An older patient is experiencing exploitation. The nurse recognizes this when the client states:
1. "My son, who I live with, only helps me bathe once a week."
2. "Sometimes, my daughter, gets frustrated with me and hits me."
3. "My neighbor will not drive me to the grocery store unless I buy their groceries too."
4. "My daughter said she will stay and take care of me, but goes out every night with her friends."
3. "My neighbor will not drive me to the grocery store unless I buy their groceries too."
Explanation: 1. Neglect involves failure to provide adequate care or services for an older adult.
2. Abuse is any action or inaction harming or endangering the welfare of an older adult.
3. Elder mistreatment by exploitation involves the abuser taking advantage of the older person for monetary or personal benefit. This is the case in which the older patient is being coerced to buy the neighbor's groceries.
4. Abandonment is the desertion or willful forsaking of an older person.
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