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The Diogenes syndrome
 — many old people live in conditions of filth and squalor, but this condition of self neglect has attracted little study.
Author(s)A N G Clark
Journal titleNursing Times, May 22 1975
Pagespp 800-802
KeywordsSelf care capacity.
AnnotationIn Brighton a series of advanced cases showing common features of a syndrome (the Diogenes syndrome) have recently been investigated and this article reveals some results.
Accession NumberCPA-930526096 A
ClassmarkCA *

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