The framework's areas and their translations
Movement and transfer facts translate to geometry: how the person enters rooms, rises from seats, and steps over edges becomes threshold heights, clearances, support locations, and seat dimensions. Balance and endurance facts translate to sequence design, where hands land along real paths, what tasks need seating, where rest happens, and to the traction and lighting systems that support unsteady moments.
Sensory facts steer the quiet specifications: reduced hot-cold sensation argues for thermostatic temperature control; vision changes argue for light levels, contrast at edges, and legible controls; hearing shapes alarms and communication during assisted bathing. Equipment facts, walkers, wheels, shower chairs, oxygen, bring dimensions the design must actually admit, doorways, turning space, storage, and power.
Preference and dignity facts complete the brief: what the person insists on doing themselves, what assistance they accept and from whom, and what the room must not look like, many people refuse institutional aesthetics outright, and modern hardware makes that refusal fully designable. The conversation's output is a written brief pairing each need with its feature and its verification, which becomes the project's accessibility contract.
