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Very young children and the Family Fund
Author(s) -
LAWTON DOROTHY
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1111/j.1099-0860.1989.tb00347.x
Subject(s) - trust fund , medicine , family member , family medicine , pediatrics , psychology , business , finance
SUMMARY. A startling increase in the number of severely handicapped babies surviving beyond their first few weeks is confirmed by an analysis of families applying to the Family Fund for help. Many more of these babies, too, require so much more care and attention than a normal tiny baby that they are now immediately accepted as eligible for Family Fund help. Though the Fund exists to meet the needs of these families, this article also considers the issues for the increasing number who are having their lives irrevocably altered by having to care for a very severely handicapped child