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Borfitz-Mescon, Jeanne – Exceptional Parent, 1988
The parent of a severely handicapped child encourages parents to prepare written care plans when leaving a child with others for a respite period. (DB)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Parent Role, Planning, Respite Care
Peer reviewedPivato, Emma – Mental Retardation and Learning Disability Bulletin, 1986
A parent of a severely handicapped daughter living at home in Alberta, Canada, discusses the need for family support systems such as respite care, reduced rent for needed equipment or vehicles, and financial aid to allow normal family living. Government and family are seen to share responsibility for the handicapped individual. (DB)
Descriptors: Family Financial Resources, Family Problems, Government Role, Needs
Download full textShoultz, Bonnie, Ed.; Kalyanpur, Maya, Ed. – 1987
This bulletin reflects the commitment of Syracuse University's Center on Human Policy to the idea that children belong with families. The bulletin contains a policy statement which recommends; that all children, regardless of disability, belong with families and need enduring relationships with adults; that families with severely disabled children…
Descriptors: Adoption, Child Welfare, Family Life, Family Programs
Rosenau, Nancy; Walker, Pam – Center on Human Policy, 2002
In early 2000, the Center on Human Policy started to receive reports that children with complex medical needs were being placed in nursing homes because of home care nursing shortages. Sensing that framing the issue as a nursing shortage directed solutions that revolved around nursing agency staff recruitment and retention strategies, the authors…
Descriptors: Nurses, Nursing Homes, Child Welfare, Disabilities
