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Menopause Experiences and Attitudes in Women with Intellectual Disability and in Their Family Carers
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Chou, Yueh-Ching; Lu, Zxy-Yann Jane; Pu, Cheng-Yun – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2013
Background: Little is known about how middle-aged and older women with intellectual disability (ID) cope with life transitions such as perimenopause and postmenopause. Method: A mixed methods approach was employed to explore the attitudes toward and experiences of menopause among women with ID and their family carers in one city in Taiwan.…
Descriptors: Females, Well Being, Foreign Countries, Mental Retardation
Respite Care as a Community Care Service: Factors Associated with the Effects on Family Carers of Adults with Intellectual Disability in Taiwan
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Chou, Yueh-Ching; Tzou, Ping-Yi; Pu, Cheng-Yun; Kroger, Teppo; Lee, Wan-Ping – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2008
Background: This study examines the effects and associated factors of respite care, which was legislated as a community service for adults with an intellectual disability (ID) in Taiwan in 1997. Method: A total of 116 family carers who live with an adult with ID and have utilised the respite care program were surveyed using standardised measures.…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Life Satisfaction, Mental Retardation, Foreign Countries