Question

question 6 out of 16: bonnie is caring for a client living with dementia. the client’s daughter says to bonnie, “i can’t forgive myself for letting all that time go by when i didn’t talk to him or come to see him.” what emotion is the daughter expressing? acceptance grief denial guilt

Explanation:

To determine the emotion, we analyze each option:

• Acceptance: Involves coming to terms with a situation, not self - reproach. The daughter is not accepting but blaming herself, so this is incorrect.
• Grief: Is typically related to the loss of a loved one (like death) and the associated sorrow. Here, the focus is on self - blame for past actions, not grief over a loss, so this is incorrect.
• Denial: Involves refusing to accept a reality. The daughter is acknowledging her past actions and feeling bad about them, not denying, so this is incorrect.
• Guilt: Is the feeling of responsibility for a real or imagined wrong. The daughter feels she did wrong by not talking to or visiting her father, so she is expressing guilt.

Answer:

D. Guilt