Viviana gets home from work late for the third time this week feeling exhausted and hungry. Even though it’s after work hours, she decides to stay up late to finish a report as a favor to a co-worker.

CHIBA -- A woman in her late 60s was rescued from a garbage-filled room in northwestern Chiba Prefecture in May last year with her feet blackened in a state of necrosis, it has been learned. It is ...

Self-neglect is a behavioural condition where an individual persistently neglects to care for personal hygiene, health conditions or surroundings, including hoarding. There are three broad approaches ...

Authorities responsible for vulnerable adults are raising awareness of the issue of self-neglect. This is a behavioural condition that leads to a person not being able to look after their own basic ...

Are you, or is one of your colleagues, struggling to work with someone who hoards or self-neglects? If so that’s unsurprising: engaging with, assessing and providing support to such people can be ...

The Vermont Association of Area Agencies on Aging had been tasked with taking on the investigation of referrals of self-neglect by the state Legislature a couple of years ago. But do we all understand ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am an RN-Attorney with significant experience in both professions. Jan 30, 2024, 02:10pm EST Daughter is in her late 50s, with a ...

Self-neglect among older people is on the rise, an expert has warned. Poor personal hygiene, malnourishment and vermin-infested living conditions are among the signs of self-neglect. Dr Mary Rose Day, ...

Growing numbers of elderly people are suffering from self-neglect, which can leave them living in vermin-infested homes while they fail to eat properly. Their plight can put them at risk and in danger ...