Care of frail elders with relinquishing dispositions.
Nurses, social workers, and other home healthcare professionals enhance services to older adults by using disposition-specific care strategies. The concept of "relinquishing dispositions" is explicated in this article. Criteria for identifying relinquishing elders and strategies of care for these elders are presented.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D016330:Frail Elderly / Q000523:psychology*; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D016743:Mental Competency; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations