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What strategy should researchers use to ensure that they protect older adult participants who are cognitively impaired or who reside in settings for the chronically ill?

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As for the appointment of a sorogate decision maker on behalf of the cognitive impaired adult participants.

Step-by-step explanation:

A surrogate decision maker is an individual who makes decisions for incompetent adults. If an adult who is a subject in a study is unable to make decisions for themselves, a surrogate decision maker does it on his/Her behalf. This is aimed at protecting impaired adults from exploitation by researchers. In the case of a minor, the parents or legal guardian can make those decisions on his or her behalf

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