You are evaluating a 90-year-old male patient who has called you because he feels weak and dizzy. While you are obtaining his history, he tells you that he is on several medications, but has not taken them in over a week. When you inquire as to why, he states that he can no longer open the bottles. You explain to him that:
A) He needs to stay home and call his regular physician for an appointment
B) You are going to take him to the hospital to have a physician evaluate his hands
C) He needs to toughen up
D) You will open his pill bottles for him so that he can stay home
Answer: B) You are going to take him to the hospital to have a physician evaluate his hands
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