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.

All Solutions

Kanjo Eco bath lift safety belt

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A safety lap belt for a Kanjo Eco bath lift, used by a client with severe involuntary movement, to assist her carers when bathing her. View Details

Wheelchair comfort footrest modification

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A modification to make wheelchair footrests more comfortable for a client with Cerebral Palsy. View Details

Walker quick release clips

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A simple solution to allow a walker / rollator to be taken apart easily by a gentleman with arthritis, so it can fit in his car. View Details

Eyegaze mount for wheelchair user

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Allowing the wheelchair user to be mobile with his Eyegaze screen View Details

Adapt sit-to-stand aid

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A 9-year-old child had difficulty supporting herself when transferring using her ReTurn sit-to-stand aid. A padded knee divider supports her legs and guides added to the footplate locate her feet. View Details

Brake Modification on Shower Commode Chair

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The client uses a T70 shower commode chair for toileting and showering. As he lives alone without careworker support, he needs to operate both brakes by lowering the left lever, which needs to be higher and longer than the original.... View Details

Table extension and cup holder

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Fay has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair.  She would like to get close enough to her table to eat her food and drink her drink, but the table is too low for the wheelchair arms so her carer has... View Details

Strengthened wheel chair foot rest

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The patient has Cerebral Palsy and enjoys 'dancing' to music. He has broken two wheelchair foot plates. This project was to strenghten the footplate. View Details

Challenger trimaran buddy seat

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A removeable "buddy seat" to allow an instructor to sit alongside someone with disability learning to sail a Challenger trimaran. View Details

Shower control adaptations

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3D printed control adaptations for a difficult to use shower for a lady with arthritis, to improve grip and leverage. View Details

Dog Lead Adaptation

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Our client is a professional dog walker who was struggling with clipping a dog lead to the dog's collar due to osteoarthritis in her hands and fingers. This simple adaptation of a carabiner clip has enabled her to carry on... View Details

Novel Head Support

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Our client suffers from MND and experiences head drop when sitting upright which is, among other things, causing difficulties with using assistive technologies. This simple solution of using a fixed hat solved the problem. View Details

Supportive pony saddle

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Please note that this solution was developed in collaboration with the horse’s owner, who is also an occupational therapist. It is provided as an example of previous support and may not be feasible to offer in the future. The client... View Details

Custom Bathboard

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The client required a bathboard to assist their access to bathing facilities in a care home. View Details

Back Door Locking Mechanism

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Our client is now wheelchair bound and cannot use the upvc door from the garage to the back garden as she cannot reliably lock it. As a consequence, she has stopped using her back garden as she is too worried... View Details

Bike Scooter Adapter

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This client has radial dysplasia and her right arm is shorter than her left and she has limited grip strength in her right hand. She has always wanted to ride a scooter or bike but needs an adapter for the... View Details

School stool footrest

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A new year 7 pupil has Androchorodroplasia and her OT and SENCO asked Remap to modify a school stool by adding a footrest. The brief was to have a footrest 250mm from the seat and projecting 250mm from the stool... View Details

step and door handle AdAPTIONS

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The request was for an adaptation for a client with motor neuron disease who is unable to raise his hands and has a weak grip, so cannot safely open and close the lever handles on his front door, or reach... View Details

End to end Chair Transfer

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Our client needs to be moved in a chair on wheels between his upstairs bedroom and the ground floor via a through-floor lift with the minimum number of transfers between different chairs. An end to end approach needed to be... View Details

Rollz Motion2 leg rest adaption

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Penny is unable to bend her left knee and uses both a rollator and wheelchair to aid mobility. Her wheelchair has a commercial leg support to hold her left leg horizontal, but for convenience she wanted to use a Rollz... View Details

wheelchair accessible cot

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The client, a wheelchair user, wanted to be able to put his young child in her cot on his own. View Details

Profiling bed control with large buttons

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Client could not use the small buttons on her bed controller and was reliant on carers to adjust the bed. View Details

Ethan’s Independent Activity Board

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Ethan suffered a brain injury at birth causing four limb dystonic cerebral palsy. He is a full-time wheelchair user and has significant difficulties with motor control of his upper limbs. As a result, he does not have access to independent... View Details

Velcro Shoe Grabber

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Modification of a mechanical grabber to allow velcro shoes to be removed independantly. Completed by Scott Elliot of the Cleveland REMAP panel. View Details