Service and support needs of Australian carers supporting a family member with disability at home Burton-Smith, Rosanne M., McVilly, Keith, Yazbeck, Marie, Parmenter, Trevor and Tsutsui, Takako 2009, Service and support needs of Australian carers supporting a family member with disability at home, Journal of intellectual and developmental disability, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 1-9, doi: 10.1080/13668250903103668. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Service and support needs of Australian carers supporting a family member with disability at home Author(s) Burton-Smith, Rosanne M. McVilly, Keith orcid.org/0000-0002-9753-9031 Yazbeck, Marie Parmenter, Trevor Tsutsui, Takako Journal name Journal of intellectual and developmental disability Volume number 34 Issue number 3 Start page 1 End page 9 Total pages 9 Publisher Informa Healthcare Place of publication Abingdon, England Publication date 2009 ISSN 1366-8250 1469-9532 Keyword(s) carers family quality of life support needs service needs mixed methods Summary Background As part of an international, multicentre project, the service and support needs of Australian family carers were investigated. Method A sample of 1,390, 448 family carers completed a self-report survey, including an adaptation of the Family Needs Survey (FNS) and several open-ended questions. A mixed method design was used, employing quantitative and qualitative analyses. Results On the FNS the most frequently endorsed items were those relating to the need for information about services and, in particular, future, out-of-home accommodation. Similarly, the need for respite services was endorsed by over 80% of respondents. Comments indicated that access to and the quality of respite, day support, and therapy programs were a priority. Conclusions Participants expressed the need for greater access to information. Access to appropriate respite options, together with quality day support and therapy services, remain a priority for family carers. Language eng DOI 10.1080/13668250903103668 Field of Research 170113 Social and Community Psychology Socio Economic Objective 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2009, Australasian Society for the Study of Intellectual Disability Inc. Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30018402 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) 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, 17 Aug 2009, 10:52:34 EST Mon, 17 Aug 2009, 10:58:03 EST Mon, 17 Aug 2009, 10:59:04 EST Mon, 17 Aug 2009, 11:01:08 EST Wed, 18 Nov 2009, 14:32:22 EST Thu, 26 Nov 2009, 13:06:32 EST Wed, 15 Feb 2012, 14:40:30 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 12:27:21 EST Thu, 10 Jul 2014, 11:08:42 EST Thu, 10 Jul 2014, 11:09:28 EST Mon, 29 Sep 2014, 11:46:10 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 18 times in TR Web of Science Cited 27 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 743 Abstract Views, 3 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 17 Aug 2009, 10:52:32 EST by Rachael Wilson