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Brennan, Damien; D'eath, Maureen; Dunne, Nikki; O'Donovan, Mary-Ann; McCallion, Philip; McCarron, Mary – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
This paper explores contemporary Irish social policy for family caregivers with specific focus on the dynamic between the individual, the family and the state in terms of the social contract for care provision for people with intellectual disability. Drawing from Bacchi's analytical framework (Bacchi, 2009), the Irish National Carers' Strategy is…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Caregivers, Intellectual Disability, Family Role
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Kelly, Kathyan; Margaret, Haigh; McCarron, Mary; McCallion, Philip; Burke, Eilish; Wormald, Andrew David – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Background: This article aims to understand moral distress in carers of people with an intellectual disability during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: Nine staff carers of seven people with an intellectual disability, who had been participants of the IDS-TILDA study in Ireland, who died during the COVID-19 pandemic participated in in-depth,…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, COVID-19, Pandemics, Death
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McCarron, Mary; McCallion, Philip; Fahey-McCarthy, Elizabeth; Connaire, Kevin – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2011
Aim: To better describe the role and timing of palliative care in supporting persons with intellectual disabilities and advanced dementia (AD). Background: Specialist palliative care providers have focused mostly on people with cancers. Working with persons with intellectual disabilities and AD offers opportunities to expand such palliative care…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Dementia, Focus Groups, Interviews