You are working with an elderly client in a nursing home. The client is in a wheelchair most of the day, sitting alone in the corner of the dayroom, either grabbing at everyone who passes by or yelling out to people. This client has no visitors
The only living relative is a distant cousin who only communicates with the administrator of the home. Based on what you know about this client, you would put which of the following diagnoses in the highest priority? a. Loneliness
b. Hopelessness
c. Relocation Stress Syndrome
d. Depression
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For a client in a nursing home who has no living relatives, gets no visitors, and sits in a wheelchair most of the day in the dayroom grabbing at everyone or yelling out to people, a diagnosis of loneliness would be of highest priority. The client's actions are an indication that there is a need to have contact with another individual. The scenario does not suggest that the client is experiencing hopelessness, depression, or relocation stress syndrome.
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