EMA helps people adapt their homes to changing abilities and life situations — translating everyday experience into clear, defensible adaptation decisions
EMA is a decision-support system for home adaptation
EMA is a structured method for understanding how a person lives in their home — and turning that insight into practical, defensible adaptation decisions.
It combines lived experience, spatial logic, and medical expertise to support safer, more independent living — without intrusive hardware or complex installations.
Understanding the home through the person.
EMA works through a guided walkthrough of the home. Together with the resident, we move room by room — listening to how spaces are described, used, avoided, or emotionally attached to.
From natural speech, EMA extracts:
– spatial risks
– behavioral patterns
– overlooked friction points
– early signs of future adaptation needs
Only unclear areas are clarified — the person is never forced into rigid forms.
The result is a structured home profile that reflects real life, not assumptions.
Personalised, expert-driven one-page adaptation plans
Structured room-by-room guidance turning lived experience into clear, actionable decisions.
Expert Integration
Medical, ergonomic, and spatial knowledge combined into structured recommendations.
Personalization
Adaptation strategies tailored to real routines and future needs.
Deliverable
One validated, actionable plan — not a generic checklist.
Fall prevention: the first critical step
Among all home adaptation challenges, fall risk is:
– the most common
– the most underestimated
– and the most preventable
In the Netherlands alone:
119.000
Annual Emergency Room Visits
20!
Daily Fatalities in NL from falling
Behind each number is a preventable spatial condition. Adaptation usually starts too late — when problems have already become crises.