2021 Volume 20 Issue Special Pages S171-S179
This study’s psychological and judicial experts collaboratively implemented a psycho–educational program to prepare families of 63 individuals with intellectual disabilities for parental death. They aimed to increase their planning motivation and encouraged them to make future–related preparations. Through open–ended questionnaires, participants were asked about (1) new perspectives of the program, (2) whether they wanted to make preparations, and (3) the related reasons. The data were qualitatively analyzed using the KJ method and quantitative content analysis. Using qualitative analysis, “family cases” and “legal information” were raised as new perspectives. However, “legal information” was not found in reasons for preparing; thus, some high hurdles prevented use of legal systems. Among reasons for preparing, “interest in the introduced preparation” reflected the program contents and “awareness of preparations necessary for one’s own family,” which was gained through participation in the program. Furthermore, “difficulty in practicing preparation” was extracted. Quantitative text analysis showed extraction of “gradually,” reflecting the family’s desire to prepare through small steps. Thus, it is necessary to develop a more comprehensive program for including welfare field–related perspectives.
