TY - JOUR
T1 - Respite use in dementia patients
AU - Adler, Geri
AU - Kuskowski, Michael A.
AU - Mortimer, James
PY - 1995/5/26
Y1 - 1995/5/26
N2 - Caregivers of dementia patients often find themselves physically and emotionally exhausted. Respite care can lend the primary caregiver support. However, utilization of such service has been low. This prospective study explored patterns of institutional respite utilization over a one year time period. Fifty-eight caregivers of dementia patients treated in an outpatient memory loss clinic participated. Forty percent used respite care during the study period. Data were collected using the Burden Interview, Functional Dementia Scale, Community Service Attitude Inventory, MMSE and self-report questionnaires. Respite users were significantly more cognitively and functionally Impaired than non-users and their caregivers experienced greater burden. These same factors also predicted time to respite care use. Caregiver attitudes were not predictive of respite request or usage.
AB - Caregivers of dementia patients often find themselves physically and emotionally exhausted. Respite care can lend the primary caregiver support. However, utilization of such service has been low. This prospective study explored patterns of institutional respite utilization over a one year time period. Fifty-eight caregivers of dementia patients treated in an outpatient memory loss clinic participated. Forty percent used respite care during the study period. Data were collected using the Burden Interview, Functional Dementia Scale, Community Service Attitude Inventory, MMSE and self-report questionnaires. Respite users were significantly more cognitively and functionally Impaired than non-users and their caregivers experienced greater burden. These same factors also predicted time to respite care use. Caregiver attitudes were not predictive of respite request or usage.
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U2 - 10.1300/J018v15n03_03
DO - 10.1300/J018v15n03_03
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0029003016
SN - 0731-7115
VL - 15
SP - 17
EP - 30
JO - Clinical Gerontologist
JF - Clinical Gerontologist
IS - 3
ER -