A nurse is teaching a wellness class for older adults. In order to address the sensory loss that accompanies the aging process, the nurse should recommend that these clients take which action?
1. Use hearing aids and glasses.
2. Wear shaded glasses indoors to reduce glare.
3. Switch to brighter lighting in their home.
4. Exercise more and increase calcium intake.
Correct Answer: 3
Rationale 1: Not all elderly people need glasses or hearing aids.
Rationale 2: Changes in vision associated with aging include loss of visual acuity, less power of adaptation to darkness and dim light, decrease in accommodation to near and far objects, loss of peripheral vision, and difficulty in discriminating similar colors. Wearing darker glasses will not increase the brightness of the home.
Rationale 3: Changes in vision associated with aging include loss of visual acuity, less power of adaptation to darkness and dim light, decrease in accommodation to near and far objects, loss of peripheral vision, and difficulty in discriminating similar colors. Having brighter lighting in their home may help with some of these vision changes.
Rationale 4: Exercise and nutrition do not address sensory problems.
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