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The Hallway Width Counts Two Bodies: Size the Walk Path for a Walker and a Helper Beside It
A hallway that fits her walker alone can still trap you both at the first corner, so measure the narrowest stretch and add room for a helper walking beside her before you decide what stays and what goes.
Most homes are laid out for one person walking through them. When you are the one beside her with a hand on her belt, the hallway has to hold her walker, her body, and your body at the same time. Size the path for that, not for the empty house.
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Measure the narrowest point
Walk the whole route from her bed to the bathroom, and from the bed to the front door, with a tape measure in your hand. Note the narrowest spot on each route, not the middle of the hall. A door frame, a radiator, a table leg, or a corner of the wall will set the real width. Write each number down with a short note about what is causing it.
Add the walker and the helper
Take the footprint of her walker from its manual or from measuring it yourself with the wheels set. Then add the width you need to stand beside her. A helper who has to walk sideways or hold the walker with one hand needs more room than one who walks straight ahead. Compare the total to what the hall gives you at the narrowest point.
Check where the walker parks
Every time she stops, the walker has to sit somewhere out of the path. Mark the spot at the end of each route where it can rest without blocking a doorway. If there is no such spot, that is a fit problem, and the fix is usually to move one piece of furniture rather than to widen anything.
Check the door swings
Note which way each door opens and whether it swings into the hall or the room. A door that swings into the hall can take a foot of path with it when it is open. Decide whether to keep it open, prop it, or swap the swing if the hardware allows.
Walk it before you move anything
Test the route with a laundry basket in your hands, then have someone walk beside you carrying it. Try a turn at each corner. Notice where your shoulders hit the wall or where you have to stop and step back. Each stop is a place where a fall or a strained back can happen, so mark those spots on the sheet and decide what to change first.