When symptoms suggestive of a dementia appear, what is the MOST important step to take first?
a. preparing the family for progressive deterioration over a short time
b. assisting the client to obtain a legal guardian
c. ruling out reversible medical causes of the symptoms
d. starting pharmacological treatment for dementia as soon as possible
C
The most important first step to take when symptoms suggesting dementia appear in a client is to rule out reversible causes of the symptoms. In this manner, dementia is a diagnosis of exclusion. Nutritional intake and poor management of diabetes are examples of risk factors that may create symptoms that appear to be dementia, yet are reversible.
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