Exploring the benefits of respite services to family caregivers: methodological issues and current findings

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Study Aim/Purpose: This literature review focuses on methodological issues that have impeded reliable and valid research studies involving respite care. There is special emphasis on how these methodological issues affect…

Past is prologue: How to advance caregiver interventions

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Study Aim/Purpose: This article is a retrospective overview of research on caregiver interventions to highlight strengths and weaknesses and identify conceptual and methodological issues that could lead to better treatment…

Adult day center programs and their associated outcomes on clients, caregivers, and the health system: a scoping review

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Study Aim/Purpose: The purpose of this paper was to summarize findings and identify gaps in the literature evaluating outcomes of stand-alone adult day center (ADC) programs serving older adults in…

Carer interventions: An overview of service effectiveness

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Study Aim/Purpose: This is a summary of caregiver interventions and their effectiveness for the following major types of interventions: (1) information and education, (2) psychoeducation, (3) respite care, (4) counseling,…

Gerontological social work student-delivered respite: A community-university partnership pilot program

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Study Aim/Purpose: This study analyzes satisfaction with a small short-term pilot home-based respite program intended to fill a service gap for dementia caregivers.  Summary of Methods: The authors used a…

Distinct impacts of high intensity caregiving on caregivers’ mental health and continuation of caregiving

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Study Aim/Purpose: This study sought to measure the impacts of high intensity caregiving for older adults on informal caregivers’ mental health and continuation of caregiving as well as how those…

Immediate and Lagged Effects of Daily Stress and Affect on Caregivers’ Daily Pain Experience

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Study Aim/Purpose: The authors examined the immediate and lagged daily pain outcomes associated with daily levels of stress and adult day service (ADS) use among family caregivers of persons with…