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Grey, Jillian M.; Totsika, Vasiliki; Hastings, Richard P. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2018
Background: Providing long-term care to an adult relative with intellectual disability can impact negatively on caregivers' health and well-being. Methods: Data were collected via online and postal questionnaires on 110 family carers' physical and psychological health, family stress and perceived positive gains from caring. Psychological…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Intellectual Disability, Adults, Family Relationship
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Cantin, Gilles; Plante, Isabelle; Coutu, Sylvain; Brunson, Liesette – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2012
Despite the importance of establishing meaningful parent-caregiver relationships, little is known about these dyadic relationships among beginning caregivers, who often feel insufficiently prepared to build successful alliances with parents. The present study examined the congruence between parents' and beginning caregivers' perceptions of their…
Descriptors: Age, Caregivers, Cooperation, Parent Child Relationship
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Matthews, T.; Weston, N.; Baxter, H.; Felce, D.; Kerr, M. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2008
Background: Although the elevated occurrence of epilepsy in people with intellectual disabilities (ID) is well recognized, the nature of seizures and their association with psychopathology and carer strain are less clearly understood. The aims were to determine the prevalence and features of epilepsy in a community-based population of adults with…
Descriptors: Place of Residence, Epilepsy, Mental Retardation, Seizures