An elderly client diagnosed with dementia is also diagnosed with severe life-threatening depression. The nurse counsels the client and family that treatment with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT):
a. is contraindicated due to age
b. will cause total, permanent memory loss
c. worsens severe depression in dementia
d. involves higher risk for ECT-induced delirium
D
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) may, in fact, be safer than medication for some elderly. The nurse would advise the family that treatment of depression with ECT for a client with dementia involves higher risk for ECT-induced delirium.
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