title: TOPS: a consumer approach to Alzheimer's respite programs.
abstract: Time Off Promotes Strength (TOPS), a program for caregivers of Alzheimer's victims, provides in-home and day program services. Through application of a service/training model adapted from the Global Deterioration Scale (Reisberg, 1983), the TOPS program maintains a high quality of services with a limited but highly trained professional staff. Caregiver independence and autonomy are emphasized, as is a flexible system that accommodates the ever-changing needs of both caregivers and care recipients.
authors.affiliation: Benjamin Rose Institute, Cleveland, OH 44115-1989.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ehrlich
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000193:education; D000544:Alzheimer Disease; D017028:Caregivers; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D012144:Respite Care / Q000379:methods*