Moving on without parents : planning, transitions and sources of support for middle-aged and older adults with intellectual disability / Christine Bigby
This book examines nature and success of parental planning for the future care of adult children with intellectual disability. It looks at the lives of a group of now adults examining their life since their parents relinquished care. It documents a qualitative study that exposes the nature and success of parental planning and the intersection of informal and formal sources of support. It details unexpected opportunities and vulnerabilities confronting adults in later life and considers implications of an increasing number of older people with disabilities for the aged care and disability service systems