Background: Primary care physicians (PCPs) increasingly must identify which of their
cognitively impaired patients who live alone are at greatest risk of harm due to self-neglect …

Objective The authors examined the accuracy of certain neuropsychological tests in the
prediction of harm resulting from self-neglect in cognitively impaired seniors who lived …

Objectives: To identify risk factors for harm due to self‐neglect or behaviors related to
disorientation in cognitively impaired seniors who live alone that can be used in primary …

Objective Elder self‐neglect is a common public health issue, but it is unclear to what degree
it is associated with cognitive function. This study aimed to examine the cross‐sectional …

OBJECTIVES: To examine the longitudinal association between decline in cognitive function
and risk of elder self‐neglect in a community‐dwelling population. DESIGN: Prospective …

BACKGROUND The only way to systematically screen for self‐neglect among older adults is
through in‐home observations, which are often difficult and unfeasible for healthcare …

Despite the public health implications of self‐neglect, no tool exists for characterizing this
condition. Self‐neglecters often have no caregivers or surrogates to interview regarding the …

OBJECTIVE: The study assessed the contribution of depressive symptoms and cognitive
impairment to the prediction of self-neglect in elderly persons living in the community …

Objectives To quantify the relation between reported elder self‐neglect and rate of
hospitalization in a community population of older adults. Design Prospective population …

Objectives. We sought to identify the functional, cognitive, and social factors associated with
self-neglect among the elderly to aid the development of etiologic models to guide future …