Marital status: Married 49 years.
Primary language: English.
Current level of function: Requires partial assist for ADLs. Ambulates with rollator. Requires substantial assist for IADLs. Does not drive. Wife reports client can be overconfident at times and requires supervision for safety.
Employment/work/school: College education (law degree). Managed family dairy farm until elected youngest member of state legislature. Worked as a radio talk show host after public service, but is now retired.
Play/leisure/interests: Enjoys participating in adaptive sports program activities, including orchestra (clarinet and percussion), bowling, fishing, golfing, and archery. Still keeps up-to-date on politics through watching and reading the news every morning. Continues to be involved in advocacy, especially related to agricultural policies, but reports typing has become difficult.
Environmental factors: Lives with wife in a two-story house. 3 STE with custom ramp, no handrails. Bedroom, bathroom, living room, dining area, and kitchen on first floor. Zero-entry shower with shower chair, handheld shower head, grab bars, and bedside commode over toilet. Mainly uses rollator but also owns a FWW and U-Step walker. Occasionally uses a standard wheelchair in the community. His adult son lives locally and provides assistance intermittently.