Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an in-home respite care program in supporting informal caregivers of people with dementia : design of a comparative study [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Frequent hospitalization and permanent nursing home placement not only affect the well-being of persons with dementia, but also place great financial strain on society.
Annemans, Lieven +4 more
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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2015 Objective: To estimate service demand (willingness to seek or use services) for respite care among informal, primary carers of people with a psychological disability and to describe their characteristics.
Meredith Harris +4 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 +2 more
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Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2017 Background: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a progressive disease with rapid degeneration. Respite care is an essential service for improving the well-being of both patients with this disease and their family caregivers, but accessibility of respite ...
Michiko Nakai +2 more
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Information-sharing with respite care services for older adults:a qualitative exploration of carers’ experiences [PDF]
, 2017 This study was financially supported by the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland (QNIS Project ELCRI01), Edinburgh, Scotland.Respite services play an important role in supporting older adults and their carers.
Alzheimer Scotland & Scottish Government +37 more
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Long-term care and intermediary structures for frail older people : Switzerland and Germany in comparison [PDF]
, 2018 This is a post-peer-review, pre-copy edited version of an article published in [International journal of care and caring]. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1332/239788218X15265697287824Long-term ...
Kehl, Konstantin +1 more
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Systematic review of respite care in the frail elderly
Health Technology Assessment, 2009 Objectives: To assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of breaks in care in improving the well-being of informal carers of frail and disabled older people living in the community and to identify carer needs and barriers to uptake of respite ...
C Shaw +9 more
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Older Adults Used Fewer Home Care Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from a Secondary Analysis of an Urgent Survey in Japan [PDF]
Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research, 2021 Background This study aimed to identify reduced home care use among older people and its impact on user numbers and service provider revenues during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
Hiroshige Matsumoto +2 more
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Willingness to pay for informal care in France: the value of funding support interventions for caregivers [PDF]
, 2014 Objectives: This article aims to assess the relationship between the monetary value of informal care - approximated with the caregiver's willingness to pay to reduce caregiving time - and the caregiver's need of three types of support services: care ...
Chloé Gervès-Pinquié +2 more
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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 +6 more
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