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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Cot Door Catch

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This child is unable to absorb nutrient from her gut in the normal way, so she has a permanent intravenous line to supply all her fluids and nutrition. The nurse reported that she has a specialist cot, but the doors... View Details

Treadmill child safety rails

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The young client had spinal surgery and now needs intensive physiotherapy for 2 years.  To supplement his physiotherapy his parents have purchased a variety of equipment to help him exercise at home.  The treadmill is adult-size and they had a... View Details

Commode Seat

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The child commode provided by the OT was too small for the client, and ordering a bigger one would have taken too long. This project was time critical due to child receiving end of life care. Remap was asked to... View Details

Chair controller button protector

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The controller for this chair has four buttons mounted close together. Two of the buttons resulted in the chair becoming completely horizontal which caused the client to panic.  Her carers requested that these two buttons should be covered so that... View Details

Stairlift safety rails

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The client  fears that weakness in her legs will allow her to fall forward out of the seat of her stairlift. View Details

Joystick To USB Mouse Adaptor

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Adam's passion was always video games, but he is no longer able to use a game controller, or more recently, even to move a computer mouse.  He also relies on his computer for many other purposes. The 'Special Effects' company... View Details

Wheelchair table

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A wheelchair table was needed for sensory toys as our client is profoundly disabled and suffers from dementia. The table will also be useful for care home staff when caring for her. View Details

Scalextic Lever Adaptor

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End user has severe Cerebral Palsy and finds fine motor control such as holding and pulling a trigger on a Scalextric controller impossible. User was effectively excluded from playing with this toy. View Details

3D printed plastic cupholder

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Anna has Muscular Dystrophy and difficulty holding a cup. A simple cup holder was required to enable the young girl to drink easily. Several iterations would be required to reach the final solution and to ensure the item was dishwashable. View Details

Oxygen and Suction Hose Clamp for Bed Frame

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End user is 15 year old child, has medical equipment in bedroom, oxygen concentrator and suction, long lengths of plastic tubing which needed to be kept tidy and safe, to prevent trips and to prevent damage to equipment. Previously was... View Details

Bed mattress lifter and call switch

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This client, who has motor neuron disease, lives with and is cared for by his family. He had been supplied with a mattress elevator to allow him to get out of bed unaided.  Unfortunately he had almost no strength in... View Details

Chair raiser for swivel chair

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Gary could not use his favourite swivel arm chair as it was too low and no raisers were avaliable. The requirement was to raise the chair by approx 75mm View Details

Chair for child washing at basin

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Jacob could not stand at the bathroom basin to wash. He could not bend his legs to sit in a standard high chair View Details

Raincover for a wheelchair/buggy

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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 5 year old client is blind, has cerebral palsy and is quadriplegic. But her hearing is good and she... View Details

Travel Ramp

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A family had rented a house close to their son's care home to allow them to celebrate Christmas together. Unfortunately the hall had a 24" (~60cm) restriction on access and the Rea Azalea tilt-in-space wheelchair that he was confined to... View Details

Bradshaw Buggy Conversion mk2

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As this was a 2nd conversion the main elements of the project are as described at https://www.makeability.org.uk/project/17549/bradshaw-buggy-conversion/ However in the case it was necessary to stow the batteries under the seat as the client needed to make use of the... View Details

Blink activated alarm

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The client is an advanced stage of MND and now can no longer press a button to alert his carers. The only ability he has now is to blink. He needed a way to alert the carers using only blinks. View Details

Drinking aid

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Our client is a lady with MS living in a care home - and has relatively little arm movement so cannot bring a cup up high enough to take a drink without help. Remap were approached to see if we... View Details

Load folding bike into car boot

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The client wishes to be able to take a folding bike in his car boot, but is finding that his reduced strength makes it harder to fold it up and load into the car. The design of the bike is... View Details

Pump-action medicine dispenser aid

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Many pump-action medicine dispensers are fiddly to operate for those with reduced hand strength or dexterity. View Details

Earswitch: assistive technology switch

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Description : Ear switch as an assistive communication and control device / gaming switch and HCI A USB otoscope camera detects voluntary movement of a middle ear muscle (tensor tympani), to control assistive technology software (Grid3), the Microsoft On-Screen Keyboard... View Details

Tray with Handle

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On visiting the client it was found access to her kitchen was restricted so she is unable to use a kitchen trolley to get her food etc. from the kitchen to her table, after discussions it was decided that a... View Details

Integramouse Motorised Support Arm

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The client is a regular computer user but is slowly losing the use of his hands due to MS. For this reason, use of a conventional mouse is becoming very difficult. The solution offered by his OT involves use of... View Details

Bath transfer aid

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A young man with severe cerebral palsy and spasms was being lifted by his carers into and out of a Lecky bath chair for bathing, affecting their backs. The usual solution of a wheeled hoist was not suitable because the... View Details