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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Bedside step

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The client, Mason, is a double bilateral amputee and needs a step to assist him getting in and out of bed. View Details

Transfer box for car/wheelchair

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The client, a full-time manual wheelchair user with a T12 spinal cord injury resulting from an accident over 35 years ago, recently faced a challenge with his mobility. After changing his Motability vehicle, he encountered difficulties during transfers due to... View Details

Lightweight Mounting Block for Disabled Rider

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The client rides with Riding for the Disabled and had problems getting onto her pony. She asked REMAP to make a bespoke mounting block, so she could mount her pony unaided. 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

Raised balcony to aid access

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Our client is wheelchair bound and is unable to access his balcony. Due to the geometry of both the room and the balcony, there is a severe restriction on ramp lengths that can be used. View Details

Bed raisers

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Our client has a timber bed with unusually large diameter legs that were unsuitable for commercial "elephant's feet" raisers. View Details

Step for dining chair

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The client requires a step to encourage correct posture when sitting in a dining chair, which will not move out of place but can be removed when required. View Details

Threshold platform for a ramp

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Our client is a gentleman using a rollator and very unsteady on his feet.   The main access to the bungalow is a side door with step opening directly onto the driveway, so a normal permanent access ramp was unsuitable/undesirable.  The... View Details

Outdoor Childs steps and Ramp

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The client has CP and limited vision. She desperately want to walk but need equipment to help her and boost her confidence.  There is a particular need to help her get used to climbing steps in preparation for her attending... View Details

Shower step

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The client has to step up to get into her shower (which she can manage) but stepping down to get out again is difficult for her. We agreed that she needs an intermediate step in front of the shower to... View Details

Folding toilet step

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A school requested Remap to make a folding toilet step for an exceptionally small pupil but which could also be used by others. View Details

Lift on Mobility Scooter

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The client spends much of his time sitting on the ground caring for an exotic collection of some 200 birds but he needs to get on to a mobility scooter to travel distances and he is getting progressively weaker.  He... View Details

T-Shaped Steps

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The OT reported: "A child with Developmental delay and Ataxia resulting in a picture of ‘Ataxic Cerebral Palsy’ Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, attends special school and requires supervision when mobilising, as she is unsteady on her feet. She has reduced safety... View Details

Mini Lift Platform Footrest

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The client has Cerebral Palsy affecting all four limbs. She mobilises in a powered height adjustable wheelchair. She is weight bearing with support and uses a Mini Lift 125 for transfers. She previously had work done on her old Mini... View Details

Laptop Wrist Support

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Client with bi-lateral wrist fractures has aching arms when using the laptop, and needed something to support the weight of both plaster casts. View Details

Bathroom Step

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Child with significant lower limb weakness is not able to stand up from the floor independently. She requires assistance for steps. The bath is in a lowered area 25cm lower than the bathroom floor. The OT requested a Platform/step between... View Details

workbench / motorbike lift

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The project was to build a workbench that could also pick up a motorbike so the client could maintain it, the lifts on the market you couldn't get a wheelchair under so were not acceptable. View Details

Toilet Steps

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The child was growing and proving heavy for the Mother to lift her on and off the toilet.  There was also the desire to give her the independence to use the toilet without assistance.  The space available and the height... View Details

TRIKE

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The trike was built towards the end of 2016 for my friend Lewis who wanted to experience cycling but needed some help. Lewis is disabled and is only comfortable in his custon wheelchair so that meant that we needed something... View Details

Bolton sailing club wheelchair jetties

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Bolton Sailing club is a Sailability centre, which offers sailing for disabled people. Previously, disabled sailors were lifted into their boats on a shore mounted crane, which involved pulling the boat ashore and relaunching with every changeover of sailor. The... View Details

Raise a reclining chair

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The two photos above show the ‘before’ and ‘after’ state View Details

Step-up platform

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21-month-old Sebby with achondroplasia (short stature) cannot use standard steps etc to access sinks, toilets and worktops. His mother is having to hold him so that he can wash his hands, etc. and  she would like him to be able... View Details

Reading stand

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A child with spina bifida  also has difficulties with eye sight and neck pain and he struggles to look down at what he is reading. He finds it much more comfortable to look directly in front of him.  He requires... View Details