Self-neglect ― A Practical Approach to Risks and Strengths Assessment

Britten, a social worker who has worked with adults at risk in the UK, and Whitby, a social worker who has worked in health and social care in the UK, outline a risks and strengths assessment model meant to evaluate risk in relation to key social and health care factors of self-neglect in adults in the UK. They discuss the concept and contextual issues associated with self-neglect and factors for multi-agency consideration; an intervention framework for use in self-neglect cases, with illustrative examples and sample document formats; the risks and strength assessment model, with guidance notes, illustrative examples, and sample document formats; illustrated case scenarios using the model and example documentation; the Care Act "well-being" principle in self-neglect and work in safeguarding adults; and an approach to building sustainable community strength and resilience. Chapters include sidebars on specific issues, such as clutter and extreme hoarding, equality and diversity, information-sharing, domestic abuse, grooming, mate crime, and balancing attitudes and values in person-centered safeguarding. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2018 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)