operate the machine without asking for help. A more convenient tee -shaped handle was made to attach over the existing cycle control switch... View Details