After years of caregiving in the home, a family has recently moved their family member to a nursing home. Which of the following would be appropriate nursing actions at this time?
1. An assessment of the core process of celebration
2. Emphasize the family's opportunities, since the nursing home will replace the family member's caregiving responsibilities.
3. An assessment for ambiguous loss in the core process of cathexis
4. Use motivational interviewing techniques to guide family behavioral changes.
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1 Celebrations are less likely to be a family priority during this initial transition phase.
2 Emphasizing the family's opportunities minimizes the family's prior roles in caregiving.
3 Ambiguous loss in family process of cathexis often occurs in dementia, when the person's body is present but the prior way of being is no longer.
4 Motivational interviewing focused on family behavior changes may not be appropriate during this initial transition phase.
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