2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Research on community care for parents with mental health problems and their children -Experiencies of young carers

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22530630
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Social welfare and social work studies
Research Institution	Rissho University
Principal Investigator	MORITA Kumiko 立正大学, 社会福祉学部, 准教授 (40308127)
Project Period (FY)	2010 – 2012
Keywords	精神障害の親 / 介護を担う子ども / ヤングケアラー / 地域生活支援
Research Abstract	For hospitalization due to worsening of psychiatric symptoms, parents of mentally ill who use agencies providing consultation services for disabled, had experienced the separation of children for long-term. Factors of the onset and chronicity of mental illness of a parent are stressful relationships with partner, problems on finance and low incomes. As resume life in the post-discharge region, parents had been working to rebuild the relationship with the child. Issues on reconstruction of a parent-child relationship are their perception about the state of the parent of exacerbations at the time and reciprocal relationship which they provided care to each other. The care responsibilities on children of parents with mental ill are the emotional care and the other care. Parents with mental ill himself have managed to get the support of housework and general care from related organizations.

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