A 77-year-old Hispanic Catholic Nun (retired) who immigrated to the United States 15 years ago lives alone but in an apartment complex where her sister lives as well. She is being discharged home after a hospitalization for congestive heart failure with p
a. Language barrier
b. Living alone
c. Large number of medications
d. Ethnic background
e. Religious background
ANS: A, B, C
Language barriers, living alone, and a large number of medications are all factors that have been shown to contribute to noncompliance in older adults. There is no evidence that ethnic and / or religious background contributes to noncompliance
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