A 75-year-old woman who often used to go out to dinner with her friends has stopped from going out because she has been experiencing urinary incontinence and is afraid of having an "accident" in public
When her child asks her why she doesn't go out with her friends anymore, she says, "I'm getting too old for such foolishness." How can the nurse best assist this client?
A) Assist the client to view this functional limitation as temporary and treatable.
B) Encourage the client to accept this consequence of growing old.
C) Rephrase the situation to one of control, and allow the client to make the decisions.
D) Teach the client that majority of older adults rate their health as good to excellent.
Ans: A
The majority of older adults do rate their health as good, but she doesn't and can't until her issue is reframed to one that she can control. Allowing her to make the decisions is good, but her current decision is to passively and inaccurately accept this treatable condition.
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