In which scenarios could the elderly wife of a homebound patient likely be guilty of elder abuse?
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
Select all that apply.
1. The wife restrains the patient in bed while she goes to the grocery store.
2. The wife only bathes the patient three times a week.
3. The wife tries to "stretch" the patient's medications by giving one half doses twice a week.
4. The wife reports being afraid to intervene when the home health nursing assistant strikes the patient for soiling the bed.
5. The wife cries while telling the nurse that her husband often "yells and screams" when he doesn't feel well.
1,3,4
Rationale: The wife may feel she is protecting the patient by this action, but it is actually abuse.
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