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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Parkinsons chair support

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When sitting at a table the client gradually leans over to the left. So something was needed to sit on a range of different chairs to stop this happening. The solution also needed to fold down so it could be... View Details

Customised Bath Steps

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Our client is a young boy who has short legs and very short thigh bones. He cannot walk but can manage getting up the house stairs using his knees and elbows. He needed some steps to crawl up to get... View Details

Touch sensitive remote control

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The lady in this case suffers from MS, Arthritis, and is on Oxygen due to respiratory problems. She was unable to operate the press buttons on the electric bed remote and if, in the night, she needed to lift the... View Details

Head Support

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The Suffolk East group was asked by an occupational therapist to provide some head support for use when walking. Neck collars and chin supports are available by they tend to be very uncomfortable. A support was not required when sitting... 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

Raised balcony to aid access

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Our client is wheelchair bound and is unable to access his balcony. Due to the geometry of both the room and the balcony, there is a severe restriction on ramp lengths that can be used. 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

Toilet transfer rail

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Our client has a particular transfer method from his wheelchair to the toilet which requires a combination of a standard issue fold-down floor mounted support rail, and some sort of additional hand-hold near to the toilet cistern.   For the latter,... View Details

Kool Stride Buggy Foot Plate Extension

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The Kool Stride buggy needed modifying to safely allow the growing child.  The child's legs extended beyond the factory-fitted foot plate, exposing the child to risk of trapping their feet. View Details

Adapted Doorknob

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The challenge was to make an add-on part that would fix securely to the existing doorknob and allow our client to turn it easily. We decided some sort of winged shape (something like a clockwork toy or clock key) would... View Details

Wheelchair stick holders

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Kirah is a volunteer for the Harrogate and Ripon Group of Remap helping with publicity and fundraising.  A powered wheelchair user herself, Kirah had been carrying her bulky tripod-base walking sticks strapped to the rear of her wheelchair for some... View Details

Wheelchair dashboard and side troughs

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Our client uses his Class 3 (road legal) wheelchair extensively. Whilst a Class 3 mobility vehicle (i.e. wheelchair or mobility scooter) has a V5 and is allocated a registration number by the DVLA, it isn't compulsory to display it -... View Details

Braille Swing Cell

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Braille is read using a 6 dot pattern arranged as two columns of 3 dots to define each letter. When it is typed, the six keys of a Braille typewriter are arranged in a straight line left to right (ie.... View Details

Activity Boards

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                        We recently received a request to create two activity boards: one for use in a school and another for a portable board to help stroke victims rehabilitate (the... View Details

Oxygen cylinder bracket for wheelchair

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The client needs oxygen but there was no current means of support, on the wheelchair, for a small (100 mm diameter) oxygen cylinder and a bag of associated medical equipment.  View Details

Wheelchair footrest holders

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In order to take the client out of the wheelchair, the horizontal foot rest needs to be pivoted to a vertical position, and held there by a carer during transfer, as the manufacturer has made no provision for holding it... View Details

Changing table

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A client with learning difficulties needs a table to support him in his home while his carers help him get dressed and bathed. Because of the restricted space available, the usual floor-mounted table would not work. View Details

Wheelchair table

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The client required a wheelchair table for a narrower than standard wheelchair.   View Details

School chair footrests

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Our client is a school pupil with achondroplasia, which is a form of dwarfism. The sort of chairs used in science, art, domestic science, and wood/metalwork are higher than normal school chairs and Remap were asked if we could add... View Details

Games console for disabled people

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Carers supporting people with dementia wanted a game that could occupy and stimulate them whilst also offering a useful way of assessing an individuals health status. View Details

Bespoke Cutlery

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The client has limited use of his left hand due to a stroke. His physiotherapist had made an adaption to his fork so he could stabilise food for cutting with his unaffected right hand. However, the adaption wasn't quite fit... View Details

Rollator carrier for electric chair

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The challenge was to construct a bracket to hold a three wheeled Rollator onto a electric chair so the client could access smaller shops that his chair would not fit into. View Details

Chin controlled sewing machine

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John has a spinal chord injury at chest level and uses a manual wheelchair. He is an engineer and very much likes to work problems through himself. John bought an electric sewing machine so that he can sew bespoke articles... View Details

Child’s exercise bars

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A 20-month old child with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) required a set of parallel bars for exercise. View Details