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Your Duty As A Health Care Professional: To Report Elder Abuse |
June 21, 2008
Previously published by HealthCare Review
You've known and treated Mrs. Merriweather, one of your elderly patients for many years. Mrs. Merriweather has been in to see you several times in the last year and you've noticed her mental acuity has declined. She has trouble remembering current events and seems generally confused about routine matters. You have talked to her about assisted living, but she won't hear of it. She has lived in the same community her whole life, attended the same church, and her neighbors are her close friends.
Today, she presents with complaints of being overtired, having trouble sleeping, and is tearful. You probe a little as to what is troubling her. She tells you that she has been told by her grandniece that she should begin looking for an apartment because the grandniece and her husband are planning to sell her home of 40 years...
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