Self-neglect in older adults : a global, evidence-based resource for nurses and other health care providers / edited by] Mary Rose Day, Geraldine McCarthy, Joyce J. Fitzpatrick.

Includes bibliographies and index.

My mother's life and self-neglect / Joan O'Leary (Pseudonym) -- Self-neglect : toward conceptual clarity / Mary Rose Day -- Mental health issues and self-neglect / Barbara Cohen -- Delirium and self-neglect / Graham J. McDougall and Marietta P. Stanton -- Hoarding : features, assessment, and intervention strategies / Mary Luu and Shelia R. Woody -- Animal hoarding / Bronwen Williams -- Farm animals and farmers : neglect issues / Catherine Devitt and Alison Hanlon -- Environmental neglect / John Snowdon and Graeme Halliday -- Self-neglect and decision making / Jessica L. Lee -- Self-neglect : an issue in acute care / Kieran A. O'Connor -- Medical perspectives of self-neglect : an issue for health and social care / Josephine P. Gomes and James G. O'Brien -- Home care nurses and self-neglect / Yvonne O. Johnson -- Health and social care professionals' perspectives of self-neglect / Helen Mulcahy, Patricia Leahy-Warren, and Mary Rose Day -- Adult safeguarding and self-neglect : emergent lessons from England / Suzy Braye, David Orr, and Michael Preston-Shoot -- Practice wisdom : professional responses to self-neglect in Israel / Tova Band-Winterstein, Israel Doron, and Sigal Naim -- How the city of Chicago addresses the issue of self-neglect among seniors / Paul Dowling and Katharine Slover -- Self-neglect : a statewide assessment in Vermont / Kelly Melekis -- Medication use and polypharmacy in older adults with substantiated self-neglect : a case study / Jason Burnett, Leslie E. Clark, Sharon Abada, Kimberlee Parker, Renee J. Flores, and Kathleen Pace-Murphy -- Self-neglect in Ireland : a pilot study / David McCann -- The short-form elder self-neglect assessment / Madelyn A. Iris -- Making and executing decisions for safe and independent living (MEDSAIL) : a screening tool for community-dwelling older adults / Whitney L. Mills and Aanand D. Naik -- Self-neglect : development and evaluation of a self-neglect (SN-37) measurement instrument / Mary Rose Day and Geraldine McCarthy -- Self-neglect among older adults : professional education and preparation for practice / Eleanor Bantry White and Julie Bach -- A self-neglecting case dilemma : applying an ethical decision-making tool / Mary Rose Day and Joan McCarthy.

"An unequalled compendium of cutting-edge information on self neglect. This authoritative resource in provides nurses and healthcare professionals with a comprehensive overview and analysis of self-neglect in older adults. With an aging global population, self-neglect is emerging as a complex problem that crosses multiple disciplines of health and social care. Characterized by a harmful inattention to health and hygiene, self-neglect manifests in a variety of ways across the world that healthcare professionals need to be able to recognize and manage. The only text with the latest analysis of theoretical perspectives, research, and evidence from global leaders in the field, chapters tackle the interdisciplinary problem of self-neglect to deliver current professional practice tools and clinical practice interventions. Replete with case studies that examine the ethical, legal, and medical issues of self-neglect, the content is immediately applicable to researchers and clinicians. An extensive list of contributors from the U.S., Ireland, England, Scotland, Australia, Israel, Canada, and Korea include respected researchers, practitioners, and academics from multiple health and social care disciplines along with health and social care services who have played a critical role in advancing research, public awareness, and policy on self-neglect. Key Features: Delivers multi-faceted, cutting-edge information on self-neglect in older adults for nurses and related healthcare professionals Addresses theory, research, evidence, assessment and measurement, and clinical practice interventions Includes practical applications, case studies, and illustrations in each chapter Authored by an international panel of authoritative leaders in gerontology Provides debate and discussion on self-neglect that will promote further enquiry and research"--Publisher's description.

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