ReviewAging & mental health2017
Exploring the benefits of respite services to family caregivers: methodological issues and current findings.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Suicidality risk of cancer caregivers: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.Annals of medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Adult day services, leisure time satisfaction, and psychosocial well-being among dementia caregivers.The Gerontologist · 2026Article
- Improving Respite Outcomes for Caregivers: Who Benefits and Under What Conditions?Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2025Article
- How did the Sudden Closures of Adult Day Services During COVID-19 Impact Dementia Care Dyads?Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2025Article
- Changes in service use and unmet needs in home- and community- based services in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Assessing the Time for Living and Caring (TLC) Study: Mixed-Methods Feasibility Study of a Web-Based Caregiver Intervention to Improve Respite.JMIR aging · 2025Article
- Equitable formal care access: examining processes for Hispanic/Latino family dementia caregivers' decision-making.The Gerontologist · 2025Article
- Examining the relations between psychosocial and caregiving factors with mental health among Vietnamese family caregivers of hospitalized lung cancer patients.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Respite time-use among dementia caregivers.Frontiers in health services · 2025Article
- Redefining respite for family caregivers: lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in health services · 2025Article
- Evaluating the Efficacy of Time for Living and Caring: An Online Intervention to Support Dementia Caregivers' Use of Respite.Innovation in aging · 2024Article
- The intersection of social determinants of health and family care of people living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias: A public health opportunity.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2023Article
- Maximizing the Benefit of Respite for Dementia Caregivers: A Study Protocol Describing the Development & Evaluation of the Time for Living & Caring (TLC) Intervention.OBM integrative and complimentary medicine · 2023Article
- Use of Home Care Services Reduces Care-Related Strain in Long-Distance Caregivers.The Gerontologist · 2022Article
- Caregiver Respite: An Essential Component of Home- and Community-Based Long-Term Care.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2022Article
- Health, social care and technological interventions to improve functional ability of older adults living at home: An evidence and gap map.Campbell systematic reviews · 2021Article
- Association Between New-Onset Medicaid Home Care and Family Caregivers' Health.JAMA health forum · 2021Article
- COVID-19 and the Need for Adult Day Services.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2021Article
- Place of death associated with types of long-term care services near the end-of-life for home-dwelling older people in Japan: a pooled cross-sectional study.BMC palliative care · 2020Article
- Perspectives of Australian family carers of people with dementia on the 'cottage' model of respite: Compared to traditional models of residential respite provided in aged care facilities.Health & social care in the community · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesThere is growing emphasis on empirical validation of the efficacy of community-based services for older people and their families, but research on services such as respite care faces methodological challenges that have limited the growth of outcome studies. We identify problems associated with the usual research approaches for studying respite care, with the goal of stimulating use of novel and more appropriate research designs that can lead to improved studies of community-based services.
methodUsing the concept of research validity, we evaluate the methodological approaches in the current literature on respite services, including adult day services, in-home respite and overnight respite.
resultsAlthough randomized control trials (RCTs) are possible in community settings, validity is compromised by practical limitations of randomization and other problems. Quasi-experimental and interrupted time series designs offer comparable validity to RCTs and can be implemented effectively in community settings.
conclusionAn emphasis on RCTs by funders and researchers is not supported by scientific evidence. Alternative designs can lead to development of a valid body of research on community services such as respite.
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