The nurse is coordinating the discharge planning for a family with a frail elderly mother who will be living with her daughter and son-in-law and their teenage son
Appropriate teaching for the family includes:(Select all that apply) Standard Text: Select all that apply. 1. Ask for help
2. Encourage the family to discuss advance directives prior to acute events
3. Review the common physiologic and psychosocial changes in the older adult
4. Refer the family to counseling
5. Encourage respite care
1,2,3,5
Rationale: Encouraging caregivers to make use of groups, home-delivered meal, and adult day care reduces the risk of stress, and caregiver role strain, and therefore the risk of elder abuse
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