Focusing on family helps mothers of technology-dependent children function
Thursday, January 5, 2012 - 11:01
in Psychology & Sociology
Normal everyday life for parents requires organization. Parents of children who require ventilators, oxygen, IVs and other tools to live, those day-to-day tasks can be time-consuming, difficult and stressful on the family. But researchers from Case Western Reserve University found that mothers who successfully integrate the care of the technology-dependent child into family life have families that function better.