A nurse uses the Functional Consequences Theory to assess older adults. Which of the following situations best demonstrates the effect of physical environment on the older adult?
A) A resident of a care facility experiences a fall because there are not grab bars outside his bathtub.
B) A hospital client develops Clostridium difficile- related diarrhea because a care provider did not perform adequate handwashing.
C) An older adult cannot afford a wheeled walker and suffers a fall while trying to ambulate using a cane.
D) An assisted living resident requires care for emphysema that resulted from a 70 pack-year history of cigarette smoking.