THe Phenomenon of Home in the Home Share model: One family's experience illustrated through Photo-voice

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2017
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The need to explore the lived experiences of a Home Share family stems from a number of factors. Few housing options exist for youth and adults with an intellectual disability (ID) or a developmental disability (DD) who want to live in community, and thus individuals end up in Home Share settings (Hughson, 2013). Statistics gathered in British Columbia illustrate that the number of people living with intellectual and developmental disabilities are on waiting lists for housing placement for years. Additionally, there is little literature on the deep culture and informal renderings of the phenomenon of ‘home’ in the Home Share family. Finally, the parents of loved ones transitioning into community living are fearful of what they do not know; ‘what is the Home Share family all about’? And, ‘how will it serve my adult child’? The inquiry was framed within a hermeneutic phenomenological approach. The Photo-voice method for gathering data was utilized by four family members: two Home Share providers and two adults living with ID/DD. Photo images combined with participants’ associations, anecdotes and stories provide the data of their lived experiences. Van Manen’s (2014b) vocative method of analysis enabled the lived experiences to become more vivid and present; where insights into the phenomenon of home showed themselves. The research findings are descriptive in nature and include psycho-social aspects within the family dynamic that contribute to a good quality of life for people with ID/DD; attributes and features that make a family home the best it can be in a Home Share setting; and lessons learned from a rich exploration of one Home Share family.
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Education, Education--Guidance and Counseling, Education--Social Sciences, Canadian Studies, Social Work, Social Structure and Development, Education
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Stevens, N. (2017). THe Phenomenon of Home in the Home Share model: One family's experience illustrated through Photo-voice (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28273