Stigmatized and perpetual parents: older parents caring for adult children with life-long disabilities

TY - JOUR

T1 - Stigmatized and perpetual parents

T2 - older parents caring for adult children with life-long disabilities

AU - Kelly, Timothy B.

AU - Kropf, Nancy P.

N1 - Common misconceptions in the popular press focus on the dependency of the aged population, or cast the elderly in the role of the "greedy old geezer." However, large numbers of elders provide care for family members rather than receive care. This paper explores the unique stresses and strains in the caregiving relationships between older parents and their adult children with developmental disabilities or mental illness. Implications for practice and policy are drawn. (Published abstract)

PY - 1995

Y1 - 1995

N2 - While the popular press focuses on the dependency of the aged population, large numbers of elders provide care for family members rather than receive care. Explores the unique stresses and strains in the caregiving relationships between older parents and their adult children with developmental disabilities or mental illness. (Original abstract-amended)

AB - While the popular press focuses on the dependency of the aged population, large numbers of elders provide care for family members rather than receive care. Explores the unique stresses and strains in the caregiving relationships between older parents and their adult children with developmental disabilities or mental illness. (Original abstract-amended)

U2 - 10.1300/J083V24N01_02

DO - 10.1300/J083V24N01_02

M3 - Article

SN - 1540-4048

VL - 24

SP - 3

EP - 16

JO - Journal of Gerontological Social Work

JF - Journal of Gerontological Social Work

IS - 1/2

ER -