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Direct linkCarli Friedman – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2025
Unpaid (informal) family caregivers provide vitally important supports to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), but receive little support or training. This study's aim was to examine how states across the nation supported informal family caregivers in their Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) programs for…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Caregivers, Family (Sociological Unit)
Caples, Maria; Sweeney, John – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2011
Two-thirds of the people registered on the Irish National Intellectual Disability Database (NIDD) reside at home with family members frequently supporting them (Kelly et al., "National Intellectual Disability Database Committee Annual Report 2006," Health Research, 2007). Use of respite care services by parents with a child/adult with an…
Descriptors: Health Services, Mental Retardation, Quality of Life, Parents
Download full textSung, Minjung; Park, Jiyeon – International Journal of Special Education, 2012
In this study, a family support program was carried out for primary caregivers of children with disabilities. The program included respite care, recreation programs, counseling, and social support coordination based on individual needs of each family. In order to verify the intervention effects, parenting stress and family quality of life were…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Intervention, Parent Child Relationship, Quality of Life
Korn, Leslie; Logsdon, Rebecca G.; Polissar, Nayak L.; Gomez-Beloz, Alfredo; Waters, Tiffany; Ryser, Rudolph – Gerontologist, 2009
Purpose: Although it is widely recognized that caregivers of individuals with dementia experience elevated stress that places them at increased risk for health problems, little is known about how caregiving stress may be alleviated among underserved ethnic minority populations. The purpose of this study was to compare a complementary and…
Descriptors: American Indians, Dementia, Quality of Life, Physical Health
Jardim, Claudia; Pakenham, Kenneth I. – Clinical Psychologist, 2009
Informal carers of an adult with mental illness have asked that respite care be an integral component of mental health service provision. The present study involved a pilot investigation of the effectiveness of accessing respite care for carers of individuals with a mental illness. It was hypothesised that compared to carers who have not accessed…
Descriptors: Health Services, Life Satisfaction, Mental Disorders, Mental Health Programs
Higgins, Daryl J.; Bailey, Susan R.; Pearce, Julian C. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2005
A survey of parents/caregivers of a child with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) was conducted to examine the relationship between ASD characteristics, family functioning and coping strategies. Having a child with ASD places considerable stress on the family. Primary caregivers of a child with ASD from a regional and rural area in Victoria,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Caregivers, Rural Areas, Quality of Life
