Abstract
In Japan, more than 70% of adults with intellectual disability live with their families. Family supports which
includes "planning after the death of parents" is needed. This paper describes the process of providing children
with intellectual disability residential placements for aging mothers. The sample consisted of 4 mothers, and data
obtained from semi-structured interviews were analyzed with the Trajectory Equifinality Model (TEM). The
process consists of 3 phases: <1. the phase of emergency<, <2. the phase of conflict<, <3. the stable phase<. After
starting utilization of the residential placements, the mothers experienced psychological crises such as guilty,
apathy, emptiness. These emotions fade out when mothers found that their children had adapted to the residences.
It is also clear that mothers who don’t go to see their children at the placements think negatively about their
children life. To support families who want their children to have at-home care, making provisions for emergency,
attentive hearing, and support about "after the death of parents" are needed.
