Respite care: temporary relief for caregivers.
Recent respite care research is reviewed, advantages and disadvantages of respite- and home-based care are presented, and some recommendations are introduced. It may be more cost-effective to invest in caregivers' physical, financial, and emotional well-being than to provide the care required when caregivers become "patients." Practical and policy issues are raised regarding the desirability of investment in respite care.
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000451:nursing; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006701:Home Nursing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008484:Medicaid; D006278:Medicare; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011640:Public Policy; D012144:Respite Care; D012737:Sex Factors; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce