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The Quality of Life Among Care Givers of Children With Special Needs in Selected Special With the View to Develop an Information Booklet on Strategies to Improve Their Quality of Life

Gurjinder kour

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Background and purpose: Children are God given blessing to parents. The birth of a baby in a family is a happy event because he/she brings joy, happiness and expectation in the family. They wish to reproduce another who can carry on the culture and tradition of the family. There is a massive wound to the ego when the disability of the baby shatters their hope. Mother is expected to deal with the situation effectively and support their child along with health care professionals. The effect of the disability on the family are evident in several areas such as increased cost, limited time and psychological strain. Quality of life (QOL) includes the conditions of life resulting from the combination of the effect of complete range of the factors such as those determining health, happiness and a satisfying occupation, education, social and intellectual attainments, freedom of actions and freedom of expression. Objectives: To develop an information booklet on strategies to improve their QOL. Subjects: The participants were 60 caregivers in selected special schools at Bangalore.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/ijpn.v4i1.554

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