Taking a Break: Daily Respite Effects of Adult Day Services as Objective and Subjective Time Away From Caregiving | Zendy

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Taking a Break: Daily Respite Effects of Adult Day Services as Objective and Subjective Time Away From Caregiving

Author(s) -

Molly Wylie,

Kyungmin Kim,

Yin Liu,

Steven H. Zarit

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

the gerontologist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524

H-Index - 138

eISSN - 1758-5341

pISSN - 0016-9013

DOI - 10.1093/geront/gnaa178

Subject(s) - respite care , psychology , day care , developmental psychology , gerontology , medicine , nursing

Adult day services (ADS) can provide emotional and physical relief for caregivers of persons with dementia. While prior studies conceptualized ADS use at the aggregate level as a dichotomous construct, little is known about objective and subjective respite as distinct constructs. This study investigated how objective and subjective breaks from caregiving were associated with caregivers' daily emotional well-being.

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