An older patient has fallen and suffered a hip fracture. As a consequence, the patient's family is concerned about the patient's ability to care for self, especially during this convalescence. What should the nurse do?

A) Stress that older patients usually ask for help when needed.
B) Inform the family that placement in a nursing center is a permanent solution.
C) Tell the family to enroll the patient in a ceramics class to maintain quality of life.
D) Provide information and answer questions as family members make choices among care options.

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Final Answer : D, Explanation :  Nurses help older adults and their families by providing information and ansing questions as they make choices among care options. Some older adults deny functional declines and refuse to ask for assistance with tasks that place their safety at great risk. The decision to enter a nursing center is never final, and a nursing center resident sometimes is discharged to home or to another less-acute residence. What defines quality of life varies and is unique for each person.

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