TIANLICHUJU — PERSONAL VERIFICATION WORKSHEET
Designing a Living Room for Aging in Place
https://tianlichuju.com/journal/designing-a-living-room-for-aging-in-place/

PROPOSED CHECKS — NO MEASURED RESULTS SUPPLIED
Date: __________________  Units: __________________
Room / product reference: __________________

1. Sit and stand sequence
Where: At the resident's preferred chair with their usual nearby objects and equipment.
Record: Identify the actual seat, cushions and support used; note the resident's description of approach, sitting and standing, including movements they find difficult.
Your observation: ______________________________________________
Interpretation: Matching furniture or a generic seat dimension cannot substitute for the person's own usable movement.
Alternative: Trial suitable stable alternatives with individual guidance where needed before replacing the whole seating group.

2. Daily route with equipment
Where: Between the entrance, favorite seat and the commonly used onward doorway.
Record: Sketch obstacles, open furniture and the actual mobility aid where applicable; record remaining space with units and specific points of hesitation or collision.
Your observation: ______________________________________________
Interpretation: The route needs tolerance for ordinary occupied conditions, not only a cleared photograph.
Alternative: Remove unsuitable occasional pieces and reassess any required adaptation with appropriate professional support.

3. Reach and visual comfort
Where: At everyday drawers, switches, reading surfaces and the resident's normal seated view.
Record: List objects retrieved, handles operated and glare sources reported; note what can be reached comfortably without replacing feedback with a universal height rule.
Your observation: ______________________________________________
Interpretation: Stable storage and useful light should serve the individual's actions rather than a decorative symmetry.
Alternative: Relocate daily items, change suitable hardware or lighting, and review support needs separately from storage.

PRACTICAL TRIAL
1. Rearrange existing furniture with the resident and repeat ordinary routes before ordering permanent changes.
2. Check lighting from the favored seat and along movement paths rather than increasing brightness indiscriminately.
3. Review the result after normal use and whenever needs or equipment change, recording newly awkward actions.

COMPARE THE SAME SCOPE
- Reversible route and storage edits
- A personally tested supportive chair and reachable surface
- Assessed building adaptations only where the need is clear
Cost drivers: Suitable seating construction and repairability; Useful low-glare light and understandable controls; Individual adaptation scope and qualified installation
Choose another route when: Do not replace a needed individual assessment with a generic furniture package or rely on ordinary cabinets as designed physical supports.

EVIDENCE BOUNDARY
The worksheet organizes resident-led observations; it does not certify fall prevention, prescribe mobility support or establish an access standard.

PHOTO REFERENCE
A chair and small stored objects sit below white wall storage and beside a doorway.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:5%D7%94%D7%91%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%95_%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9D.jpg

DECISION CONDITIONS
choose: Choose changes supported by the resident’s trial of their favorite place and the route to it, with frequently used belongings reachable without awkward lifting or stretching.
alternative: If a preferred sofa no longer works, compare another seat in the same social position before relocating the resident to an isolated corner for the sake of keeping the furniture set.
stop: Pause a change that requires painful movement or assumes a generic age-based dimension will fit everyone. Where daily tasks remain difficult, seek an appropriate individual home or occupational assessment.

PUBLISHED REFERENCES
NHS: Home adaptations
https://www.nhs.uk/social-care-and-support/care-services-equipment-and-care-homes/home-adaptations/
NHS home-adaptation guidance begins with difficulties in everyday tasks and describes assessment of changes and equipment that may help at home. This supports documenting the resident’s actual sitting, standing and reaching problems before ordering furniture, rather than treating age alone as a complete design specification.
Scope: The service and funding context is United Kingdom-specific; the task-based assessment principle does not establish eligibility or a suitable product for another jurisdiction.
Photographer: Friedman Zohar
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Notes: ________________________________________________________