In Addition to Requiring Help with Eating, Bathing, and Toileting

question 14

Multiple Choice

In addition to requiring help with eating, bathing, and toileting, Georgina must now take a new medication for a new problem she has developed since moving into the nursing home. According to Qualls and Layton (2010) , what problem are frail older adults prone to, especially if they are living in a long-term care facility?

• A) depression
• B) irritable bowel disease
• C) arthritis
• D) high cholesterol

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