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Self-neglect
— a survey of old age psychiatrists in Ireland | | Author(s) | James G O'Brien, Colm Cooney, Mairead Bartley, Desmond O'Neill |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 25, no 12, December 2013 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, December 2013 |
| Pages | pp 2088-2090 |
| Source | www.journals.cambridge.org |
| Keywords | Neglect [care] ; Self care capacity ; Clinical surveys ; Ireland. |
| Annotation | Briefly reports on a survey of self-neglect in Ireland. The survey was prepared as a collaborative effort among academic old age psychiatrists and geriatricians. Among those who responded, 92% had seen a case of self-neglect in the previous year. Four features of self-neglect were identified, namely: personal, environmental, social and refusal of services. Of these, personal neglect was the most common. The top three contributing causes of self-neglect were dementia, lifelong personality disorder and alcoholism. The study concludes that old age psychiatrists have significant involvement with self-neglect in old age and play a key role in managing these challenging patients, but need to be part of a broader interdisciplinary coordinated team in order to deal with this problem effectively. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150619229 A |
| Classmark | QNR: CA: 3G: 763 |
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