The Other Side of Caring: Adult Children with Mental Illness as Supports to Their Mothers in Later Life.

Greenberg, Jan Steven

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ERIC Number: EJ507894

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Publication Date: 1995

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The Other Side of Caring: Adult Children with Mental Illness as Supports to Their Mothers in Later Life.

Greenberg, Jan Steven

Social Work, v40 n3 p414-23 May 1995

Discusses the role of adult children with serious mental illness as a source of support to their aging parents. Most mothers reported that their mentally-ill children provided at least some ongoing help with daily living tasks. The adult child's assistance related significantly to lower levels of maternal subjective burden. (RJM)

Descriptors: Attitudes, Caregiver Attitudes, Caregiver Role, Caregivers, Coping, Daily Living Skills, Family Attitudes, Family Caregivers, Long Term Care, Mental Disorders, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Role, Parents, Patients

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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