Family carers play an important role supporting individuals with intellectual and
developmental disabilities (I/DD) into adulthood. Funders of services often desire this …

After more than a decade of concerted effort by policy‐makers in Canada and elsewhere to
encourage older adults to age at home, there is recognition that the ageing‐in‐place …

Empowerment-oriented and strengths-based practices focusing on community integration
have gained recognition for various client groups in recent decades. This paper discusses …

Background Families in I reland remain the main providers of support for people with
Intellectual disabilities, and the aim of this study was to map their life experiences whilst …

Background Families/carers relinquishing the care of family members with a disability into
the care of out‐of‐home respite facilities is an under‐researched area in the disability field …

A family having to relinquish the care of their family member with a disability is a situation
that is often dealt with by disability services. In precipitous situations, the relinquished …

Background The transition period out of the educational system can be a source of stress for
parents of young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, as families lose the …

This paper reports findings drawn from a study of good practice in English social care for
adults with disability and older people with severe and complex needs. People with severe …

This paper explores contemporary Irish social policy for family caregivers with specific focus
on the dynamic between the individual, the family and the state in terms of the social contract …

Aims and objectives To understand how adoptive parents caring for children with a
diagnosis of reactive attachment disorder (RAD) make sense of their life‐worlds by …