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Families and parenting
Author(s) -
m vassos,
k nankervis,
a rosewarne
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1468-3148
pISSN - 1360-2322
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2010.00586.x
Subject(s) - citation , library science , psychology , genealogy , computer science , history
Aim: Many families of individuals with ID provide lifelong family-based care. Growing old, future planning is particularly important to these families. Research indicates that many families have not made concrete plans. The aim is to analyze expert’s expected unmet needs of ageing care-giving parents in Switzerland for the purpose of starting future planning. Method: Structured interviews with 30 service providers from agencies helping adults with ID and their families. Results: Future planning is a major issue for adults with ID living at home. Experts suspect increasing emergency placements but do not exactly know which unmet needs ageing care-giving parents have. Conclusion: The results indicate a strong need for improved investigation of unmet service needs, case management and staff and family training for future planning. A possible adaptation of the future planning curriculum to the Swiss context might be helpful.