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YALNIZ YAŞAYAN YAŞLILAR SORUNU: BİR YAŞLI İHMALİ OLGUSU

THE PROBLEM OF ELDERLY PEOPLE WHO LIVE ALONE: AN ELDERLY NEGLECT CASE

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99–102
Publication Date
2022-11-05
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The aim of this article is topoint out the problems elderly people who are living alone and prone to neglect, and some suggestions for the solution to this important problem

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Objective & Hypothesis:Because of many concomitant chronic diseases, old age is a phase of life where elderly people become dependent on others for their self-care.
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Key Findings & Data:Self-neglect and/or neglect of elderly peoplewho live alone and cannot maintain a high quality of social, healthcare and psychiatric assistanceis an important public problem.
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Conclusion & Impact:The aim of this article is topoint out the problems elderly people who are living alone and prone to neglect, and some suggestions for the solution to this important problem
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Because of many concomitant chronic diseases, old age is a phase of life where elderly people become dependent on others for their self-care. Self-neglect and/or neglect of elderly peoplewho live alone and cannot maintain a high quality of social, healthcare and psychiatric assistanceis an important public problem. Sometimes the death of an elderly person is only noticed whena malodor spreads to the environment or maggots leave a house through the doorsill. This article presents an elderly case whose death was only noticed after the putrefaction ofher corpse, and a large part of the corpse had been eaten by rats. The aim of this article is topoint out the problems elderly people who are living alone and prone to neglect, and some suggestions for the solution to this important problem

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İleri yaşlar, birçok kronik hastalığın bir arada bulunması nedeniyle yaşlı kişilerin kişisel bakımları konusunda başkalarına bağımlı duruma geldiği bir yaşam dönemidir. Evde yalnız yaşayan, nitelikli sosyal, nitelikli sağlık ve psikiyatrik destek alamayan yaşlıların çevreleri tarafından ihmal edilmesi ve/veya kendi kendilerini ihmal etmeleri önemli bir halk sağlığı sorunudur. Zaman zaman buyaşlıların ölümlerinden dahi ancak çevreye koku yayıldıktan, cesetteki kurtlar evin kapısının altından dışarıya çıkmaya başladıktan sonra haberdar olunabilmektedir. Bu makalede yalnız yaşayan, ölümü vücudundaki çürüme ilerleyip yumuşak dokuların önemli bir kısmı ratlar tarafından kemirildikten sonra fark edilen yaşlı bir olgu sunulmuş, bu suretle yalnız yaşayan yaşlılar ve yaşlı ihmali sorununa ve bu önemli problemin çözüm önerilerine dikkat çekilmesi amaçlanmıştır

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CANTÜRK, N., ERKOL, Z. (2022). YALNIZ YAŞAYAN YAŞLILAR SORUNU: BİR YAŞLI İHMALİ OLGUSU. Türk Geriatri Dergisi, Cilt: 17 - Sayı: 1, 99–102. https://ajindex.com/articles/623907

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