A Multi-Service Respite Program for Caregivers of Alzheimer's Patients

Autor:	Avalie R Saperstein Msw, M. Powell Lawton, Elaine M. Brody Msw
Rok vydání:	1989
Předmět:	Service (business) Nursing (miscellaneous) Nursing Respite care business.industry Medicine Day care business Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Zdroj:	Journal of Gerontological Social Work. 14:41-74
ISSN:	1540-4048 0163-4372
Popis:	This paper describes the services and procedures of the Philadelphia Geriatric Center's multi-service respite service demonstration project for 205 caregivers of elderly Alzheimer's patients. Selected sections of data are reported that provide information needed by professionals for planning and delivering such services. Of all caregivers who were offered respite, 52% actually availed themselves of the services. Of those, two-thirds chose in-home services, with smaller proportions using day care and institutional respite. Reasons for such choices and for the non-use of respite, the advantages and problems of different types of respite, and implications for development of respite programs are discussed.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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