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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"respite care"”.
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Parents of autistic children's use of respite care at a private facility in South Africa
… 2013; Lindenberg, 2013). By definition, respite care is an intermittent service offered to the parents of a chronically ill child to substitute them, when they are in need of a break, from their 24/7 responsibility in caring for their child (Neufeld, Query, & Drummond, 2001). Current …
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Considerations in the development and organisation of public and non-profit respite care services for persons with intellectual disability in South Africa: a mixed method study
Background: Family caregiving, whilst rewarding, in the context of limited support can also negatively impact caregivers, families and persons with intellectual disability. Respite care, a disability support service, offers an avenue to support this population. However, in South Africa, the extent …
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Expressed Emotion In Parents Of Behaviourally Disturbed Learning Disabled Children
… quality of the relationship between a key caregiver and relative, where the latter is experiencing a psychiatric or medical condition, and with implications for the course of this condition. To the author's knowledge, despite the salience of behavioural disturbance for families with …
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Accommodation for adults with intellectual disability: Exploring the lived experiences of ageing parent carers and the reasons behind their decision to continue to care in the family home
… there is an increasing number of ageing parent-carers continuing to provide care for their adult child with an intellectual disability in the family home. Since deinstitutionalisation, many families made the choice to provide care at home, which may become a concern as they age and ask the …
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Beliefs About Caregiving Services Among Helping Professionals
… beliefs helping professionals have about caregiving services. The survey provided to participants of this study examined beliefs concerning what services are most important for caregivers to have access to, as well as what are the most significant barriers caregivers may experience when …
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An investigation into the parental stress levels of families who have children with severe developmental disabilities using residential short breaks: a contributing factor of its stress reduction impact
… perspective for those parents using residential respite care for their developmentally disabled child. The study sought to gain a better understanding of the influence that short breaks has on parents more specifically to gauge whether a reduction in parental stress is linked to the use of short …
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ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM, PARENTS ARE BLUE: REDUCING CAREGIVER STRESS AND STRENGTHENING PERCEIVED SUPPORT
In this study, I examined how caregiver stress and perceptions of support shape the well-being of parents raising children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The purpose of this work was to identify effective strategies that reduce stress, strengthen resilience, and improve family-school …
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Autism spectrum disorders, family life and short breaks: an investigation into the experience of family life and short breaks of families that have children with autism spectrum disorders in an English county
… and experience concerning short breaks (‘respite care’). The research comprised three phases: a postal survey of 256 families, a survey of 27 social workers, and semi-structured interviews carried out with mothers, fathers, siblings and children with ASD from 14 families. The research …
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A Clinical Nurse Leader Initiative: Promoting Mobility Among Long-Term Care Facility Residents
… during hospitalization or stay in long-term care facility result in improved patient outcomes including but not limited to decreased incidence of falls, non-pharmacological pain intervention, and prevention of further functional decline. In a 45-bed rehabilitation unit of a Veterans Affairs …
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Caregiving and Schizophrenia: Understanding the Worldview of Asian Indian Families
… Indian families focussed on understanding the caregiving processes involved when one of their members is afflicted with schizophrenia. It looked at the beliefs, values, and meanings associated with schizophrenia within the context of Asian Indian cultural and social practices. It studied the …
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Internet use among parents of children with autism spectrum disorders
… to unsatisfactory experiences with the healthcare and educational systems. Parents reported that they would like more information online about strategies to handle difficult behaviors, respite care, encouragement for daily living and how to access direct services for their children.\r\n\r\n
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Utilization of the Short Form Zarit Burden Interview to Screen Dementia Caregivers for Caregiver Burden in the Clinic Setting
Informal caregivers of persons with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) are known to have increased caregiver burden. Research has shown caregiver burden places persons with ADRD and their caregivers at increased risk for poor health outcomes. Screening caregivers for increased …
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User involvement and improving quality of health and social care.
… interactions which affect health and social care delivery; and ii) improve the quality of health and social care through an increased understanding of patients’/clients’ needs and factors which influence professionals’ practice. The main considerations in selecting the work presented include …
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The Experience of Transitioning to the Caregiving Role for a Family Member with Alzheimer's Disease or a Related Dementia
… The majority of these individuals are being cared for at home by family caregivers who are known to suffer from more depression and burden than any other group of caregivers. The purpose of this hermeneutic phenomenological study was to explore the lived experience of transitioning to the …
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Exploring How Policy, Practice and Regional Perspectives of Caregiving Combine to Mitigate Unpaid Caregiver Distress: A Case Study of the Former South West Local Health Integration Network of Ontario
The impact of unpaid caregiving is significant and potentially detrimental to the overall health of caregivers themselves. The consequences of caregiving can contribute to unsustainable care circumstances for the care recipients in the community, leading to hospitalization or early mortality for …
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Challenges experienced by primary caregivers in raising children with physical disabilities in Mvunyane area, Vryheid, Kwazulu-Natal
… the challenges experienced by primary caregivers in raising children with physical disabilities who were undergoing rehabilitation in Mvunyane area, Vryheid KwaZulu-Natal using a qualitative approach. Data was gathered using semi-structured interviews from a sample of twenty primary …
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Parent versus professional perception of mothers' adjustment to their multihandicapped offspring
… and educators were individual counseling, respite care, parent groups, and conferences with the offspring's teacher.
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A cost comparison analysis of paediatric intermediate care in a tertiary hospital and an intermediate, step-down facility
… in general for the paediatric intermediate care (encompasses palliative, sub-acute and respite care) needed by these children remains sparse. Costing studies are even rarer, with the few studies conducted in South Africa reporting a broad range of average costs per inpatient day. Methods: A …
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Care of Aging Parents: The Experiences of Middle-Aged Filipino Women
… of this study was to examine and analyze parent care as experienced by middle-aged Filipino women, particularly those who have resided in the United States for over 20 years. There is little information known about this topic; therefore, a grounded theory study design was utilized. Open-ended, …
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