During assessment of an older adult, the nurse discovers that the individual has been reluctant to divulge recent losses in activities of daily living to his primary care provider
Which of the following factors has been demonstrated to contribute to such reluctance?
A) The older adult may fear a loss of independence if problems are disclosed.
B) The older adult may realize that age-related changes are normally not treatable.
C) The older adult may be experiencing cognitive deficits that influence decision making.
D) The older adult may recognize that health care systems are not able to address psychosocial problems.
Ans: A
Many older adults have been shown to fear losing their independence or becoming institutionalized if they divulge health problems. It has not been demonstrated that age-related changes and psychosocial problems are not treatable, nor that cognitive changes influence such behaviors.
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