caregiver neglect
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Caregiver neglect is the failure of someone responsible for another person's welfare—typically a child, elderly person, or disabled individual—to provide necessary care.
This includes withholding food, medical attention, supervision, or basic hygiene.
The term appears in legal and social work contexts: The investigation revealed caregiver neglect spanning several years.
It can be intentional or result from ignorance, incapacity, or overwhelming circumstances.
- abandonmentAct of leaving permanently
- left aloneNot interfered with
- elder abuseHarming or exploiting seniors
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- isolationComplete separation from others
malnutrition · missed meals · bedsores · untreated · forgotten · dependent · frail · helpless · nursing home · safe at home · social worker · intervention · warning signs · cry for help · bruises · dehydration · soiled · overwhelmed
- attachment traumaattachment disorder, attachment issues, insecure attachment, anxious attachment, avoidant attachment
- elder abuseelder fraud, nursing home abuse, caregiver abuse, financial abuse, physical abuse
- emotional neglectemotional unavailability, emotional deprivation, emotional distance, inattention, disregard
caregiver neglectnurturing
Supportive care-giving
nurturance · supportive care · tender loving care · overprotection · helicopter parenting
caregiver neglectphysical abuse
Intentional bodily harm
caregiver abuse · verbal abuse · emotional abuse · corporal punishment · assault
caregiver neglectattentiveness
Concentrated awareness of surroundings
overprotection · helicopter parenting · doting · smothering · hypervigilance
care, giver, give, carer, caring, careless, careful, carefully, carefulness