While Admitting an 80-Year-Old Patient with Heart Failure to the Medical

While admitting an 80-year-old patient with heart failure to the medical unit, the nurse obtains the information that the patient lives alone and sometimes confuses the "water pill" with the "heart pill." The nurse makes a note that discharge planning for the patient will need to include

A) transfer to a dementia care service.
B) referral to a home health care agency.
C) placement in a long-term-care facility.
D) arrangements for around-the-clock care.

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