Caring for independent lives: Geographies of caring for young adults with intellectual disabilities

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 834-843

  Power, Andrew ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Carer; Disability geography; Family; Independent living; Intellectual disability; Ireland

Indexed keywords

CANCER; COMMUNITY CARE; DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY COUNSELING; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; PATIENT CARE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIGMA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRELAND; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PARENTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 48949119095     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.05.023     Document Type: Article

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