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Prescribing residential respite care for dementia—effects, side‐effects, indications and dosage
Author(s) -
Brodaty Henry,
Gresham Meredith
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
international journal of geriatric psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1166
pISSN - 0885-6230
DOI - 10.1002/gps.930070509
Subject(s) - respite care , dementia , medicine , medical prescription , aged care , psychology , nursing , disease , pathology
Recent momentum for increased provision of residential respite services for people with dementia is not supported by empirical data. Yet the literature is replete with anecdotal reports indicating the efficacy of residential respite. This discrepancy may have resulted from methodological flaws in the research, lack of awareness by consumers and health professionals and great diversity in the reasons for, and among the recipients of, respite. The prescription of respite care will need to be more specific and rigorous—matching the correct dose of respite care to the needs of recipients and caregivers—for future research to demonstrate its efficacy.