A client is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. In developing a teaching plan for the client's family members, the nurse bases the plan on the idea that Alzheimer's disease is a(n):
a. curable dementia-type illness.
b. form of mental illness.
c. chronic, progressive condition.
d. acute, treatable disease.
ANS: C
Alzheimer's disease is a chronic progressive neurodegenerative condition.
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