The nurse is planning an educational program for older adults. What should the nurse include as important for the participants to consider because of physiological changes associated with aging?
1. Home safety
2. Increasing exercise
3. Urinary incontinence strategies
4. Decreasing fluid intake
Answer: 1
1. Due to a reduction of muscle mass and other factors, the elderly client is at risk for injury. The nurse should assist older clients in assessing the home for safety and the reduction of potential injury hazards.
2. Increasing exercise will depend upon each individual's physical status. If not performed appropriately, the older client can experience injury for over-exercise.
3. Urinary incontinence is not one of the physical changes expected in the older adult.
4. The older adult is encouraged to maintain an adequate fluid intake, not a decrease.
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