The community health nurse manager is reviewing the charts of elderly patients. Which issue are these patients most likely to experience?
1. Adequate financial resources to purchase medications
2. Senior services that provide transportation to healthcare appointments
3. Multiple medications prescribed by different physicians
4. Medicare that covers healthcare costs so no out-of-pocket expenses occur
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Rationale 1: The elderly are more often apt to face poverty and to use money to buy food rather than medicine.
Rationale 2: Not all elderly have adequate access to transportation for health care.
Rationale 3: Polypharmacy–medication prescriptions from different providers, resulting in the patient's taking multiple medications–has the potential to cause problems with side effects and medication interactions.
Rationale 4: Medicare rarely covers all healthcare expenses, and if a patient does not have co-insurance, out-of-pocket expenses can be substantial.
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