| Title |
Motinų, globojančių suaugusius vaikus, turinčių intelekto sutrikimą, patirtis / |
| Another Title |
Care giving experiences of mothers of adults with intellectual disability. |
| Authors |
Černovaitė, Renata ; Bulotaitė, Laimutė |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Specialusis ugdymas / Šiaulių universitetas.. Šiauliai : Šaulių universiteto leidykla. 2014, nr. 1, p. 137-151.. ISSN 1392-5369 |
| Keywords [eng] |
People with mental disabilities ; Parent and adult child ; Caring |
| Abstract [eng] |
The paper analyses the care giving experience of mothers of adults with intellectual disability. People with intellectual disability typically have a lack of autonomy, cognitive abilities and social skills. Therefore, these people usually remain dependant on others, mostly their parent, for the rest of their lives. Mothers spend most of their time care giving the intellectually disabled child. Six women (range of age – 53–64, mean – 59.5) who have adult children with intellectual disability participated in this research. Applying the qualitative research method, we revealed the dimensions of care giving and participants’ perception of care giving, in the context of their entire lives, including the past, present and future. The results revealed the mothers’ dedication to their adult children with intellectual disability and the complicated process of the acceptance of their child’s disability. |
| Published |
Šiauliai : Šaulių universiteto leidykla |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
Lithuanian |
| Publication date |
2014 |
