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Respite: carers’ experiences and perceptions of respite at home [PDF]

BMC Geriatrics, 2012
Background Informal carers play an important role in supporting people with long-term conditions living at home. However, the caring role is known to have adverse effects on carers such as poorer emotional health and social isolation.
Greenwood Nan, Habibi Ruth, Mackenzie Ann   +2 more
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The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of respite for caregivers of frail older people [PDF]

, 2007
The proportion of frail elderly people in the industrialized world is increasing. Respite care is a potentially important way of maintaining the quality of life for these people and their caregivers.
Arksey, Artaso Irigoyen, Baumgarten, Buchner, Burch, Census 2001., Chapko, Clark, Conlin, Covinsky, Derogatis, Donaldson, Feinberg, Fisher, Gaugler, Gaugler, Grant, Grundy, Hedrick, Hirst, Holm, Johnson, Kosloski, Kosloski, Lawton, Lee, Lund, Maher, Montgomery, Montgomery, Montgomery, Montgomery, Montgomery, Niebuhr, Pinquart, Quayhagen, Robertson, Robertson, Rockwood, Rockwood, Rockwood, Sörensen, Undertaking Systematic Reviews of Research on Effectiveness., Walston, Wan, Wells, Wills, Wishart, Yin, Zank, Zarit   +50 more
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Effect of Respite Time before Live Transportation on Muscle Quality of Blunt Snout (Wuchang) Bream

Foods, 2022
To provide scientific support for improving the muscle quality of blunt snout bream, ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography, texture analyzer, and optical electron microscopy were applied to explore the effects of respite time (0, 24, 48, and 72 h ...
Ling Peng, Juan You, Lan Wang, Shanbai Xiong, Qilin Huang, Tao Yin   +5 more
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Respite care models and practices for persons with intellectual disability: A scoping review

African Journal of Disability, 2023
Background: Families are the primary caregivers for persons with intellectual disability (ID), offering informal support to ensure community living. Ensuring families are adequately supported is key to reduce the financial, physical, mental and social ...
Toni Abrahams, Sharon Kleintjes
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The impact of respite care from the perspectives and experiences of people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and their care partners: a qualitative study

BMC Palliative Care, 2022
Background Respite care provides caregiving support to people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and their care partners by providing the care partner with temporary relief from their caregiving duties.
Julia M. Wu, Mallorie T. Tam, Kirsten Buch, Fouziah Khairati, Laurissa Wilson, Elizabeth Bannerman, Alexandra Guerrero, Andrew Eisen, Wendy Toyer, Travis Stevenson, Julie M. Robillard   +10 more
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Determining Provider Needs for Respite Training, Results of an Alabama Survey

SAGE Open, 2014
The Alabama Lifespan Respite Resource Network™ enhances respite services for family caregivers. University evaluators conducted a statewide assessment of respite providers using multiple formats.
Brian F. Geiger, Marcia R. O’Neal
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Knowledge, help-seeking and efficacy to find respite services: an exploratory study in help-seeking carers of people with dementia in the context of aged care reforms

BMC Geriatrics, 2019
Background Research highlights the need for carers of people with dementia to acquire relevant and timely information to assist them to access appropriate respite services.
L. Phillipson, K. Johnson, E. Cridland, D. Hall, C. Neville, E. Fielding, H. Hasan   +6 more
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Academics' Experiences of a Respite From Work: Effects of Self-Critical Perfectionism and Perseverative Cognition on Postrespite Well-Being [PDF]

, 2012
This longitudinal study examined relations between personality and cognitive vulnerabilities and the outcomes of a respite from work. A sample of 77 academic employees responded to week-level measures of affective well-being before, during, and on 2 ...
Bond, F. W., Flaxman, P., Kinman, G., Menard, J.   +3 more
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Why carers use adult day respite: a mixed method case study [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: We need to improve our understanding of the complex interactions between family carers’ emotional relationships with care-recipients and carers use of support services.
Angela R McKenzie, Christine M Stirling, Corinna A Dwan   +2 more
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Supporting Parent Caregivers of Children with Life-Limiting Illness

Children, 2018
The well-being of parents is essential to the well-being of children with life-limiting illness. Parents are vulnerable to a range of negative financial, physical, and psychosocial issues due to caregiving tasks and other stressors related to the illness
Kendra D. Koch, Barbara L. Jones
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