What is the best nursing action for preventing frustration and agitation when an older client with dementia asks about his or her mother, who is deceased? 1. Explain that the client’s mother has been...

What is the best nursing action for preventing frustration and agitation when an older client with dementia asks about his or her mother, who is deceased?

1. Explain that the client’s mother has been dead several years.

2. Tell the client that his or her mother will visit a little later.

3. Say ‘‘You miss your mother. What was she like?’’

4. Ask when the client last saw his or her mother.