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Question

The use of more than five medications doubles the risk of an adverse reaction. Accurate pain assessment is important, and the nurse must remember that older adults tend to understate their pain. Nurses working with older adult patients with psychiatric conditions should be knowledgeable about psychotherapeutic approaches relevant to the older adult. A variety of treatment settings are available to older adults. The level of disability, cognitive abilities, and psychiatric disorders influence the choice of setting. For this assignment: Explain what is meant by a "prescribing cascade." Older adults experience a higher incidence of depression compared with younger adults - true or false? Defend your answer. Describe the five domains of pain assessment in dementia (the PAINAD scale). Identify the theory of aging that involves the biological or genetic "clock"? Identify three therapeutic interview techniques that may alleviate anxiety in older adults when the nurse is obtaining the health history. Which group therapy activity encourages group members to share memories of their past? What is the effect of this therapy? "Mutual withdrawal" is a premise of which theory of aging?