Table 2 Dimensions, categories, and example quotes about expectations of adaptations
Dimensions | Categories | Example quotes |
|---|---|---|
Safety | Feeling safe during activities | "able to safely go out to water the geraniums." |
Less fear of falling | "less scared because I won't have to step over the bathtub edge anymore." | |
Indirect safety | “less need to bend down to use and clean the oven." | |
Ease of use | Place or activity-specific ease | "able to get into the shower more easily." |
General ease of use | "make daily life easier." | |
Independence | Maintaining independence | "avoid the need for somebody's help to shower." |
Ending dependency | "no longer be dependent; no need to wait for someone to wash me anymore." | |
Independence for the dependent partner | "I hope that my husband will be able to wash himself without my help." | |
Comfort | Activity-specific comfort | "I will feel better and less tired washing myself." |
General comfort | [We will have] "more space." | |
Inconvenience | "noise and dust" | |
Preventive measures | - | "less worry about the future; we would like to stay in our home." |