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A nurse is assessing a newly admitted homebound elderly patient for potential signs of elder abuse. In which scenario would the nurse consider that the patient's elderly wife may likely be guilty of elder abuse?
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◦ The wife restrains the patient in bed while she goes to the grocery store.
◦ The wife only bathes the patient three times a week.
◦ The wife tries to "stretch" the patient's medications by giving one half doses twice a week.
◦ The wife reports being afraid to intervene when the home health nursing assistant strikes the patient for soiling the bed.
◦ The wife cries while telling the nurse that her husband often "yells and screams" when he doesn't feel well.
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