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| The future care plans of older adults with intellectual disabilities living at home with family carers | | Author(s) | Helen Prosser |
| Journal title | Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, vol 10, no 1, 1997 |
| Pages | pp 15-32 |
| Keywords | Cognitive impairment ; Living in the community ; Family care ; Organisation of care ; Financial services [older people] ; Care homes ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | This paper describes the future residential and financial provision planned for a group of people with intellectual disability aged over 40 living with relatives in the family home, and investigates the factors influencing carers' decisions. Results of a semi-structured interview indicate that only 28% of carers had made any plans for future residential care. In most cases, carers were committed to maintaining long-term home care for their relative for as long as possible: 82% of elderly parental carers had not made concrete future residential arrangements. Carers were more likely to establish financial plans than residential plans for the family member. No clear differences were found between carers to indicate factors influencing whether they had made preparations for the future. The overall conclusion drawn is that `crisis' resettlement due to ill health or death of the main carer is highly likely. The potential role of service providers is briefly discussed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980108213 A |
| Classmark | E4: K4: P6:SJ: P: J: KW: 3F * |
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