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Featured Case Studies
Page turner
Karis is a bright and intelligent little girl who loves to read but with very little movement in her fingers she is unable to turn the .......more
Letter Opener
Esther, an independent-minded young lady in her thirties with motor neurone disease, is steadily losing dexterity and the strength in her limbs .......more
Kitchen Stool
Peter A is a man in his forties who, as a result of polio, needs crutches to walk. To use his kitchen he had a stool which he ‘walked’ round the ........more
Case Studies
Page Turner
Karis is a bright and intelligent little girl who loves to read but with very little movement in her fingers she is unable to turn the pages of a book. While page-turners are available on the market, they tend to be very limited in what reading matter they can cope with, most of them being designed for newspapers. Two panels – Caithness, Sutherland & Orkney and Hertfordshire North, collaborated to create a page turner for Karis which could handle both paperbacks and hardbacks, and could turn pages back as well as forward. Karis is thrilled with her page turner, which enabled her to achieve top place in her reading class!
Letter Opener
Esther, an independent-minded young lady in her thirties with motor neurone disease, is steadily losing dexterity and the strength in her limbs. She asked the Basingstoke panel to devise something which would enable her to open her own letters and not have to ask someone else to do it for her. The panel engineer based his solution on a commercially obtained rotary paper trimmer which he modified to work electrically with very little pressure. Esther can now open her letters both safely and in private.
Kitchen Stool
Peter A is a man in his forties who, as a result of polio, needs crutches to walk. To use his kitchen he had a stool which he ‘walked’ round the room, but this was slow, strenuous and unsafe for him. He asked the Essex North East panel for a stool he could move easily by pushing and pulling the edges of the worktop. The challenge was to fit castors which would move smoothly and change direction easily even with a heavy load. The stool also needed an effective handbrake. Peter is very happy with the stool Essex North East have built for him. He says he could not do without it – he is now fully in control of his kitchen facilities and can use them safely and with little effort.
Special Trolley
Jean is the recently widowed mother of a daughter, Tracey, who is in her thirties, suffers from spina bifida and is paralysed from the chest down. Jean takes charge of all Tracey’s personal hygiene requirements but without her husband to help was experiencing considerable strain moving and lifting her daughter. The Leeds panel constructed a special trolley to enable Jean to transfer easily from a wheelchair and be raised to the height most comfortable for her mother to attend to her needs. Both Jean and Tracey say that having the trolley has transformed their lives.
Knitting Machine
This lady, paralysed on her left side following a stroke, wished to continue with her knitting.
The device employs knitting needles modified to make them attach to a magnet. The magnet enables the free needle to be retained in a located position without hindering the movement of the stitches along the needle. The device was base mounted for clamping onto a suitable table. A right-hand standard wheelchair table supports this client’s good arm and the left table is used to position the knitting device. Whilst the client initially knitted very slowly, with minimum practice her objective to be able to knit was achieved.
Tricycle
Ronan is a severely disabled teenage boy who has been given new freedom thanks to the Derby & Burton panel. He suffers from a rare condition, Cornelia de Lange Syndrome and has very short arms, no speech and poor hearing. The Derby panel member constructed a tricycle which he steers with his torso, using his head for braking and his feet for power and gear changing. The new trike means the family can go out and about more together. His mother, Alisha, says, “This will really change the quality of Ronan’s life. Remap are fantastic, really great guys and we’re very thankful.