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 unique needs of homebound adults receiving home-based medical care
(HBMC)(ie, home-based primary care and home-based palliative care services) are ideally …

Objectives: To examine the prevalence of self-neglect and its specific behaviors in a
community-dwelling population of older adults. Method: A population-based cohort study …

Mrs LJ is a 79-year-old white widowed woman, who lives in a one-story house with her 40-
year-old daughter. Mrs LJ worked as a secretary but has been unemployed for about 20 …

Little is known about the prevalence of self-neglect and its predictors among community-
dwelling older adults living alone in China. The present study was conducted among 181 …

Purpose: This longitudinal study examines the association between physical function
decline and the risk of elder self-neglect in a community-dwelling population. Design and …

Background. Self-neglect is the behavior of an elderly person that threatens his or her own
health and safety, and it is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Although …

AIMS: To explore the unique aspects of the elder self-neglect phenomenon and to achieve
phenomenological understanding of self-neglect through the eyes of self-neglecting elders …

Choosing to volunteer one's time in service to another is one of life's selfless endeavors.
Social work practice often intersects with volunteers. Many social workers volunteer their …

Aim The present study examined the cognitive, physical and psychological characteristics
associated with elder self‐neglect in a USA Chinese older population. Methods The …