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Stephen is a nonagenarian. His motor skills have declined significantly, and he can no longer perform his personal care activities independently. As a result, a nurse takes care of him and helps him with bathing and dressing. In this scenario, which of the following statements is most likely true of Stephen?
 
  A) He is frail.
  B) He is agile.
  C) He belongs to the young-old group of the elderly.
  D) He belongs to the middle-old group of the elderly.

Question 2

According to Blackburn et al. (2016 ), the outcome of placing elderly parents in a nursing home versus allowing them to stay in their own home and getting home health care was that:
 
  A) more number of home health beneficiaries showed disinterest in surviving for long compared with nursing home beneficiaries.
  B) home health beneficiaries learnt to perform tasks independently unlike the nursing home beneficiaries.
  C) home health beneficiaries started looking for sources of income unlike the nursing home beneficiaries.
  D) more number of home health beneficiaries were alive compared with nursing home beneficiaries after one year.


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owenfalvey

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Reply #1 on: Jun 18, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

D


stephzh

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Reply 2 on: Jun 18, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Gracias!

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