Common misconceptions in the popular press focus on the dependency of the aged population, or cast the elderly in the role of the greedy old geezer. However, large numbers of elders provide care for family members rather than receive care. This paper explores the unique stresses and strains in the caregiving relationships between older parents and their adult children with developmental disabilities or mental illness. Implications for practice and policy are drawn
Due to the policy of deinstitutionalization there is a population of adults with a developmental dis...
Background: Older parents of adults with intellectual disability (ID) face a lifetime of care. Despi...
This essay investigates the demands on adult children to provide care for their elderly/ill parents ...
Common misconceptions in the popular press focus on the dependency of the aged population, or cast t...
While the popular press focuses on the dependency of the aged population, large numbers of elders pr...
There is a growing phenomenon of adults, who in middle- and old age find themselves continuing to pr...
While adult caregiving has recently received greater attention, parents who continue to provide care...
With the continued movement toward deinstitu tionalization, and community—based health care, profes...
Contemporary research on caregiving has focused mainly on caregiver burden experienced by children c...
mentally ill adults live with their families, most with aging par-ents, a situation that accentuates...
People with a learning disability have an increased longevity. The majority of adults with a learnin...
This article offers an examination of aging processes of lifelong caregivers and the possibilities f...
Do adult children affect the care elderly parents provide each other? We develop two models in which...
In this study, the nature of a current social problem is explored: the provision of services to elde...
It is a well-established fact that the United States is an aging society. Increasing longevity and l...
Due to the policy of deinstitutionalization there is a population of adults with a developmental dis...
Background: Older parents of adults with intellectual disability (ID) face a lifetime of care. Despi...
This essay investigates the demands on adult children to provide care for their elderly/ill parents ...
Common misconceptions in the popular press focus on the dependency of the aged population, or cast t...
While the popular press focuses on the dependency of the aged population, large numbers of elders pr...
There is a growing phenomenon of adults, who in middle- and old age find themselves continuing to pr...
While adult caregiving has recently received greater attention, parents who continue to provide care...
With the continued movement toward deinstitu tionalization, and community—based health care, profes...
Contemporary research on caregiving has focused mainly on caregiver burden experienced by children c...
mentally ill adults live with their families, most with aging par-ents, a situation that accentuates...
People with a learning disability have an increased longevity. The majority of adults with a learnin...
This article offers an examination of aging processes of lifelong caregivers and the possibilities f...
Do adult children affect the care elderly parents provide each other? We develop two models in which...
In this study, the nature of a current social problem is explored: the provision of services to elde...
It is a well-established fact that the United States is an aging society. Increasing longevity and l...
Due to the policy of deinstitutionalization there is a population of adults with a developmental dis...
Background: Older parents of adults with intellectual disability (ID) face a lifetime of care. Despi...
This essay investigates the demands on adult children to provide care for their elderly/ill parents ...