Considering about the Problems after the Death of Parents of People with Intellectual Disabilities from Discussions on Facilities Outside Tokyo

Abstract

This paper clarifies the points which had been lacking in the discussions in institutions outside Tokyo through the arrangement of their documentation, with the objective of examining the correlations with contemporary problems of persons with intellectual disabilities following the death of parents. This paper has pointed out that the problems of the institutions outside Tokyo were:not taking deinstitutionalization into consideration, measures not being put in place after having separated children with intellectual disabilities from their parents, and the characteristics of intellectual disabilities not being taken into consideration. These issues also lead to problems after the death of intellectually-disabled persons’ parents. We have concluded that in order to solve the problems after the death of the parents of intellectually-disabled persons, one needs to seek out the preferences and wishes of the person in question. This is based on having regarded the parents as one of the parties concerned, and the parties concerned having collected information on the person in question, centering on intellectually-disabled persons who have difficulty expressing their intentions. It will become the means for solving the problems of intellectually-disabled persons following the death of parents.