If an older client is struggling to determine who they would like to serve as a surrogate decision maker in case of cognitive decline, how would you, as a social worker, help the person?
What will be an ideal response?
Validate the difficulty in the decision and try and learn about the relationship between the client and the person or person’s they are considering naming. Inquiry about the client’s communication with that person and the willingness of the person to serve in the surrogate decision making role is also important.
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a. Reinforcement b. Spiritual emphasis c. Miracle question
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a. pronounces the word. b. looks at the word visually. c. recalls the visual image of the word. d. writes the word. e. All of these.
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What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following is NOT a measure of dispersion?
a. range b. semi?interquartile range c. gamma d. standard deviation