Self-Neglecting Elders: A Clinical Dilemma - Hardcover

by Eloise Rathbone-McCuan (Editor), Dorothy R. Fabian (Editor)

This volume is the first comprehensive work on the prevalent geriatric problem of self-neglect. It contains original clinical research and analyzes the medical, psychological, and social aspects of geriatric self-neglect from various perspectives of professionals within the geriatric field.

Author Biography

ELOISE RATHBONE-McCUAN is Associate Chief of Social Work Service at the Colmery-O'Neil V.A. Medical Center and Adjunct Professor of Social Welfare at the University of Kansas. She is co-author (with Joan Hashimi) of Isolated Elders (1982) and co-editor (with Betty Havens) of North American Elders (Greenwood Press, 1988).

DOROTHY R. FABIAN is a gerontologist-consultant with the Geriatric Hip Fracture Program at the Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopedic Institute in New York. She has directed programs in long-term care and case management in support of community living for frail elderly and is the co-editor (with Anne Somers) of The Geriatric Imperative (1981).