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The experiences of carers of adults with intellectual disabilities during the first COVID‐19 lockdown period
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Patel, Varsha, Perez‐Olivas, Gisela, Kroese, Biza Stenfert, Rogers, Gemma, Rose, John, Murphy, Glynis H., Cooper, Vivien, Langdon, Peter E., Hiles, Steve, Clifford, Clair and Willner, Paul (2021) The experiences of carers of adults with intellectual disabilities during the first COVID‐19 lockdown period. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 18 (4). pp. 254-262. doi:10.1111/jppi.12382 ISSN 1741-1122.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jppi.12382
Abstract
Background:
The recent COVID-19 pandemic led to widespread international restrictions, severely impacting on health and social care services. For many individuals with an intellectual disability (ID) this meant reduced access to services and support for them and their carers.
Aim:
The aim of this study was to gain insight into the ways parents of adults with ID coped during the first 2020 lockdown period.
Methods:
Eight parents of adults with ID were interviewed. The recordings of these interviews were subjected to a thematic analysis.
Results:
Four main themes were identified: powerless and unappreciated; coping under lockdown; support; and the impact of lockdown on well-being.
Conclusions:
The parents of adults with ID who made up our sample reported that they received little support from services and experienced a sense of powerlessness. Nevertheless, they were open to accepting support from family and friends and showed remarkable resilience. These findings are discussed in the light of the Willner et al. (2020) survey results on parental mental health and coping, and suggestions for future service provision during pandemic conditions are proposed.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine R Medicine > RC Internal medicine |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- , Caregivers, Intellectual disability, People with mental disabilities -- Care, People with mental disabilities -- Services for , Social isolation | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities | ||||||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc. | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1741-1122 | ||||||||
Official Date: | December 2021 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 18 | ||||||||
Number: | 4 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 254-262 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1111/jppi.12382 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 6 August 2021 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 9 August 2021 |
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