Parents' Experiences of Health and Needs When Supporting Their Adolescents With Cerebral Palsy During Transition to Adulthood.

CONCLUSIONS: Knowledge of parents' experiences of their health, wellbeing, and needs provide valuable information for the planning of transition for adolescents with disabilities. Help with parents' sorrow, stress, and worry in daily life might be facilitated and parental health safeguarded by a navigator who can both guide and give hands-on support. PMID: 26642865 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26642865?dopt=Abstract

Source: Physical Therapy - December 7, 2015 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: Björquist E, Nordmark E, Hallström I Tags: Phys Occup Ther Pediatr Source Type: research