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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)
Minnesota State Planning Agency, St. Paul. – 1963
The paper examines issues of respite care specifically as they relate to developmentally disabled persons in Minnesota. A review of the literature focuses upon the status of respite care services in the state as well as the need for respite care and its role in an array of family support services. Family services are described in terms of those in…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Family Programs, Financial Policy, Program Costs
Download full textWieck, Colleen, Ed.; McBride, Marijo, Ed. – IMPACT, 1990
This "Feature Issue" of the quarterly journal "Impact" presents 19 brief articles on family support systems in the United States for persons with developmental disabilities and their families. Emphasis is on provisions of Public Law 99-457. Articles include: "Family Support in the United States: Setting a Course for the…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Developmental Disabilities, Family Programs, Family Role
Peer reviewedDuvdevany, Ilana; Rimmerman, Arie – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1998
This brief paper reviews six studies which examined out-of-home placement by Israeli parents of children with severe developmental disabilities. Implications for policy and practice are drawn, including the need for respite-care services, extended hours in schools, recreation programs, support services for parents, and training programs for…
Descriptors: Children, Decision Making, Developmental Disabilities, Educational Policy
Hayden, Mary F.; And Others – Policy Research Brief, 1992
This policy brief reports on a study of how families and agencies cope with growing waiting periods for community services for adults who have mental retardation or developmental disabilities (MR/DD). Preliminary information looks at reasons for long waits, characteristics of families waiting for services, and impact of adult members with MR/DD on…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adults, Agencies, Attitudes
