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| Squalor syndrome and psychogeriatric admissions | | Author(s) | Therese Shaw, Ajit Shah |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 8, no 4, Winter 1996 |
| Pages | pp 669-674 |
| Keywords | Self care capacity ; Psychogeriatric units ; Admission ; United Kingdom. |
| Annotation | The squalor syndrome, also known as the Diogenes syndrome, is characterised by extreme self-neglect, domestic squalor, social withdrawal, apathy, tendency to hoard rubbish, and a lack of shame. In this UK study, a series of patients who were admitted to a psychogeriatric ward were compared with those without the syndrome. Findings showed that patients with squalor syndrome received a greater number of services prior to admission, were less likely to be on psychotropic medication prior to admission, had longer length of hospital admission, and were discharged to a "more dependent" accommodation facility. These findings, together with methodological difficulties and areas of future research, are discussed. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980303288 A |
| Classmark | CA: LDM: QKH: 8 |
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