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Satisfaction with respite care
— a pilot study | | Author(s) | Michael Nicoll, Mark Ashworth, Lisa McNally |
| Journal title | Health & Social Care in the Community, vol 10, no 6, November 2002 |
| Pages | pp 479-484 |
| Keywords | Boarding out schemes ; Informal care ; Usage [services] ; Attitude ; Pilot. |
| Annotation | The interaction of social support with ratings of a carer's satisfaction with respite care has not been explored in published work. The authors postulated that social support both during caring and during periods of relief from caring whilst in receipt of respite care would be associated with greater satisfaction with respite care. They embarked on a pilot study of carers who were looking after dependants with dementia, a particularly demanding form of care. Previously validated scales were used for determining levels of social support, and for assessing possible confounding factors such as carer depression or strain. Of 140 carers contacted, only 26 completed questionnaires. In terms of perceived benefit to the carer, satisfaction was high (rating scale = 1-7, mean 5.8, mode 7), and correlated significantly with the numbers of people in the social support network (r=0.57), albeit not with any of the four measured types of support which they may have provided. Carer satisfaction was not significantly correlated with carer strain nor depression scores. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-021216203 A |
| Classmark | KTB: P6: QLD: DP: 4UC |
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