TOPS: A Consumer Approach to Alzheimer's Respite Programs
- 1 October 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Gerontologist
- Vol. 31 (5) , 686-691
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/31.5.686
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.Keywords
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