… Under Title 22 MRSA Chapter 958-A, Maine APS is legislated to prevent and protect
incapacitated and dependent adults aged 18 years or older from abuse, neglect, self-neglect, and …

… aging population, self-neglect is becoming a prominent problem that challenges healthy aging
… support not only directly influences self-neglect, but has a significant indirect effect on self-…

… that elder self-neglect is more common than abuse and neglect in this age group. Given
the disparity between the emphasis given to abuse and neglect relative to self-neglect one …

… , disease or some other related variable disrupts the usual relationship between age and
SCA. This is again consistent with Orem's theoretical proposition on the influence of basic …

… aging of the population brings with it healthcare issues associated with old age, especially
public healthcare issues such as self-neglect… important to identify selfneglect and effective risk …

… risk of self-neglect based on the participant's gender or age.In … and older age reported
suffering self-neglect more frequently.… between sociodemographic variables and self-neglect. …

… of self-neglect, focus on the neglect of domestic hygiene as a principal feature of self-neglect, …
only in the most severe cases of self-neglect. There is a good reason to rate domestic …

… self-neglect, health-care professionals play a key role in helping older adults who are not
providing for their own basic needs. However, the issue of self-neglect … with self-neglect in the …

… Self-neglect clients were less likely to need help with toileting, using the telephone and …
less likely to be identified as self-neglecting. Self-neglecting clients were more likely to refuse …

… ’s consent in situations of abuse, neglect, and self-neglect. Little is known about this process
… Attention is drawn to the significance of social location, including age, socio-economic, and …