Respite Care: A Partnership Between a Veterans Administration Nursing Home and Families to Care for Frail Elders at Home
- 1 October 1987
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Gerontologist
- Vol. 27 (5) , 581-584
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/27.5.581
Abstract
Described is the 10-bed Respite Program which provided 4 weeks of inpatient care over a 1 year period to frail older veterans who lived with an unpaid caregiver. Since its inception, the 850 families who received the program's services were taught health care delivery skills needed to maintain a disabled person at home and how to build community support systems. The program has prevented premature or inappropriate placement by providing training and relief to sustain the in-home caregiver.Keywords
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