title: Support for carers of people with learning disabilities.
abstract: The current rhetoric associated with the provision of community care might lead some to conclude that services for people with a learning disability and their families has improved significantly. However, a recent interview with a mother who has a young son with a profound learning disability and associated behavioural problems, questions such assumptions.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gates
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wray
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000451:nursing*; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D012944:Social Support