Objectives To identify patterns of personal experience or behavior in self‐neglect by
exploring narratives of cognitively intact older adults. Design Descriptive study involving …

Using assessment and investigation data from the reported APS cases in Texas, this study
examines the types of elder self-neglect and neglect, including medical neglect. It then …

Background: Self-neglect, best known for its prominent place in the elder mistreatment
framework, is a phenomenon associated with a variety of health and social conditions …

Much recent literature has focused on the impact of selfneglecting behavior on elders. Little
attention, however, has been paid to the impact of this phenomenon on the communities in …

Background: Elder self-neglect (ESN) has become a public health issue globally. Limited
studies have focused on ESN, as well as the relationship between ESN and quality of life …

Self-neglect is a serious and burgeoning public health challenge representing the most
common problem faced by Adult Protective Services agencies. Among older adults who are …

Self-neglect is a complex and inadequately understood phenomenon that accounts for the
majority of Adult Protective Services cases. This retrospective, record-based study of the …

Compared with older adults with disabilities and those who autonomously choose to live in
squalor, self-neglect syndrome arises from a predicate state of vulnerability in frail older …

Purpose: Elder self-neglect (ESN) represents half or more of all cases reported to adult
protective services. ESN directly affects older adults and also their families, neighbors, and …

Self-neglect in old age has severe effects on a person's health and quality of life and poses
diverse challenges for primary caregivers and the community. The authors provide a …