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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Hinged Bed-Rail

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The referral for this project came from an occupational therapist. The client has frequent night-time seizures which often lead to him falling from his bed and injuring himself. He also frequently needs to go to the toilet in the night... View Details

Finger Guard for an Electric Iron

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Our client is visually impaired and wished to use her iron but was afraid to because of the risk of the hot bottom plate of the iron touching and burning her fingers. I designed a finger guard that keeps her... View Details

One-handed brake for 4 wheel walker

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The collaboration between the client, the occupational therapist, and the assistive technology expert led to a tailored solution for the client's mobility challenges after his stroke. The development of a 3D-printed cable doubler device has successfully addressed the limitations imposed... View Details

Kitchen stove guard

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The parents of a child with autism need to prevent her from leaning over the kitchen counter and touching the hot stove.  A three-sided guard was added. View Details

Reducing Gap of a Bed Lever

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Our client Sarah, a young lady with Cerebral Palsy, needed a bed rail but was afraid of getting her arm stuck between the bars. REMAP Retired Occupational Therapist and Maker Virginia Tite provided a solution. View Details

Bespoke bed padding

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The client required modification to his bed to prevent injury from uncoordinated movements. View Details

Shower chair comfort and safety modifications

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The client has a form of Cerebral Palsy called FOXG1 which results in regular random movements of the arms and legs. Although showering is carried out in a specially designed shower chair, the hard surfaces of the shower chair often... 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

Wheelchair safety barrier

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A barrier along the edge of a set of steps to make manoeuvring a wheelchair safer. View Details

Buggy safety tether

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The client is concerned that she will release her baby's buggy during an epileptic seizure and requires a means to restrain it. View Details

Marina House Boat Handrail

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The challenge was to install a strong, salt water resistant, bespoke handrail that allowed the man to safety board his house boat, while conforming to the marina restrictions. 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

Play table for a 2-year-old child with spinal damage

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The parents wanted a curved table (similar with a kidney shape) that will allow them to push the wheelchair into it. View Details

Emergency Brake for Baby Stroller

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Our client was a young mother-to-be who suffered from dramatic and unpredictable seizures. She was concerned that if she were to experience one of these seizures when she was out with her baby in the stroller, then she would not... View Details

Assessment car for rehabilitation patients

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The East Kent Neuro Rehabilitation Department had an old quarter of a mini which used to be used as rehabilitation practice for their patients. However, this was thrown away during Covid. The department requested for something similar to be made... View Details

Pushchair safety brake

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To provide an automatic pushchair brake which is applied if the handlebars are released by accident. View Details

Removable padding for bed-leaver

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The bed-lever needed a well padded removable cover. The client is always assisted by his carers to get in and out of bed. View Details

Personal location tracker

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A 16 year old with Down Syndrome and autism is unsafe out and about on his own and needs 24 hour supervision. He has a tendency to suddenly decide he needs to go out of the house on his own.... View Details

Bed side rails

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A client with Down's Syndrome and dementia had standard ¾ length bed rails attached to his bed.  He has recently started getting up in the night which involves him in scooting down the bed and leaving through the narrow gap... 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

Card Craft Cutting Board

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The client was using a scalpel to cut card, whilst holding a ruler as the straight edge to cut against. The client's lack of strength made it difficult for them to hold the ruler in a fixed position against the... View Details

Bicycle for boy with Downs Syndrome

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Theo is a 9 year old boy with limited capacity to control his movements and a lack of awareness of danger.  He wanted to ride a bicycle like other children.  The challenge was to modify a bicycle of suitable size... View Details

Lateral Anti-Tip Stabilisers

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The School OT reported: "An eleven year old boy with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), global developmental delay, and hypotonia, demonstrates some sensory processing issues, and finds it difficult to remain seated in class, which is impacting on his function and... View Details