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Module 5: A home health OT sees a man with Huntington’s Disease once per week for adaptations to his home. The man is married with teenage children and was independent in all activities prior to his diagnosis. The man’s wife tells the OT that the man becomes very upset every time he must manage the family’s finances and his symptoms become worse as a result. What advice should the OT give to the man’s wife?

A. Provide the man with a calculator and a budgeting app to help him manage the finances.

B Leave the man alone while he is managing money so that he will not become distracted.

C. Talk to the man about the wife taking over the finances to reduce the man’s stress.

D. Talk to the bank about automatic bill payments.

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Talk to the man about the wife taking over the finances to reduce the man’s stress. Stress exacerbates the symptoms of Huntington’s Disease. If the task of managing finances is causing the man enough stress that his symptoms become worse, then it is an activity that he should probably give up or at least get help with. The OT should advice the wife to have a discussion with her husband about giving up the job of managing the family finances to lower his stress levels.

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