A new graduate nurse decides that working in a long-term care facility or hospital is not challenging, because old people live in the institutional setting. What should the nurse's advisor respond to this comment?
1. More than 90% of older adults live in their own homes.
2. Most elderly live in assisted-living facilities.
3. Most of the elderly are infirmed and difficult to care for.
4. Elderly clients comprise 80% of those in the institutional setting.
Answer: 1
1. More than 90% of older adults live in their own homes.
2. Studies show that the majority of the elderly care for themselves in their own homes.
3. The elderly are not generally infirmed or difficult to care for, as most elderly clients prize independence.
4. 80% of the elderly who cannot care for themselves are cared for by family.
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