Caregivers as managers of subjective wellbeing: a homeostatic perspective Cummins, Robert 2005, Caregivers as managers of subjective wellbeing: a homeostatic perspective, Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 335-344, doi: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2005.00267.x. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Caregivers as managers of subjective wellbeing: a homeostatic perspective Author(s) Cummins, Robert Journal name Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID Volume number 18 Issue number 4 Start page 335 End page 344 Publisher BILD Publications Place of publication Clevedon, England Publication date 2005-12 ISSN 1360-2322 1468-3148 Keyword(s) caregivers disability homeostasis quality of life subjective wellbeing Summary Background: This paper proposes that the adequacy of service delivery and caregiving to people who are disabled should be assessed using two criteria. One is the objective circumstance of living, which should be at a standard acceptable to the community at large. The other is a level of subjective wellbeing (SWB) within the normal range. Method: This latter criterion is a novel conception based on an understanding that SWB is homeostatically managed to lie normally within a narrow range of values. Results: People who have a disability are more likely than usual to have a fragile homeostatic system because of the additional life challenges imposed by their disability. Conclusions: The role of a caregiver is to provide resources and protection against strong threats to homeostasis, thereby ensuring that the person in their care has a normal-range level of SWB. Language eng DOI 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2005.00267.x Field of Research 170113 Social and Community Psychology HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2005, BILD Publications Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30003212 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 21 Aug 2017, 18:38:35 EST Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 23:11:56 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 25 times in TR Web of Science Cited 29 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 510 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 08:46:37 EST

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