The ability for adults to make changes to their home environments as they age to better suit their needs is of increasing importance. It is crucial that the full gamut of impacts from adaptations is understood in order to facilitate comprehensive evaluations which can fully capture their utility. Most previous studies in the field have used a quantitative methodology. Drawing on qualitative interviews, with some informed by wearable camera data, we explore perspectives on the impact of home adaptations from recipients aged 65 and over (n = 30). These are discussed around five themes: restorative outcomes; preventative outcomes; social outcomes; impacts on others; and home perceptions. The research emphasises several under-explored outcomes from adaptations including impacts related to social participation, care provision, relocation, perceptions of the home, service awareness and other household members. We argue that any future evaluation framework needs to comprehensively capture potential outcomes based on the lived experience of recipients in order to fully appreciate both negative and positive impacts from home adaptations.

成年人随着年龄的增长而改变他们的家庭环境以更好地满足他们的需求的能力越来越重要。至关重要的是，要了解适应的全部影响，以促进能够充分捕捉其效用的全面评估。该领域以前的大多数研究都使用了定量方法。借助定性访谈和一些可穿戴摄像头数据，我们探讨了 65 岁及以上接受者对家庭适应的影响的观点（n = 30)。围绕五个主题进行了讨论：恢复性成果；预防结果；社会成果；对他人的影响；和家庭观念。该研究强调了一些未充分探索的适应结果，包括与社会参与、护理提供、搬迁、对家庭的看法、服务意识和其他家庭成员有关的影响。我们认为，任何未来的评估框架都需要根据接受者的生活经验全面捕捉潜在结果，以便充分了解家庭适应的负面和正面影响。