The CNA approaches the older adult in the long-term care facility and says, "Oh, look at your pretty dress. It is all icky with food spots! Come with me, sweetie, we'll put on that special party dress so you will look cute." The CNA is using:
a. instruction for personal hygiene.
b. encouragement for self-care.
c. simplistic "elderspeak."
d. reorientation techniques.
C
Elderspeak is a way of communicating with the elderly that is infantile, oversimplistic, oversoli-citous, and demeaning. It serves no therapeutic purpose.
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