Activities and people
What happens in each room, who does it, when and with what, and the zone it belongs to. Plus what anyone in the household needs from a room because of a walker, a wheelchair, a small child or their height.
For a first pass, the activities sheet is essential: the first room's activities with who, when and a zone (People and activities). The people sheet is essential only when someone in the household needs more room, such as a person who uses a walker or wheelchair, a young child, or a tall adult; otherwise it can stay empty.
Activities
One row per activity. Needs is what the activity has to have: a surface, a seat, an outlet, light, quiet, a view. Zone is the part of the room you give it. Rows seeded from your setup are marked provisional: edit them to match your household.
People who need more room
One row per person who needs something particular from a room. A first name or a label is enough. This sheet records what the household includes and what the person told you; it is not a medical record.
How to use these sheets
- One row per activity, not per piece of furniture. "Watching a screen" is an activity; the TV and the sofa serve it. Passing through to another room is an activity too.
- Needs are what the activity has to have. A surface, a seat, an outlet, light, quiet, a view, privacy. Conflicts names another activity that cannot share the space at the same time.
- Zone is a name you give part of the room. "Sofa group", "desk corner". Draw it on the plan as a rough outline before you place furniture (Arrange and test).
- People: write what the person tells you. Which side they get out of bed, where they turn the walker, which chair they can get up from. This is a planning note, not a medical record; an occupational therapist measures the person when the household arranges a visit.
The activities row is Lena's living room: sitting and talking with up to three friends on weekend evenings, which conflicts with the path to the balcony that runs through the group now. The people row is Walter, who uses a four-wheeled walker and is moving into his daughter Ruth's den; he gets out of bed on his right side, and his occupational therapist's home visit is booked. Both are invented for this manual.
This sheet records what the household does and what each person says they need. It does not assess anyone's mobility, fall risk or health; the person, their physician and an occupational therapist do that. The accessibility figures this manual cites describe public buildings and are reference points only (People and activities).