A 78-year-old widow needs assistance with medications,housekeeping,and laundry,and would like to maintain independence.Which is the best option for the nurse to suggest?

A) Assisted living
B) Respite care
C) Nursing center
D) Rehabilitation center

Assisted living provides independence,security,and privacy at the same time.These facilities promote independence and physical and psychosocial health.Services in an assisted living facility include medication management,exercise and educational activities,social activities,laundry,assistance with meals and personal care,24-hour oversight,and housekeeping.Respite care is a service that provides short-term relief or time off for people providing home care to an ill,disabled,or frail older adult.Nursing center is a nursing home; this is too early to recommend because the widow wants to maintain independence.Rehabilitation is the use of multiple therapies such as physical,psychological,occupational,speech,and social services to help restore a person to the fullest physical,mental,social,vocational,and economic usefulness possible; this is not appropriate because the widow can provide self-care.