Review article
https://doi.org/10.31299/hrri.55.1.4
Grandparents of children with developmental disabilities and persons with disabilities
Marko Buljevac
orcid.org/0000-0001-7128-7860
; Studijski centar socijalnog rada, Pravni fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu
Abstract
Grandparents of children with developmental disabilities and persons with disabilities are an important source of support for families living with disabilities. The aim of this paper was to present knowledge about different types of support that grandparents of children with developmental disabilities and persons with disabilities provide to families living with disabilities, and to describe the formal support that is crucial for the grandparents. Grandparents provide different types of emotional, instrumental, informational and practical support, and in return they require informal and emotional support. The conclusion is that grandparents of children with developmental disabilities and persons with disabilities are an important source of informal support to families with disabilities, but their needs are very often unmet, making them invisible and neglected in the formal support system.
Keywords
grandparents of children with developmental disabilities and persons with disabilities; formal support; informal support; needs of family members of persons with disabilities
Hrčak ID:
223064
URI
Publication date:
19.7.2019.
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