Recent work in geography has begun to look at the opportunities for care from siblings,
friends and neighbours alongside parents and spouses. This paper examines the daily …

Elderly people with learning disabilities are a phenomenon of the late twentieth century. Not
so long ago short life expectancy prevented the vast majority from experiencing the joys and …

Despite a long‐standing tradition of institutional placement in S witzerland, many older
adults with intellectual disabilities continue to be supported by aging parents and siblings …

In Ireland, as in most other countries, the bulk of the social care of older persons is provided
by family caregivers, primarily spouses and adult children, especially daughters. One of the …

As the life chances of people with intellectual disabilities improve, many more will continue
to experience a life at home and in the community as older citizens. Survival to old age is …

Family life in the context of disability has been the focus of a significant amount of research
across a range of disciplines. Healthcare studies, medicine, social policy and psychology all …

Accessible summary This paper is about older people with learning disabilities who live in
the country in Australia. We talked to both individuals and their carers to find out what things …

Over the past 20 years, research across the developed world has identified trends towards
ageing of the population with learning/intellectual disability. Alongside is the recognition that …

The concurrent ageing of parental care-givers and people with intellectual disabilities is
driving academic and social welfare concern for a post-parental care 'crisis'. The 'crisis' …

The increasing longevity of people with an intellectual disability and concurrent ageing with
their older parental carers is generating a problematisation of longterm social care in the …