Effectiveness of an in-home respite care program to support informal dementia caregivers: A comparative study.

Sophie VandepitteKoen PutmanNele Van Den NoortgateSofie VerhaegheLieven Annemans

Published in: International journal of geriatric psychiatry (2019)

This study was the first comparative study to investigate effectiveness of an in-home respite care program to support informal caregivers of persons with dementia. The results partly confirm earlier positive findings from explorative studies.

Keyphrases

quality improvement
palliative care
healthcare
mild cognitive impairment
randomized controlled trial
systematic review
cognitive impairment
case control