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Adult day service use and reductions in caregiving hours
— effects on stress and psychological well-being for dementia caregivers | | Author(s) | Joseph E Gaugler, Shannon E Jarrott, Steven H Zarit |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 18, no 1, January 2003 |
| Pages | pp 55-62 |
| Keywords | Day services ; Usage [services] ; Dementia ; Informal care ; Time duration ; Well being ; Stress ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Using 3-month longitudinal data for 400 subjects from the US Adult Day Care Collaborative Study, the authors found that decreases in memory problem hours among adult day care service users were associated with reduced feelings of role overload. However, one finding in contrast to their hypothesis was that decreases in activity of daily living (ADL) hours for non-users were associated with decreases in worry and strain over a 3-month period. In general, though, the findings suggest that adult day care services are potentially effective in restructuring caregiving time and providing respite to family members. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030217007 A |
| Classmark | NM: QLD: EA: P6: 4N: D:F:5HH: QNH: 3J: 7T |
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