Brakes for commode
This client used a wheelchair and had a chairlift to move him upstairs. To move around upstairs he used a ‘glideabout’ commode but had difficulty transferring to it as it was fitted with individual castor wheel brakes which he could not operate from the chairlift, making it unsafe to get onto. He therefore required assistance to apply and remove the brakes.
A mechanism was fitted to the commode which pushed two feet on to the floor, taking the weight off the wheels and acting as a brake. The client could operate the brake from the side of the chairlift. The brake operated on a overactive mechanism and was positive in operation.
The brake modifications made the client more self-reliant as he was able to go up and downstairs and transfer to his chair without assistance.
(Mid Staffordshire)
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Good morning,
I wondered if you could assist with a client of mine living in Poole (our Poole EMAG has closed). My client requires brakes on a commode (and I can see you can completed something similar). She is visually impaired, as is her husband. My client wants to be able to take herself into her ensuite, wheel commode over her toilet and put the brakes on but cannot bend down to put the brakes on. Unfortunately due to the narrow doorway she needs to use a attendant propelled commode rather than a self propelled shower chair which would have higher brakes.
Is this something you could help us with.
Thank you
Kind regards
Andrea
Hi Andrea, Thank you for getting in touch. If you could please complete our referral from with some more information about your client, then we can see if we’re able to design something similar for them: https://remap.org.uk/referral-form/