A home health care nurse is conducting a functional assessment on an older woman who lives alone. What assessment question is likely to get the best information?
a. How do you manage all your medications?
b. Who shops and cleans your house for you?
c. Can you show me how you prepare a meal?
d. What parts of your body can't you wash?
C
Older patients may downplay or deny functional limitations, so the nurse gets more accurate data asking what the patient is able to do, rather than what she or he is not able to do.
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