Use of respite care and coping strategies among Irish families of children with intellectual disabilities
By: Mac Donald, Elaine.
Contributor(s): Fitzsimons, Elaine | Walsh, Patricia Noonan.
Series: British Journal of Learning Disabilities 35 (1) 2007: 62-68.Publisher: 2007Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): CHILDREN
| INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY | RESPITE CARE | IRELAND | FAMILY ATTITUDES | FAMILY INTERACTION | MEN | WOMENSummary: Aims to identify patterns of respite use and coping strategies among family caregivers is a region of Ireland. The study was undertaken with a view to informing respite service provision and redressing a gap in the literature on family caregiving. Finds, inter alia, likelihood of using respite care was not significantly related to family size and social support, respite care was not significantly related to presence of challenging behaviours or level of support required by children, female carers tended to use more problem solving strategies than males, the importance of supporting male carers.
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Aims to identify patterns of respite use and coping strategies among family caregivers is a region of Ireland. The study was undertaken with a view to informing respite service provision and redressing a gap in the literature on family caregiving. Finds, inter alia, likelihood of using respite care was not significantly related to family size and social support, respite care was not significantly related to presence of challenging behaviours or level of support required by children, female carers tended to use more problem solving strategies than males, the importance of supporting male carers.
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