Respite for dementia caregivers: The effects of adult day service use on caregiving hours and care demands
Respite for dementia caregivers: The effects of adult day service use on caregiving hours and care demands
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DOI：
10.1017/s1041610203008743
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发表时间：
2003-03-01
影响因子：
7
通讯作者：
Greene, R
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作者：
Gaugler, JE;Jarrott, SE;Greene, R
本研究的目的是确定成人日间服务的使用是否与初级看护时间（即看护者花在日常生活活动/日常生活工具性活动和被看护者的行为问题上的时间）和这些领域的看护者功能的减少有关。使用成人日托合作研究 (N = 400) 的三个月纵向数据。即使在控制了两组之间的基线差异之后，与非使用者相比，成人日间服务使用者在行为问题上花费的时间也有更大的减少。此外，成人日间服务使用者报告说，参加成人日间计划的亲属出现行为问题的频率有所下降。研究结果表明，如果长期使用成人日间服务，可以有效地调整看护时间，并且不仅可以为家庭看护者提供潜在的好处，还可以为居住在社区的患有痴呆症的老年人带来潜在的好处。
The objective of this study was to determine whether adult day service use was related to decreases in primary caregiving hours (i.e., the time caregivers spent on activities of daily living/instrumental activities of daily living and behavior problems for care recipients) and care recipient function for these domains. Three-month longitudinal data from the Adult Day Care Collaborative Study (N = 400) were used. Adult day service users reported greater decreases in hours spent on behavior problems when compared to nonusers, even after controlling for baseline differences between the two groups. In addition, adult day service users reported decreased frequency of behavior problems in their relatives who attended adult day programs. The findings suggest that adult day services, if used over time, are effective in restructuring caregiving time and may offer potential benefits not only to family caregivers but to community-residing older adults who have dementia as well.