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Facilitating future planning for ageing adults with intellectual disabilities using a planning tool that incorporates quality of life domains
- Authors:
- O'GRADY Kathy, CONCLIFFE Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 37(3/4), 2002, pp.105-119.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
When ageing families of an adult with a lifelong disability embark on a process of planning for the future, they generally think in terms of making hard and fast decisions about where the person with the disability is going to live when “the time comes”; and who will take on their direct care. When ageing families do make plans, they often focus only a place to live. This can mean that other significant aspects of a person’s life (i.e., quality of life factors) are negated or neglected. Reviewing population demographics for both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, it was ascertained that a sizable number of parents will be aging in the near future and that some formalised assistance for future planning was needed. To this end, a planning instrument, was developed in order to help families and other carers with planning for the future and involving a variety of quality of life domains, including health, financial, vocational, social, civil, and residential well-being.