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Session 4 – Rights of the Elderly

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1. What does the right to informed consent mean?*

a. The right to die when a client chooses.

b. The right to access medical information.

c. The right to refuse to eat.

d. The right to select or refuse service and to accept the responsibility for the consequences.

2. What is the best way to address your clients to ensure their dignity?*

a. Always address them formally as Mr. or Mrs.

b. Ask them what they would like to be called and use that.

c. Call them honey or sweetie to show affection.

d. Make up a special nickname to use for them.

3. Who can you talk to about your client's care plan?*

a. Only the client and the people on the care team who are directly providing her care.

b. The client as well as her friends and family.

c. Absolutely no one, not even the client.

d. Your client and her physician.

4. Your client is refusing to take her medication today. What should you do?*

a. Explain to her why she needs to take her medication.

b. Tell her she cannot watch TV until she takes her medication.

c. Grind it up in some jam so it tastes better.

d. Tell your supervisor right away.

5. A government-appointed person who investigates complaints is called what?*

a. An Ombudsman.

b. A Professional Investigator.

c. A Grievance Counselor.

d. A Bureaucrat.

6. If your client has a grievance or a complaint what is the first thing you should do?*

a. Go straight to the Ombudsman with the complaint.

b. Listen to your client and then share the grievance with your supervisor.

c. Call the client's family to discuss the complaint with them.

d. Do nothing.

7. Which of the following statements is true about a restraint?*

a. A restraint is always a physical device.

b. A restraint may be a physical device or a drug.

c. A restraint is something a client cannot break free from.

d. A restraint is only given by a physician.

8. When working in your client's home you notice a very moldy package of cheese in the refrigerator. What should you do?*

a. Throw away the cheese without telling the client.

b. Buy a new package of cheese to replace the old one but don't tell the client.

c. Let the client know you are going to throw away the cheese and offer to get her a new package.

d. Leave the package alone because it's OK for cheese to be moldy.

9. Which of the following laws requires caregivers to keep information about a client's health status and care confidential?*

a. HIPAA.

b. COBRA.

c. Bill of Rights.

d. Affordable Care Act.

10. When providing personal assistance to a client what is the most important thing to remember?*

a. Let the client know what you are about to do and ask him if it is OK.

b. Provide the assistance as quickly as possible.

c. Make sure the roommate is present before providing assistance.

d. Let the client know what you did after you are finished.

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