Seniors and Squalor: Competency, Autonomy, and the Mistake of Forced Intervention

by Lisa Johnson

This book will help readers to better understand and address a strange social phenomenon: the apparent choice by some seniors to live in squalor.

Seniors and Squalor examines the widespread and growing phenomenon of mentally competent senior citizens living in self-imposed squalor and refusing help, whether from health care professionals, government, or family. At this juncture of medicine and law, many families have experienced...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1440853991
• ISBN13: 9781440853999
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 7 to 17 years