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Respite for dementia caregivers — the effects of adult day service use on caregiving hours and care demands
Author(s)	Joseph E Gaugler, Shannon E Jarrott, Steven H Zarit
Journal title	International Psychogeriatrics, vol 15, no 1, March 2003
Pages	pp 37-58
Keywords	Dementia ; Day centres ; Family care ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	Three-month longitudinal data from New Jersey's Adult Day Care Collaborative Study (ADCCS) were used, to determine whether adult day service use was related to decreases in primary caregiving hours and care recipients' demands on their caregivers with regard to activities of daily living (ADLs) or behavioural problems. Adult day service users reported greater decreases in hours spent on behaviour problems when compared to non-users, even after controlling for baseline differences between the two groups. In addition, day service users reported decreased frequency of behaviour problems in their relatives who attended adult day programmes. If used over a period of time, adult day services are effective in restructuring caregiving time, and may offer potential benefits, not only to family caregivers, but also to older people with dementia living in the community. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-030718204 A
Classmark	EA: NMC: P6:SJ: 3J: 7T
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