It terrifies me, the thought of the future: Listening to the current concerns of informal carers of people with a learning disability

Journal of Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-31

  Mansell, Ian ^a   Wilson, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carers' concerns; Family and informal carers; Learning disability; Who will care when we can't?

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL WORK;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSUMER ORGANIZATIONS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; COST OF ILLNESS; EDUCATION OF INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPITE CARE; SOCIAL WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954948788     PISSN: 17446295     EISSN: 17446309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744629510373045     Document Type: Article

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