title: Mothers of adults with developmental disability: change over time.
abstract: Predictors of formal service utilization, waiting list use, and caregiving burden were assessed over a 4-year time period for 305 mothers of an adult child. Results indicate that caregiving burden at follow-up is predicted by residential status, burden, child behaviors at baseline, and child placement. Formal service use at follow-up is predicted by formal service use, child behaviors, co-residence at baseline, and child placement. Waiting list use at follow-up is predicted by waiting list use, burden, co-residence at baseline, and child placement. Placement outside the mother's home is predicted by co-residence, mother's functional ability, and waiting list use at baseline. Findings suggest that waiting list use and placement are aspects of an evolving process rather than discrete events.
authors.affiliation: Boston College, USA.
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Miltiades
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pruchno
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D017281:Cost of Illness; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D012112:Residential Facilities; D012944:Social Support; D014850:Waiting Lists