Question

A 70-year-old resident of a long-term care facility is in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease. Consequently, the resident frequently wanders throughout and, on more than one occasion, outside the facility. Due to cognitive deficits, the client is not responsive to teaching and redirection. Which action by the staff would be most appropriate response to the resident's behavior

Answer 1

Answer: Providing safe and reliable space for wandering

Explanation:

Alzheimer disease is the disease in  which a person tends to lose mental functions along with memory loss.People can confuse things, won't be able to recognize things, place or people etc, have destroyed memory and such symptoms.

According to the question,if the man is persisting Alzheimer's disease tends to wander in hospital premises and outside it then he should be provided with a safe space where he can wander without hurting himself to others.As he is not able to works as per instruction, this is the safe way to maintain resident's safety