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Young Care-Givers- Children of disabled persons
- Author:
- URDANC Kristina
- Journal article citation:
- Ljetopis Studijskog Centra Socijalnog Rada, 10(2), 2003, pp.187-195.
- Publisher:
- University of Zagreb
- Place of publication:
- Zagreb
The author looks at the situation of under-aged children of disabled family members who, due to insufficient social support and care, have been made the main and sometimes only source of assistance to their parents or family members. Although results of systematic research about the kind of influence such demands and family obligations have had on the quality of life and experience of these children do not exist, practice has confirmed that the community’s deficiencies in caring for its disabled members often bring about the cummulation of various risk and stress factors in the growing and maturing process of disabled persons’ children. The author also highlights the importance of conducting research of this group in order to organise more effective and better established support. [Article in Croatian].