One of the Negative Consequences of Infantilization of Older Persons

question 64

Multiple Choice

One of the negative consequences of infantilization of older persons is

• A)treating the older person as overly independent.
• B)causing an older person to lose the desire to be self-sufficient.
• C)making them remember more about the present so they forget the past.
• D)making the older adult disoriented.

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