935 Permanent parenting - stress, the burden of care, and ambivalence of aging parents of adults with Intellectual Disability Maayan Fine Abstract Over the past few decades, the trend that sees aging parents as those in need of support by their children has changed. Studies have shown downstream help from parents to children and not just upstream where children give help to aging parents (Grundy, 2005; Fingerman et al., 2009). Gerontologists have begun to examine the role of the family resource played by aging parents, who assist family members more often than they receive help. Findings from studies show that a large number of aging parents bear parental responsibility for the care of their adult child with a developmental disability, including intellectual disability (ID). These aging parents who previously supported their child for a limited period now play an active caregiver role for many decades (Brennan et al., 2018; Greenberg et al., 1993; Llewellyn et al., 1999). Similar to international policies supporting non-institutionalization, systemic changes have developed in Israel as well, emphasizing the inclusion of people with disabilities in the community (Aminadav and Nissim, 2010; Baumbusch et al., Chapter on page 469
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy NTQ4MDQ5