Which option is an example of elder exploitation?
a. A homebound client is left alone for days at a time by the caregiver.
b. An older client is smacked if he doesn't eat all of his food.
c. A client diagnosed with Alzheimer's dis-ease is bathed only twice a month.
d. A homebound client can only get groceries by agreeing to pay for her neighbor's gro-ceries, too.
ANS: D
In elder mistreatment by exploitation, the abuser takes advantage of the older person for mone-tary or personal benefit. In this case, the client is being coerced to buy her neighbor's groceries. Abandonment is defined as the desertion or willful forsaking of an older person. Abuse is any ac-tion or inaction harming or endangering the welfare of an older adult. The definition of neglect involves failure to provide adequate care or services for an older adult.
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