Older Parent Caregivers' Engagement with the Service System
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| Title: | Older Parent Caregivers' Engagement with the Service System |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Llewellyn, Gwynnyth, Gething, Lindsay, Kendig, Hal, Cant, Rosemary |
| Source: | American Journal on Mental Retardation. Sep 2004 109(5):379-396. |
| Availability: | American Association on Mental Retardation. P.O. Box 7065, Lawrence, KS 66044-7065. Tel: 785-843-1235; Fax: 785-843-1274; e-mail: AJMR@allenpress.com; Web site: http://www.aamr.org/Periodicals/index.shtml. |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 18 |
| Publication Date: | 2004 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Descriptors: | Interaction, Caregivers, Mental Retardation, Older Adults, Social Services, Predictor Variables, Parents, Parent Attitudes, Foreign Countries |
| Geographic Terms: | Australia |
| DOI: | 10.1352/0895-8017(2004)109<379:OPCEWT>2.0.CO;2 |
| ISSN: | 0895-8017 |
| Abstract: | Older parents of adults with intellectual disability are reported to be frequently isolated from the services designed to support their caregiving. The interaction between older parent caregivers' biographies and their involvement with the service system was examined. Parental status was predicted to be an explanatory mechanism for understanding the differential nature of their engagement with services. Analysis of interviews with 64 such caregivers of adults with intellectual disability revealed that their perceptions of their parental status were derived from a complex interaction of their values and beliefs, actions in relation to their adult child, constraints as well as resources available to them, and their relationships with service agencies. Implications for service delivery and directions for research are discussed. |
| Abstractor: | Author |
| Entry Date: | 2006 |
| Accession Number: | EJ742969 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Older parents of adults with intellectual disability are reported to be frequently isolated from the services designed to support their caregiving. The interaction between older parent caregivers' biographies and their involvement with the service system was examined. Parental status was predicted to be an explanatory mechanism for understanding the differential nature of their engagement with services. Analysis of interviews with 64 such caregivers of adults with intellectual disability revealed that their perceptions of their parental status were derived from a complex interaction of their values and beliefs, actions in relation to their adult child, constraints as well as resources available to them, and their relationships with service agencies. Implications for service delivery and directions for research are discussed. |
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| ISSN: | 0895-8017 |
| DOI: | 10.1352/0895-8017(2004)1092.0.CO;2 |
