An older adult client has a history of dementia is brought to the health care clinic by an adult child.
The child reports the parent is not eating and wants to sleep all day. The child also reports that the parent has fallen twice in the past week.
Which intervention by the nurse would be appropriate based on the reported symptoms from the adult child?
a. Report the symptoms to the health care provider.
b. Encourage moving the client to a nursing home.
c. Explain that these symptoms are normal progression of dementia.
d. Advise having the client eat three large meals instead of multiple small meals during the day.