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Mentally handicapped young adults at home
- Author:
- TAPP Simon
- Publisher:
- University of East Anglia
- Publication year:
- 1987
- Pagination:
- 39p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Norwich
Assessment of the stress encountered by families looking after mentally handicapped adults, and how practices, services and innovations could alleviate such problems.
Reunited at last
- Author:
- SONE Kendra
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 5.12.96, 1996, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
As more and more people with learning difficulties move out of long-stay hospitals, they are resuming contact with long-forgotten relatives. Reports on their journeys of rediscovery.
Informal care networks of older adults with an intellectual disability
- Authors:
- PROSSER Helen, MOSS Steve
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 9(1), 1996, pp.17-30.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Describes a study of people with intellectual disability over the age of 40 years who were still living with relatives in the family home. Previous studies have revealed that there exist different types of social networks and that identifying network type and available informal support is important for planning effective service delivery. The main focus of this investigation was on the structure and characteristics of informal support networks and the pattern of support that occurred.
Key issues in mental retardation research; proceedings of the 8th congress of IASSMD; Dublin 21-25.8.1988
- Editor:
- FRASER W.I.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 525p., tables, diags., bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Divided into seven sections : epidemiological issues; biomedical aspects; clinical practice; families, consumers and caregivers; developmental and psycholinguistic considerations; educational issues; and community integration, evaluation and costs.
Voices in the wilderness
- Author:
- TONKIN Boyd
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.1.87, 1987, pp.26-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Describes the arguments of RESCARE, a pressure group of relatives of mentally handicapped patients who do not wish the benefits of residential care to be totally ignored in the move to community care.
Living with a brother or sister with special needs: a book for sibs
- Authors:
- MEYER Donald J., VADASY Patricia F., FEWELL Rebecca R
- Publication year:
- 1985
- Pagination:
- 110p., illus., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Seattle
Family carers of adult persons with intellectual disabilities on the island of Ireland
- Authors:
- BARRON Steve, McCONKEY Roy, MULVANY Fiona
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 3(2), June 2006, pp.87-94.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Many families provide lifelong support to their relative with an intellectual disability. However, relatively little information is available for national populations on the characteristics of the people for whom these families care and the supports they receive or need. A database of all persons in receipt of intellectual disability services has been operating in the Republic of Ireland since 1995 and records details of those living with family carers. In Northern Ireland, regional databases provide similar information. Using both sources, data were obtained on over 12,500 people living with family carers; half of whom lived with two parents, around 30% with a lone parent, and just under 20% with another relative. More people in Northern Ireland were identified as living with family carers, which was attributed mainly to less available residential alternatives. Only a minority of carers received respite breaks and domiciliary supports although higher proportions required them. The authors conclude that family care arrangements have received relatively little attention within government policy making, and hence service provision has been largely reactive. Future research should focus on the changing needs of carers over time and how they can be better supported in their role.
Listening to families' views regarding institutionalisation and deinstitutionalisation
- Author:
- TABATABAINIA Mohammad Mehid
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 28(3), September 2003, pp.241-259.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Reports on a study which interviewed 22 families whose relatives were living in an institution. Based on a qualitative study, a semi-structured interview was undertaken for collection data. Data was coded and analysed using a computer software package. Families expressed their oppositions to deinstitutionalisation for the following reasons: adverse impacts on themselves and their relatives with intellectual disabilities, inadequacy of community-based residential settings, and provision of good services by the current institution. Highlights the limitations and implications of the study.
Action against abuse: recognising and preventing abuse of people with learning disabilities; family's pack
- Author:
- BAILEY Gill
- Publisher:
- Association for Residential Care
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 51p.
- Place of publication:
- Chesterfield
Pack written for the families of people with learning difficulties whose family members use services provided by public, private or voluntary sector organisations. Designed to be used in conjunction with two other packs: 'Recognising and preventing abuse of people with learning difficulties: support workers pack' and 'Recognising and preventing abuse of people with learning difficulties: service user's pack'. This pack looks at: what abuse is; different types of abuse; what is likely to happen when an allegation is made; the parents/relatives involvement; and how to deal with emotions and feelings if abuse has occurred.
Family involvement in the pre-discharge assessment of long-stay patients with learning disabilities: a qualitative study
- Author:
- BARTON R.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities for Nursing Health and Social Care, 2(2), June 1998, pp.79-88.
This article focuses on relatives' attitudes to, and feelings about, their involvement in a programme of individual assessments carried out in anticipation of the discharge of adults with learning disabilities from a long-stay hospital. It emerged that although most respondents were reasonably satisfied with the assessment process itself, this did not imply that they were satisfied with their relative's future prospects. It was concluded that although attempts had been made to involve relatives in the assessment process respondents had little sense of working in partnership with professionals.