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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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

Sleeve rolling device

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This client needed a device to help roll up one sleeve as she only has one usable arm following a stroke. View Details

Adapted Beds with Sliding Mechanism

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Wheelchair safety barrier

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A barrier along the edge of a set of steps to make manoeuvring a wheelchair safer. View Details

ADAPTED Garden chair

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This client is an amputee who uses a mobility scooter and struggled to transfer into a garden chair to sit outside with his family. He needed a solution which would allow him to transfer independently, recline and elevate his leg. View Details

Comfort panels for a standing sling

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The person relies on a standing hoist  but the standing sling was uncomfortable under the arms. The current sling was the most padded version available. The sling belongs to the community equipment store, so nothing can be permanently fixed to... View Details

Wheelchair seat adapter plate

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We created an adapter plate to mount a supportive seat to a powered wheelchair base for young man with Cerebral Palsey and scoliosis. View Details

Extra height for a horse mounting step

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The local Riding for the Disabled needed an additional step for their mounting platform. The young clients are getting smaller and the ponies bigger so the steps that are currently used were not quite high enough. View Details

Accessible storage

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Our client is a powered wheelchair user with something of a storage problem around his flat.   Remap were asked if we could create an accessible solution to utilise an area of his lounge alongside his fireplace which wasn't usable for... View Details

Securing an Otto Bock Robby bath frame

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Our client is a teenaged girl hoisted into a large/deep electrically adjustable bath, onto an Otto Bock "Robby" adjustable bathing frame shown below, set precisely to her support needs.   However, our client is inclined to move around a lot and... View Details

Car arm rest

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Our client struggled to drive any distance due to pain and discomfort in her shoulder. View Details

Seated leg press gripping frame

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This unusual request came from a local physiotherapy department, where the control panel on their seated leg press machine tended to be used by patients to pull themselves up off the apparatus, which wasn't doing the panel any good and... View Details

Ambiturn belt extension kit

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We were contacted by an OT who was having difficulty securing the belt around a client who was using an Ambiturn sit-to-stand aid.  A larger belt wasn't obtainable. View Details

Dishwasher opener

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Our client has arthritis in her hands and was finding her dishwasher difficult and sometimes painful to open. She needed a solution which would allow her to use the dishwasher independently and with comfort and ease. View Details

Steering wheel handle with horn button

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Our client has a VW T5 Transporter based camper van which had been been adapted in the past for hand control. A combined hand throttle and brake is operated by the right hand, and the client steers mainly with the... View Details

Sound recording intercom conversion

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Our client is a Parkinson's sufferer and found the AC buzzer in his flat intercom too loud and sharp, and needed something which didn't make him jump every time the doorbell was pressed. View Details

Wheelchair speed restrictor

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Our client has multiple sclerosis and has suffered from the condition for 50 years, and it affects her co-ordination. In this case, the problem was an inability to finely control the position of the joystick on her electric wheelchair which... View Details

Scalextric control adaptation

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Our young client has CP and was unable to grip and operate a conventional Scalextric trigger control. View Details

Tenor horn support

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Our young client has effective use of only one hand, and required a stand for a tenor horn to allow her to play the instrument. View Details

Support chair

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Our client had weak posture resulting in pronounced leaning to the right both standing and seated, and wanted to feel supported and held in a more upright position whilst seated at the dining table. View Details