セルフネグレクト

noun

self-neglect

A loanword from English, used in social welfare and medical contexts to describe a person's failure to care for their own basic needs.

• 高こう齢れい者しゃのセルフネグレクトが社しゃ会かい問もん題だいになっている。

  Self-neglect among the elderly has become a social issue.