George, Your 92-Year-Old Nursing Home Patient, Is Not Willing to Participate

Multiple Choice

George, your 92-year-old nursing home patient, is not willing to participate in therapy sessions. He feels therapy is not necessary because his wife will help him with everything at home. What do you tell him?

A) You will end therapy sessions because George does not want to participate.
B) You encourage him to participate so that he can do more for himself and make things easier for his wife.
C) You tell him his doctor is requiring him to participate in therapy sessions.
D) You tell him that Medicare will not pay for his nursing home stay unless he participates in therapy sessions.