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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Toilet platforms

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The elderly gentleman had had a stroke and was continuing to use the toilet by squatting on the rim of the pan. This was very unsafe. A floor level toilet could not be installed because other members of the family... View Details

Toilet platform

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This young boy has disabled legs preventing him getting onto the toilet seat without assistance. A platform was constructed out of plywood at a suitable height which together with the hand rails made from chrome plated copper tube enabled the... View Details

Toilet handrail

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The client, having had a stroke, needed support from his left hand to rise from the toilet. A tubular rail, previously fitted, was too far away and to avoid the doorway, too far back to be of use. A steel... View Details

Toilet flush lever extension

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The client has difficulty in reaching the flush handle of her toilet past her toilet support frame. A lever was made from aluminium tubing. This extends both sideways and forward, and was fitted to the cistern lever. The client can... View Details

Toilet flush lever with 2 hands

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Mr B did not have the strength to flush the toilet. A lever was made to enable the toilet to be flushed using both hands. Mr B can now flush the toilet with ease. View Details

Toilet flush lever

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Sue has weak wrists and could not operate the flush on a toilet. A clamp was fitted over the handle supporting a rod and wooden ball. Sue can now operate the flush by a push of the hand because of... View Details

Toilet bench

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The client is a wheelchair user and was finding it difficult transferring to the toilet from his wheelchair partly because of a progressive lack of strength and partly because of the position of the toilet in the corner of the... View Details

Tipping wheelbarrow

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Children at Ravenscliffe School love gardening but some can contribute little or nothing to the activity. A wheelbarrow that can be attached to a wheelchair would be a useful enabling facility, especially if the child could make it tip. Severely... View Details

Tilting cradle for steam iron

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A thirteen-year-old girl likes to do her own ironing, but has little strength in her arms, which terminate in rudimentary hands with non-functioning fingers and no thumbs. She is unable to tip up iron to shut off the steam. A... View Details

Three wheeled walker

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The client has rheumatoid arthritis and uses a three wheeled walker with gutter arm supports to assist her mobility. In certain circumstances, typically when transferring her weight from a sitting to standing position, negotiating changes in floor levels such as... View Details

Television periscope viewer

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This client’s inability to lift his head into vertical posture makes watching television very difficult. Medical aids to support head in vertical position have been unsuccessful. Two mirrors mounted at the correct angles in a lightweight aluminium frame allow the... View Details

Telephone dialling system for the blind

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An almost blind client, unable to read even large telephone buttons, required a simple dialling system with pre-programmed numbers. The telephone was electrically connected to a commercial pre-programmable speech-recording device mounted in a metal box which houses the control electronics,... View Details

Reading teaching aid

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A small boy, wheelchair user, with very limited movements and field of vision, required an aid to enable him to look at pictures and learn to read without an assistant holding the page in front of him. A microphone stand... View Details

Tape recorder interface unit

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A blind lady with multiple sclerosis who is having singing lessons needs to operate a twin track tape recorder. She does not have the strength to lift her hands and press the control buttons on the recorder. The interface unit... View Details

Tap reacher

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The client, who is short of stature and has very short arms, could not reach to operate the taps in her kitchen. Levers were screwed into the tap handles and a ring braised on to the end of each lever.... View Details

Tabletop scissors

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The client has upper limb weakness and found it very difficult to cut up triple-gauze bandage. Commercially-available tabletop scissors were suitable only for cutting paper. The plastic handles were removed from a pair of standard 20 cm stainless steel scissors.... View Details

Table raiser

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A wheelchair-using client, Andrew, required a table which he could use whilst in his wheelchair. A table was constructed of the correct height with a circular cutout to allow him to sit close to it. Using the table, Andrew is... View Details

Swivelling over-chair table

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A physically frail lady was unable to leave her special chair when she used a standard over bed type table as she is not strong enough to push this out of the way. A welded steel ‘A’ frame tower was... View Details

Swivel chair

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Fred is a client with mobility difficulties who had problems at mealtimes because lack of space in his kitchen forced him to sit sideways at his table while eating. This twisted position made mealtimes uncomfortable. A robust swivel chair was... View Details

Switch protector plate for pathfinder communicator

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The ‘Pathfinder’ is one of the latest type of communicators. It is programmed by the school almost daily for use by the child at home. When placed in the bag supplied for transportation, one or more of the flush faced... View Details

Switch for hospital bed control

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A lady with motor neurone disease who has loss of power in hands and arms, cannot put enough pressure on the switch pads for her adjustable hospital bed at home. An extra control box has been fitted with low pressure... View Details

Swing-arm for laptop

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The client is quadriplegic and confined to his bed. He relies on his over-bed table to accommodate all his necessities within reach, including his laptop computer. The result is that there is insufficient space for everything at once. A new... View Details

Swim launcher

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Elizabeth, who has multiple sclerosis, was ‘a real water baby before the disease took hold’, wanted a wheeled trolley to carry her across a beach to the sea. The design was based on a ‘rickshaw’ style trolley utilising a braced... View Details

Supportive toilet seat

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A wheelchair user required additional support when using the family toilet, although standard support bars are already fitted. She accesses the pedestal from one side and needed additional support when in position. The device shown gives this support and further... View Details