Moving towards midlife care as negotiated family business: Accounts of people with intellectual disabilities and their families "Just getting along with their lives together"

International Journal of Disability, Development and Education

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 287-304

  Knox, Marie ^a   Bigby, Christine ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Carers; Family care; Family lifecycle; Future planning; Intellectual disability

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548354537     PISSN: 1034912X     EISSN: 1465346X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10349120701488749     Document Type: Article

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