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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Chair adaptation with tray

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A gentleman with shorter arms and legs needed a chair that was standard width but with a seat height of 25cm and a seat depth of 30cm and armrest height of 60cm with sturdy hand grips extending beyond the front... View Details

Table extension compatible with motorised wheelchair

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This is a common problem: the controls on the client's motorised wheelchair wouldn't fit under her dining table, and alterations to the chair or the table were out of the question. This extension can fit onto (almost) any table in... View Details

Extension for standing frame’s tray

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The client is a child who uses the assistance of a paediatric standing frame (Leckey Horizon stander) at school - this is a frame designed to hold the user safely in an upright position.  The frame has a waist-level tray... View Details

Communication Aid – Speaking Board

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A custom communication board was developed to help a hospital patient with limited mobility easily request assistance using large, pre-recorded buttons. View Details

Wheelchair table for art

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The Suffolk East branch of REMAP was asked by an Occupational Therapist in Social Services to provide a wheelchair table for art, suitable for someone with left side paralysis following a stroke. 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

Replacement wheelchair table top

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Our client has an unusual commercially made flip-over wheelchair tray with a Perspex top, and is very reliant on it, not only at home but for work too - leading to the top becoming marked and scuffed over time. You... View Details

Plastic table for lady with severe allergies

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She sits the majority of her time in a plastic garden chair and needs a table to put her meal plate on which is served to her by her carer. 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

Modified Tray

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A child who used a wheeled walker at School for mobility wanted to be able to collect his lunch from the canteen and take it to his table as all classmates do. The client's OT asked if we could enable... View Details

Wheelchair table

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A wheelchair table was needed for sensory toys as our client is profoundly disabled and suffers from dementia. The table will also be useful for care home staff when caring for her. View Details

Tray with Handle

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On visiting the client it was found access to her kitchen was restricted so she is unable to use a kitchen trolley to get her food etc. from the kitchen to her table, after discussions it was decided that a... View Details

Wheelchair tray

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[caption id="attachment_15744" align="alignleft" width="163"] Wheelchair tray in use[/caption] The current wheel chair tray is too big and heavy to take outdoors. The client requires a bespoke lightweight version which can be stored on the wheelchair when out and about. View Details

Deeper tray for wheelchair

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Many of us are dependent on our laptops, smartphones and other 21st century gadgets to run all aspects of our lives, and Graham is no exception. However, the tray that was supplied for his wheelchair was too shallow to sit... View Details

Over-chair table

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The client eats seated in her recliner chair and requires a special over-chair table that accommodates her sitting position which in effect raises her stomach up. Standard tables have been found not to work. A table was made to exactly... View Details

Tray for wheel chair user.

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The Client was a young lady in her mid thirties who had moved into an apartment with assisted living approximately one year earlier. She has M.S. and has limited leg length and up until that time had been cared for... View Details

Toy tether

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Client playing with her toys MDF sheet with tethers.   The client is a young girl who inadvertently loses her toys from the tray of her chair, which then need to be retrieved by her carers. A sheet of 10mm... View Details

Trays for special chairs

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The children, who all suffer from Cerebral Palsy, have special high chairs, with a large tray mounted on the front. The tray is used for various purposes, including the use of a simple keyboard for interactive use of a computer.... View Details

Wheelchair switch tray

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Chloe is 8 years old and has cerebral palsy. To teach her communication skills her school required a means of positioning a 4-way switch plate onto her wheelchair. The switches were connected to a suitable box of "electronics" provided by... View Details

Wheelchair tray (stowable)

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The 50 year old client was born with severe disabilities. She spends much of her life in her electric wheelchair but is extremely active. She required a table or tray for her chair which was easy to attach and could... View Details

Wheelchair tray for student

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Alec’s problem was that his arm would involuntarily fly up forcibly and endanger anyone who was standing nearby. As he was a student, with others invariably around, this was quite a problem. A larger version of a standard chair tray... View Details

Wheelchair tray

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The client, an amputee and having had a stroke, required a tray for reading his paper and the facility to transport a mug of tea from kitchen to lounge. The tray had to be removable. A bracket was made coming... View Details

Wheelchair table for bird watcher

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A keen bird watcher, needed a writing surface, which did not restrict visibility when using the wheelchair, and a binocular support for her wheelchair. An adapter was fitted to the arm of the chair enabling a clear acrylic table to... View Details

Wheelchair food tray

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The parents of a hyperactive boy who wouldn’t sit at the table on a chair and had a habit of throwing plates asked for our help. They were going on holiday abroad with him for the first time and were... View Details