Ra. Cummins, The subjective well-being of people caring for a family member with a severe disability at home: a review, J INTELL D, 26(1), 2001, pp. 83-100
Citations number
74
Categorie Soggetti
Education
Journal title
JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY
This review concerns the life quality of people caring for a relative with
a severe disability within their family. It involves the balance between th
e advantages such care brings to the care recipient and the costs borne by
the family. A brief history indicates that the forces that encourage family
care are minimally concerned with family welfare. Moreover, an analysis of
both qualitative and quantitative data indicates that primary caregivers a
re at considerable risk of high stress, clinical depression, and abnormally
low subjective quality of life. It is concluded that increased public expe
nditure directed to the care of people with severe disability is urgently r
equired.