Older Parents of Adults with Developmental Disabilities Practice Issues and Service Needs

Due to increases in life expectancy rates, older families that include a person with a developmental disability have increased the length of time spent in providing care to their dependent family member. This article examines the stresses and rewards that older caregiving parents experience in their...

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Published inJournal of family psychotherapy Vol. 8; no. 2; pp. 37 - 54
Main Author Kropf, Nancy P.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Binghamton, NY Taylor & Francis Group 10.06.1997
Haworth Press
Subjects
Adult Children
Biological and medical sciences
Caregiver Burden
Caregivers
Elderly
Handicapped
Medical sciences
Mental health
Mentally Retarded
Organization of mental health. Health systems
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
United States
North America
America
Human
Parental care
Health system
Senescence
Social interaction
Familial relation
Health service
Developmental disorder
Public health
Stress
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Summary:Due to increases in life expectancy rates, older families that include a person with a developmental disability have increased the length of time spent in providing care to their dependent family member. This article examines the stresses and rewards that older caregiving parents experience in their roles as late life care providers. Additionally, interventions and program/policy initiatives that support caregiving families are proposed.
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ISSN:0897-5353
1540-4080
DOI:10.1300/J085V08N02_04