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Health status and coping strategies among older parent-carers of adults with intellectual disabilities in an Australian sample
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Health status and coping strategies among older parent-carers of adults with intellectual disabilities in an Australian sample
Descrição
Research in Developmental Disabilities
Autor
Gwynnyth Llewellyna, David McConnellb,*, Lindsay Gethinga, Rosemary Canta, Hal Kendig
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Ano que foi publicado
2010
País de Origem
Tipo de pesquisa
Metodologia
This paper examines health status and the coping strategies of a group of older Australian parents caring for an adult son or daughter with intellectual disabilities.
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Método de Pesquisa
Health status using the SF-12 (Ware, Snow, Kosinski, & Gandek, 1993), caring stress using the CADI (Nolan, Grant, & Keady, 1998), and coping strategies using the CAMI (Nolan et al., 1998) were assessed in 64 older parent-carers of adults with intellectual disabilities.
Principais Descobertas
The health status of older parent-carers may present less cause for concern
than anecdotal reports suggest. That said, the strong self-reliance particularly of the older
carers presents a challenge to service providers seeking to engage those whose situation
appears to warrant support from the service system.
Comentário Avaliativo
Tem relação com PEI