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A client explains to the nurse that it is just impossible for her and her husband to continue to have his mother in the home alone during the day while they work because the woman becomes confused and has fallen twice.Which of the following community resources should the nurse recommend?


Definitions:

Long-Term Memory

A type of storage in the brain capable of holding information for an extended period, potentially for a lifetime.

Short-Term Memory

The part of the memory system that is responsible for temporarily storing information for a brief period, typically seconds to minutes.

Decay

The process of losing information over time due to the non-use of a memory trace in the brain.

Interference

The act of impeding or obstructing something, often used in contexts such as memory interference, where one memory competes with or replaces another.

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