Which option is an example of which type of elder exploitation?
a. A home bound client is left alone for days at a time by the caregiver.
b. An older client is smacked if they don't eat all of their food.
c. A client diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease is bathed only twice a month.
d. A home bound client can only get groceries by agreeing to pay for her neigh-bor's groceries, too.
ANS: D
In elder mistreatment by exploitation, the abuser takes advantage of the older person for monetary or personal benefit. In this case, the client is being coerced to buy her neighbor's groceries. Abandonment is defined as the desertion or willful forsaking of an older person. Abuse is any action or inaction harming or endangering the welfare of an older adult. The definition of neglect involves failure to provide adequate care or services for an older adult.
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