Home after the hospital: accessibility retrofit plan.

A Louisville family is bringing a parent home after a hip fracture and has two weeks to make the house work. This packet turns panic into a plan, the parent's claim of a safe return: entry steps and ramp feasibility measured at proper slope, bed-to-bathroom night path lit and cleared, quick-install items separated from contractor work so the right things happen before discharge day, with equipment and care needs routed to the occupational therapist.

Where

Residential home, Louisville, KY · Open the map

Pay

$540 proposed

This packet is not funded yet, so this figure is a proposed price and not money waiting in escrow. If a buyer funds it, approved proof settles that price onchain. If nobody funds it, approved proof earns provable credit toward the work instead of cash — recorded, and readable any time at vealth.net/labor/credit/(your wallet). You see which before you claim, never after.

Proof

routine map in the occupant's words + STEADI hazard photos + A117.1 measurements + the three-tier prioritized retrofit plan w/ funding paths: Real, Proven, One-of-one

This is exactly what gets it approved. Nothing settles without it.

Level

intermediate

Open until

2026-10-15

Posted by

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The creator wallet. Its signature is what approves proof and settles the wage.

How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.

Bring

• camera
• tape measure (doorway/hall widths, threshold heights, counter/bed/toilet heights, stair rise)
• lux meter or light-meter app (task + path lighting)
• tablet/clipboard with the STEADI-based room-by-room checklist
• notepad for the occupant's own routine map (their words)

Steps

1. 1. Walk the occupant's actual day with them: wake, bathroom, kitchen, mail, laundry, favorite chair, bed. Record where they hesitate, grab, or avoid, the retrofit plan serves this routine, not a generic checklist. Their claim is simple: to stay in this home, safely.
2. 2. Run the fall-hazard walkthrough (CDC STEADI home checklist): loose rugs and cords, stair condition + handrails both sides, tub/shower entry, toilet height, night path from bed to bathroom; photograph each hazard.
3. 3. Measure the home against ICC/ANSI A117.1 references: doorway and hall clear widths, threshold heights, one-zero-step entry feasibility, bathroom clearances and reinforcement-ready walls for grab bars, kitchen reach zones; measure the light level on night paths and task areas.
4. 4. Assess first-floor-living feasibility honestly: could a bedroom + full bath + laundry work on the entry level, and what would each move require (and which require a licensed contractor or structural review)?
5. 5. Build the prioritized retrofit plan: immediate zero-construction wins (rug/cord/lighting/night-light changes), quick installs (grab bars into solid blocking, handrails, lever handles, threshold ramps), and contractor-scale items (bath reconfiguration, ramp with proper slope ~1:12, door widening), each cost-banded, with funding paths (OAA/USDA-504/state) the household may qualify for.
6. 6. Review the plan with the occupant and any family/caregiver they choose; enter photos, GPS/address, measurements, the routine map, and the ranked plan; sign. Real (their day, measured), Proven (photo+GPS+signature), One-of-one (this person, this home). Route care/equipment questions to their clinician/OT and structural/electrical work to licensed contractors.

What counts as done

• Occupant's daily-routine map in their own words with hesitation/avoidance points
• Fall-hazard photo walkthrough (STEADI checklist) covering stairs, bath, night path
• Measurements vs ICC/ANSI A117.1: doorway/hall widths, thresholds, bathroom clearances, heights, night-path light levels
• GPS / address confirm
• Three-tier prioritized retrofit plan (zero-construction / quick-install / contractor-scale), cost-banded, funding paths + licensed-pro routing named

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.