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Self-neglect A health perspective

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Self-neglect

A health perspective

What we will cover

What is self-neglect

Why might people self-neglect

The impact on a person’s health

What to look out for

Scenarios

Self-neglect

‘Self neglect covers a wide range of behaviour neglecting to care for one’s personal hygiene, health or surroundings and includes behaviour such as hoarding’

(Care and Support Guidance 2015)

‘the inability (intentional or non-intentional) to maintain a socially and culturally accepted standard of self-care; …with the potential for serious consequences to the health and well-being of the self-neglecters and perhaps even to their community.’

Gibbons (2006)

Risk assessment…

• Circumstances in which they occur

• Historical information

• Current circumstances

• Communication

• Investigation

• Observation

• Persistence

Gathering Information

Analysis

Specific Risk Factors

Anticipate Possible Change

Southampton City Council (2013)

Risk factors…

…how risky is it?

Risk events themselves can be analysed by

likelihood against impact

This can help service users and professionals

prioritise which risk events to focus on

Risk factors…

…and interventions

Dynamic

Deep clean

Respite

Admit to Hospital

Mental Health Act

Residential care

Static/stable

Therapeutic interventions (e.g. CBT)Relationships & engagementLonger-term workAddress underlying causes

Why might people self-

neglect?Pride / embarrassment

Culture or values of self-sufficiency

Attachment to place and possessions

Social Isolation

Mental Illness

Loss of carer

Functional decline

Frailty

Cognitive impairment

Lack of financial resources

The (undue) influence of others

Health-related cause?

Depression

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Schizophrenia / Paraphrenia

Dementia

Diogenes syndrome

Dependence on others

Frailty

Learning disability

Impact on health…

Pressure injuries

Depression

Malnutrition

Dehydration

Food poisoning

Infection

Diabetes management

Respiratory complications

Case Scenarios

A balance of rights…

Autonomy

Independence

Self-determination

Human Rights

Unwise decisions

‘My home is my castle’

Impact on health

Duty of Care

Family concerns

Impact on Community

Professional opinion

Empowerment

Making Safeguarding Personal

Any Questions or Comments?