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Home Essentials Map
Making sure nothing essential is ever further than an arm away.
A keep-close version. Read it here, or screenshot this page to have it on your phone — print and PDF copies will appear once final files are attached.
What must be reachable from each resting place — including the safety essentials: water, medication, phone. A checklist for building rest stations that can carry a whole difficult day.
Within one-hand reach of where I rest
- Water — a full bottle, not a plan to get someYes / No
- Medication — where the relevant part of the day happensYes / No
- Phone — reachable without sitting upYes / No
- Charger — the cable that lives with meYes / No
- Something to eat that needs nothingYes / No
- Warmth or cooling within reach — blanket, fanYes / No
- Light and sound within reach — eye mask, earplugs, remoteYes / No
What's missing, and where it should live
The gap, and its new home
e.g. Evening medication — a spare set by the sofa, from today
Who could help stock and refill
A supporter, on a regular day each weekWhoever's passing — 'refill the bottles when you're up anyway'Me, once a week when it's a better dayNobody yet — the map still helps me see it
The one-hand reach standard: what you use while resting should be reachable from lying down, without sitting up. Nothing worth reaching for should live further than an arm away.