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Adoption, permanent care and foster care: Home‐based care in and beyond the 1990s
Author(s) -
O’Neill C
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2000.00549.x
Subject(s) - medicine , neglect , foster care , child abuse , foster parents , residential care , nursing , suicide prevention , psychiatry , poison control , medical emergency
Abstract : Home‐based care in Australia has changed considerably in the past two decades. The majority of children in adoptive, permanent care and foster families are likely to have experienced abuse, neglect and multiple placements. The disruptive behaviours displayed by these children undermine the potential for attachment offered by their new families. While the needs of the child will be obvious, the challenge for paediatricians is to recognize the relative instability of these newly established families and the high levels of stress they experience.