Permanency planning by older parents who care for adult children with mental retardation.
In a study of 57 older parent caregivers of adult children with mental retardation, more than half had not planned for their child's future care. Income, race, child's gender and level of adaptive behavior, and degree of parental interaction with relatives and friends were significantly related to future care-planning activity.
Kaufman
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School of Social Work, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa 35487.
Adams
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Campbell
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D000328:Adult; D000407:Alabama; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D016352:Group Homes; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization; D010287:Parent-Child Relations