Helping Layefa Ride Again

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…

R A client with limited mobility and strength uses a lightweight four-wheeled walker, which she stores in the boot of her Mini. Although the walker fits easily in the boot, she was unable to lift it in and out independently and had to rely on family support, limiting her ability to go out on her…

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…

Brian uses a wheeled Zimmer frame and is currently in a care home, with plans to return home following a successful recovery. Access to his home is via a 200 mm high step. A half-step provided outside the front door measures 100 mm high × 760 mm wide × 440 mm deep, which is insufficient to accommodate the full…

Client is an inpatient at RDH following a recent right below-knee amputation. He owns both a self-propelled and an electric wheelchair and required stump boards for each to support his healing limb. NHS provisions were not suitable due to wheelchair design, necessitating bespoke adaptations. Self-Propelled Wheelchair The wheelchair seat consists of canvas stretched across the…

Richard has severe Parkinson’s disease and was struggling to get in and out of his upstairs bed. His double sprung divan bed meant that standard bed levers and rails could not be fitted safely. REMAP volunteers designed and made a bespoke hand grip to suit Richard’s reach and grip strength. The grip was securely mounted…