1st Edition
Understanding Self-Neglect A Guide for Health and Social Care Professionals
By Roy Antrobus
Copyright 2025
188 Pages
by
Routledge
188 Pages
by
Routledge
188 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book will assist health and social care professionals to improve and open up further awareness of the characteristics of self-neglect.
The perspectives of professionals and public, associated policy, legal and practice is presented in a relevant and accessible format. By taking the reader on a series of self-neglecting journeys from past to present, it explores conversations, both between... Read more
0.Introduction. 1.Self-neglect – Introduction of PECCs - Personal, Environmental, Community Circumstances. 2.What’s behind the Headlines. 3. Interactive conversations. 4. What happens before you get there – pre-actions and perceptions. 5.Legal and Human Rights. 6.Self-Neglect and biases. 7. Dirt and hygiene. 8.Feelings and Emotions. 9.Self-Neglect and the Visual. 10.Categorisation of Self-Neglect.
Biography
Roy Antrobus has been involved in practice settings for over 20 years as a Social Worker and qualified Best Interests Assessor. He holds a PhD in Philosophy from Lancaster University.
