PARENTS OF ADULTS WITH MENTAL-RETARDATION LIVING IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME - CAREGIVING BURDENS AND GRATIFICATIONS

Authors
MCDERMOTT S VALENTINE D ANDERSON D GALLUP D THOMPSON S
Citation
S. Mcdermott et al., PARENTS OF ADULTS WITH MENTAL-RETARDATION LIVING IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME - CAREGIVING BURDENS AND GRATIFICATIONS, American journal of orthopsychiatry, 67(2), 1997, pp. 323-329
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Psychiatry
Journal title
American journal of orthopsychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029432
Volume
67
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
323 - 329
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9432(1997)67:2<323:POAWML>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Interviews with parents of adult children with mental retardation were conducted to identify differences in caregiver burdens and gratificat ions, based on in-home and out-of-home placement. Parental responses i ndicate that caretakers of adult children with mental retardation are worried and feel responsibility for their care regardless of residenti al placement of the adult child.