The wife of a married couple in your facility requests she be moved into a different room. What is your response?
a. "This is against the facility policy, which encourages couples to be in the same room."
b. "Don't you think your husband will miss you?"
c. "We will have to get your husband's permission for you to move."
d. "This must have been a difficult decision for you to make."
D
Response D is the only one that acknowledges the resident's right to choose what she believes would be best for her care. Responses A, B, and C all are prejudiced to couples needing to room together and do not acknowledge that situations could arise that would make it difficult for them to room together.
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