Rhetta is a nursing home patient with a diagnosis of Stage 3 Alzheimer's disease. You have taught her how to use a calendar to remind her of appointments, and she can now do this independently. Rhetta is scheduled to be discharged to her home in three days. She lives alone, but her children live in the same town. How do you insure that she continues to use a calendar as a reminder at home?
A)Tell Rhetta to hang the calendar up at home in a location where she will see it every day.
B)Ask Rhetta's children to hang the calendar up in her home in a location where she will see it every day.
C)Go to Rhetta's home yourself and hang the calendar up in a location where she will see it every day.
D)Ask Rhetta's children to manage her appointments for her.

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To insure that Rhetta continues to use a calendar at home, ask her children to hang the calendar up in her home in a location where she will see it every day. Rhetta has learned how to use a calendar in the nursing home, but she may not have the ability to remember to hang the calendar up or generalize using it in a home setting. Her children can assist by hanging the calendar up and reminding Rhetta to use it.

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