Jimmy is a retired 75-year-old man who lives with his wife in their home. He has helped her about 10hrs/week for about 10 years. His wife has a neurodegenerative disease. She has weakness in the lower limbs and mood changes. She moves without technical help indoors and uses a simple cane outdoors. Jimmy is worried about the risk of her falling and says he is constantly monitoring her.
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1. Jimmy would like to make the stairs safer for his wife | His wife uses a simple cane on the stairs and Jimmy gives her verbal cues to keep her focused on the task. | ||
2. Jimmy would like his wife’s movements indoors and outdoors to be safer. | His wife uses a straight cane and he accompanies her to provide surveillance. She always wears stable footwear. | ||
3. Jimmy finds it difficult to slow down his pace and schedule to adapt to his wife’s abilities. | |||
4. Jimmy would like to improve his communication with his wife because they both have hearing deficiencies. |
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5. Jimmy would like to have help coming up with healthy meal ideas to cook. | |||
6. Jimmy is looking for bath entry alternatives when his wife has less mobility. | For now, his wife uses a grab bar on the wall and on the edge of the bath. She had a bath board that they thought was too dangerous, so they stopped using it. Jimmy thinks that his bath is too small to install a transfer bench. |