You are assisting your elderly client with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)in self-care activities.Which direction provided by you will best help her achieve the goal of being able to perform self-care activities?

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The goal for a client with COPD is to minimize symptoms,maximize function,and prevent further exacerbations.Allowing the client to take her time with ADLs and rest in between is ideal.Use of long-term oxygen in hypoxic patients with COPD has been shown to improve survival.Performing all ADLs at once is too taxing for a client with COPD.Helping the client adapt to declining functional capacity is an important goal.The goal in this situation is to promote self-care activities.Eating expends a lot of energy,as does bathing.Spacing the activities with rest in between would be more appropriate.

You Are Assisting Your Elderly Client with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary