Open AccessTaking 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/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 , affect (linguistics) , psychology , stressor , clinical psychology , medicine , gerontology , nursing , communication
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.