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| Increasing surveillance and prevention efforts for elder self-neglect in clinical settings | | Author(s) | Jason Burnett, W Andrew Achenbaum, Leslie Hayes |
| Journal title | Aging Health, vol 8, no 6, December 2012 |
| Publisher | Future Medicine, December 2012 |
| Pages | pp 647-655 |
| Source | http://www.futuremedicine.com/loi/ahe |
| Keywords | Neglect [care] ; Self care capacity ; Preventative medicine ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | Self-neglect in older adults is a growing public health problem characterised by a complex network of biopsychosocial risk factors and predictors including medical comorbidities, non-adherence to medication, cognitive impairment, depression, impairments in ADLs (activities of daily living), social isolation and squalour. The lack of reliable and valid assessment criteria for identifying elder self-neglect during brief clinical visits often results in missed opportunities for reducing or preventing the negative health outcomes commonly associated with this geriatric condition. Knowing the most salient risk factors and predictors of self-neglect in older patients may help clinicians and other healthcare providers appropriately identify and prevent self-neglect and the associated negative health outcomes. This article discusses the salient factors that contribute to elder self-neglect and how they can be used to improve clinical surveillance and guide intervention and prevention efforts. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-121214275 A |
| Classmark | QNR: CA: LK2: 4C |
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