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 …

Identifying impairments in the capacity to make and execute decisions is critical to the
assessment and remediation of elder self‐neglect. Few capacity assessment tools are …

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 …

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 …

Self-neglect in the elderly is a pervasive public health issue that affects 1.2 million elderly
each year. In working with self-neglect cases, ethical issues are often raised that challenge …

Elder self-neglect is a global public health and human rights issue that threatens older
people's health and safety. It commonly refers to refusal or failure to provide oneself with …

Objectives To determine whether there are subtypes of elder self‐neglect (SN) with different
risk factors that can be targeted using medical and social interventions. Design Cohort study …

Neglect is proportionally the largest category for adult protective services referrals, yet there
is a dearth of science that generates appropriate guidelines for the detection 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 …

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 …