Question

which action would the nurse take for an older resident in a nursing home with alzheimer disease who hoards leftover food and other seemingly valueless

Answer 1

The nurse should assign the client to a room near the nurse's station for closer supervision every time.

What is alzheimer disease and why the patient hoards leftover food?

1. Alzheimer is a mental sickness in the patients ageing 70 years or more and is tagged with constant memory loss issues.
2. Amnesia is also a memory loss disease but the difference between alzheimer and amnesia is that amnesia is temporary memory loss.
3. Alzheimer is a permanent memory loss and amnesia is a temporary memory loss.
4. The patient here hoards leftover food in the resident and for that the nurse should assign the client a room near her room for close supervision.

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