Your patient with advanced Alzheimer's disease keeps searching the unit for her mother who died many years ago. How should you respond?
A.
"Your mother isn't hereâ€"she died long ago."
B.
"Let's go to the activity room and see what's going on."
C.
"You must be upset that you can't find her."
D.
"What makes you keep looking for your mother?"
ANS: B
With advanced Alzheimer's disease, reorientation is often ineffective because the patient will not remember. Open-ended questions are also less effective. Response B uses distraction to refocus the patient's attention on the here and now.
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