Self-neglect of the elderly. An overview

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 187-190

  Papaioannou, Emmanouil Stamos C ^a   Räihä, Ismo ^a   Kivelä, Sirkka Liisa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Satakunta Hospital District   (Finland)

Author keywords

Abuse; Aged; Alzheimer's disease; Cognitive impairment; Dementia; Depression; Elderly; Self neglect

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FRACTURE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF NEGLECT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEPRESSION; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF CARE; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 84866130521     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: 17511402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13814788.2012.688019     Document Type: Article

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