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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Personal location tracker

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A 16 year old with Down Syndrome and autism is unsafe out and about on his own and needs 24 hour supervision. He has a tendency to suddenly decide he needs to go out of the house on his own.... View Details

Paternoster storage system

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The client has restricted space and is wheelchair bound. They live in a rented flat so permanent fixings to walls etc are not allowed. The clients main hobby is creating art and crafts for which they use a lot of... View Details

Wheelchair Rocking Table

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The concept called for a table mounted on inclined links from a floor-mounted base that was large enough and strong enough to accommodate a child in a wheelchair.  Movement by a child in the wheelchair would cause the table to... View Details

Bunk Bed Extension

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The challenge on this project was to adapt an existing bunk bed to enable the new adjustable bed the client was using to effectively replace the lower bunk. In order to do this the bed had to be extended in... View Details

Step Stool

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The usual solution for helping someone to get on/off the sofa or to get in/out of bed might be standard NHS step stools but given the client’s height the platform on these stools is too high for her to step... View Details

Telescopic Dressing stick and Hairbrush adaptor

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Our client has a shoulder and upper limb weakness from a progressive long-term condition.  She needs to use a long-handled hairbrush and dressing stick to be independent, e.g. if she wears a cardigan outdoors, the weather improves and she gets... View Details

Finger Support for independent Wheelchair operation

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Our client had difficulty operating the standard control knob on his wheelchair, due to a muscular/nerve condition. He needed some extra help to be able to move the control knob in an easier and safer manner. View Details

Talking Micrometer

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Martyn is an engineer who builds competition go-cart engines. Visual impairment means that reading precision measuring equipment is impossible. View Details

grass bowling rollator

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All rollators come with skinny tyres and cannot be used on grass bowling lawns which specify wide wheels >90mm. However these are uncommon and can be expensive. The exception being dinghy launching trolley wheels -made from plastic, costing ~£8 each ... View Details

Beach rollator

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A stroke client with dense left sided weakness purchased a lightweight rollator with balloon tyres (£700) for exercising on nearby beaches. This required the addition of a dual pull brake lever on the right side to control both brake cables... View Details

Facemask Glasses

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Due to motor neurone disease related breathing difficulties, our client required a means of wearing his glasses with his mask. View Details

Door opener for self closing doors

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Self closing doors are essential in many places such as care homes to limit the risk with fire but commercial door openers are prohibitively expensive. View Details

Help for children with dwarfism

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Young girl with dwarfism was just starting school and required a way to reach the school wash basins and toilets View Details

Laptop table

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Our client sits in the same low and wide arm chair all day, and there is no clearance beneath it for traditional over bed/over chair tables, and they don't tend to adjust low enough anyway.  She has small tables to... View Details

Motorised Easel

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A well known mouth painting artist required a multi way adjustable and 360 degree rotating easel so that she could try new techniques in painting. The easel had to be lightweight, collapsible and portable in order to be used in... View Details

Drum Stool Removable Backrest

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A professional drummer with Motor Neurone Disease could not get onto the stool for his drum kit from his wheel chair. He had quite strong arms therefore he could shuffle forward over the stool, leaving the wheelchair behind him. This... View Details

Threshold platform for a ramp

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Our client is a gentleman using a rollator and very unsteady on his feet.   The main access to the bungalow is a side door with step opening directly onto the driveway, so a normal permanent access ramp was unsuitable/undesirable.  The... View Details

Prop for enabling hair washing

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MsA is a wheelchair user and has a right hemiplegia. Following a head injury her scalp is very sensitive and she likes to wash her own hair, with help. Sitting in her wheelchair, she bends over the side of the... View Details

Bike race inspired sensory project

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Nidderdale Children’s Resource Centre in Killinghall near Harrogate offers short breaks to children and young people with special needs. In 2019, the UCI Road World Championship bike race was held in Harrogate, and one of the stages went right past... View Details

Rollator arm gutter support

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Our client had suffered a stroke, leaving her with a poor gait, and her right arm with a degree of pain, discomfort and reduced dexterity.  A standard issue arm gutter zimmer frame was unsuitable for her.  Four wheeled arm gutter rollators... View Details

Sensory woodland bird boxes

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Nidderdale Children’s Resource Centre in Killinghall near Harrogate offers short breaks to children and young people with special needs.  The facility has a sensory garden already, which Remap has helped with in the past, but the dedicated team who run... View Details

Bed side rails

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A client with Down's Syndrome and dementia had standard ¾ length bed rails attached to his bed.  He has recently started getting up in the night which involves him in scooting down the bed and leaving through the narrow gap... View Details

Wheelchair rain cover

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Please note that there are now similar items commercially available, so we no longer create these solutions. Find out more. The manufacturer of a specialist buggy does not offer a raincover, leaving our client vulnerable to the elements. View Details

Cookie Monster Toy-Jelly Bean Switch

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The small boy was not able to activate his Cookie Monster toy himself. It needed it's mouth squeezed closed to make it talk. View Details