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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Treadmill Handrail Raiser

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A client was working with a physiotherapist to complete their exercises on a treadmill, but the handrails were too low, causing pain and imbalance. To find a safe and comfortable solution, the client reached out to REMAP for help. View Details

Wheelchair Boccia Ball Holder

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The client needed a tray/holder for boccia balls mounting to his wheelchair. This needed to involve no permanent modifications/damage to the wheelchair and needed to be removable when not in use. Ideally this should also be cheap to produce and... View Details

Lifting Cot for Wheelchair user Mum

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The Client is a wheelchair user who also has some limited mobility on her feet. She is unable to bend down. She has a recent baby which currently sleeps in a crib by her bed. As the child grows he... View Details

Wheel polishing fixture

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The client has a business polishing motorcycle wheels. He has specialist polishing equipment but to use It he must support the wheels for long periods in his hands. His medical condition is gradually causing a weakness in his arms and... View Details

Increase footrest height

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The footrests on the wheelchair were too low, even on the highest setting. To overcome the back pain caused by the low footrests, she used the edge of the shopping basket as a footrest. Resting feet on the thin edges... View Details

Variable Height Washing Line

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The client can’t raise her arms above shoulder height without severe pain and therefore finds it nearly impossible to hang her washing out on the line. This is made worse by the washing line running from the top of a steel... View Details

Height adjustable trolley

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The mother of a boy with cerebral palsy is severely arthritic and cannot pick him up or grip anything. She needed a variable height table to transfer him between the toilet, bath and bed. A powered elevating table on a... View Details

Height adjustable rotunda

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Several clients at the local hospital were unable to use a rotunda for transfers because they were too short. A hoist had to be used which was time consuming and cumbersome. A set of discs between 25mm and 100mm high... View Details

Bowel pump lifting device

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The client has to perform a bowel flush using this pump, which has to be accessible to her when sitting on the toilet seat but raised from three to five feet from the floor to provide a head of water... View Details

Booster seat

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A severely disabled boy who had outgrown his high-chair required a booster seat to enable him to sit at the dining table for meals. A booster seat was constructed which could be strapped to a dining chair. To allow for... View Details

Bar stool

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The client wished to share a drink with his mates on level terms but he was unable to climb onto a normal height of bar stool. A normal bar stool was shortened and fitted over a pneumatically raised bath seat to... View Details

Artist’s motorised easel

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This wheelchair using artist with restricted movement of hands wished to be more independent. A 12V battery was used to drive the ex-windscreen wiper and window winder motors for up/down movement and rotation.  The counterbalanced easel can be raised, lowered... View Details

Adjustable work surface

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A child with quadriplegic cerebral palsy can sit comfortably in only a few positions and cannot adapt to a desk/work station fixed in only one position, which inhibits his learning process.  A work station was constructed which is infinitely variable... View Details

Adjustable table for wheelchair

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A young man with multiple sclerosis needed an adjustable table which would support his elbows and could be attached to his wheelchair. A table was made to fit onto a ‘scissor’ type framework which is hinged at the centre.  An adjusting screw... View Details

Adjustable potting benches

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Thrive, a charity providing horticultural therapy, needed to provide adjustable height benches for potting-on plants.  Four benches with telescopic legs were provided. Each can be set up at the correct height for its user. Thrive is now able to provide a... View Details