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The nurse is preparing to teach a 90-year-old patient. In teaching an elderly patient, the nurse realizes that:
 
  a. most elderly patients are highly literate.
  b. cognitive abilities always decline with age.
  c. sensory alterations often occur with aging.
  d. teaching methods are the same as for the middle aged.
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ANS: C
Teaching should be tailored to elderly patients. Reports indicate that two thirds of U.S. adults 66 years old and older have inadequate or marginal literacy skills, and 81 of patients 60 years old and older at a public hospital could not read or understand basic materials such as prescription labels. Although each patient must assessed individually, cognitive and sensory alterations often occur with aging, and the teaching materials should be adjusted accordingly.
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