A client was admitted to a long-term residential care facility. On what should the admitting nurse tell the family the concepts of long-term care are based?
a. Amount of activities the resident can do for herself
b. Maintenance care with an emphasis on incontinence
c. Successful adaptation to the regulations of the home
d. Maintenance of as much function as possible
D
Maintenance of function and encouraging autonomy and independence are some of the basic concepts of long-term care.
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