Bespoke Bathroom Rails to Improve Safety

Taylor has bilateral above-knee amputations following meningococcal sepsis in infancy. While he does use prosthetics at times, he more often moves without them and therefore has a very short stature. This made everyday kitchen tasks—such as cooking, baking, and washing up—difficult, limiting how involved he could be at home. Taylor wanted to be more independent…

Gary uses a walking stick but was struggling to step out through his patio doors into the garden. The threshold and existing step offered nothing for him to hold onto, increasing his risk of falls. Following discussions with Gary and his occupational therapist, REMAP volunteers added a half step at threshold height and installed a…

Layefa has a complex left arm difference and was unable to hold the handlebar on his balance bike. Commercial solutions were unsuitable, and a creative approach was needed to enable him to ride safely. Stephan Ashford designed a bespoke attachment to allow control on the left side and adjusted the brake for use with his…

Steven was unable to stand up safely from his sofa because it was too low. As he lives alone, he had stopped using it altogether and was spending most of his time in bed, as this was the only place he could stand from independently. Standard furniture raisers were unsuitable because of the sofa’s design….

Derek, who has had a stroke, was struggling with bed transfers and had become fully reliant on a hoist. Although he could stand using a rotunda, weakness on one side meant he was unable to move safely from lying to sitting at the edge of the bed with carers. Derek was keen to reduce his…

The client has suffered motor-impairment of her hands and fingers and can no longer hold and manipulate a book. A device had to be made to hold an adult paperback book of any of the current popular sizes with up to 500 pages and which enabled the client to easily turn each page, either backwards…