The daughter of an 84-year-old client with dementia tearfully tells the nurse that she doesn't know what's wrong with her mother, who has begun accusing the family of stealing her lingerie and holding her prisoner
The nurse assesses the client's stage of Alzheimer's disease as stage:
1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4
ANS: 2
In stage 2, memory and cognitive deficits are worsening. The client is less able to make sense of a confusing world and makes faulty interpretations resulting in paranoid delusional thinking. The client in stage 1 does not usually have delusions. The client in stage 3 often is unable to com-municate meaningfully. There is no stage 4 of Alzheimer's disease.
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