Cup holder for bed
This client has motor neurone disease. Her husband is her carer at night and she has to wake him if she needs a drink. As she can barely speak and he sleeps heavily, this is not easy for her.
A part ring, in which a cup fits, was mounted on the end of an extendable aluminium arm. The arm was mounted in a steel screw clamp, which goes over the side rail of the bed. The arm can be adjusted for length and height and locked in position so that she can reach a straw placed in the cup, with a minimum of movement.
The client is now able to take a drink unaided during the night. The clamp can be unscrewed and the cup holder taken with the client to the hospice when she goes there for respite care.
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need somewhere to purchase a drinks dispenser
Hi Cheryl, all of our equipment is custom made free of charge. If you complete our referral form with a bit more information, then we can see if we’re able to design something similar for you: http://www.remap.org.uk/help
looking for a drink dispenser for a lady who is unable to move her body only her head from side to side, she has MND and needs to be able to drink from a straw when she is on her own and carers have left?
Hi Cheryl, if you please complete our referral form with a bit more information, then we can see if we’re able to design something similar for her free of charge: http://www.remap.org.uk/help