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The test of time
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 38, 18.6.03, 2003, pp.16-18.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
A fifth of adults with learning difficulties live with elderly parent. This article looks at how well the social care sector is serving this population of carers.
Still caring: a study of older parents still caring at home for a daughter or son with cerebral palsy
- Authors:
- ALISON Virginia, WRIGHT Fay
- Publisher:
- Spastics Society
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 56p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Presents the difficult and rewarding experiences of long-term carers of children with cerebral palsy and indicates the choices and support which they need.
The structure of care networks in families with mentally handicapped adult dependents
- Author:
- GRANT Gordon
- Publisher:
- University College of North Wales. Department of Social Theory and Institutions
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- 24p., tables, bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Bangor
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Satisfaction with living arrangements of older adults with intellectual disability: service users’ and carers’ views
- Authors:
- O'ROURKE Anne, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities, 8(1), March 2004, pp.12-29.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Living arrangements for older adults with intellectual disability are an important aspect of service provision. However, relatively little work has examined service users’ satisfaction and dissatisfaction with where they live. Interviews were conducted with 92 service users with intellectual disability aged over 40 living in residential accommodation or with parents or guardians. A questionnaire addressing service users’ living arrangements was completed by 103 carers or guardians. Service users identified physical features of living arrangements, the provision of activities, and staff as primary contributors to satisfaction. Primary contributors to dissatisfaction were staff issues such as hindering personal independence, impatience and personnel shortages. Service users living with family or guardians were more likely to report being happy but also to report loneliness than those in group homes. Carers’ responses largely mirrored those provided by service users but differences emerged with respect to appropriateness of existing accommodation.
A time to care
- Author:
- HOLMSTROM Radhika
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 38, 18.6.03, 2003, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Despite government commitments to independent living 93% of children and 60% of adults with learning difficulties live with their parents. This article looks at how this can be changed.
Case of the missing voice
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 23.5.02, 2002, pp.46-47.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Offers views on a case involving disagreement over the future of a woman with learning difficulties.
Carry on caring
- Author:
- THOMPSON Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.11.99, 1999, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Asks at what point social services should become involved in caring for children with learning difficulties when they grow up, but don't leave home.
Planning for the future among older parents of adult offspring with intellectual disability living at home and in the community: a systematic review of qualitative studies
- Authors:
- WALKER Ruth, HUTCHINSON Claire
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 43(4), 2018, pp.453-462.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Background: The increased longevity of individuals with intellectual disability means that ageing parents often play an extended caregiving role into late life. This systematic review evaluates qualitative evidence on futures planning among older parents whose adult children live either in the family home or out-of-home. Method: Electronic databases were searched for studies published between 2000 and 2015. Studies that met the inclusion criteria were analysed using the McMaster Critical Review Form for Qualitative Studies. Results: Of 14 articles reviewed, quality was mixed. Three over-arching themes emerged: (1) external barriers to planning involving reservations about available services; (2) internal barriers preventing parents from planning such as mutual dependency and sense of helplessness; and (3) existence of diverse “plans” and ways of managing the future. Conclusions: Parents are aware of the need to make plans or at the very least have preferences for what they would like to occur. However, a range of external and internal factors pose as barriers to this process. (Publisher abstract)
What the future holds: older people caring for adult sons and daughters with disabilities
- Authors:
- DILLENBURGER Karola, MCKERR Lyn
- Publisher:
- Changing Ageing Partnership
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 150p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
This report is based on interviews with 29 parents reporting on 27 adult sons and daughters with disabilities in which issues were explored in relation to present life circumstances, support from family and service providers, levels of health and impairment, and futures planning. Findings expose high levels of commitment and love for sons and daughters in the face of, at times, severe disabilities and carers’ ill health. Carers also experienced twice the level of psychological stress than the general population. They faced worry and loneliness, experienced severe lack of statutory support, and reported near non-existence of futures planning, especially in cases with highest levels of impairment.
The housing timebomb: the housing crisis facing people with a learning disability and their older parents
- Author:
- MENCAP
- Publisher:
- Mencap
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- London
An estimated 29,000 people in England with severe and profound learning disabilities live with parents aged 70 or over. Every year, people with a learning disability have their lives thrown into crisis when they and their parents are no longer able to cope. This report presents a picture of older parents living with the constant fear of where their son or daughter will live when they are unable to care for them or after they die. It estimates that only one in four local authorities are planning to meet their future needs.