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 …

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 …

Background. Self-neglect is an independent risk factor for early mortality in older people and
has been linked to depression and the occurrence of mental and physical decline. Sound …

New York City Department of Aging estimates 50 000 cases of elder mistreatment in the
boroughs, even though only 1600 instances are reported. 2 Some elders experience …

Purpose: We sought to characterize self-neglect definitively as a geriatric syndrome by
identifying an association with functional impairment. Design and Methods: We performed a …

Self-neglect among older adults results in increased morbidity and mortality rates.
Depression is strongly linked to self-neglect and when untreated, severely complicates …

Objectives To examine the association between neighborhood cohesion and risk of self‐
neglect in a community‐dwelling Chinese‐American older population. Setting Community …

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. Pain is a worldwide health concern leading to cognitive impairments, depression,
and decline in activities of daily living when poorly controlled. Self-neglect is also a serious …

Historically, the view of elder mistreatment in the United States has been similar to that of
child abuse and has been detrimental to the understanding of elder mistreatment. Until …