Developing respite services for the elderly
By: edited by Rhonda J.V. Montgomery and Joyce Prothero.
Contributors: Montgomery, Rhonda J. V.; Prothero, Joyce.; University of Washington. Pacific Northwest Long Term Care Center.; United States. Administration on Aging.
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Seattle
Language: eng
Number of pages: 135
Subjects: Older people -- Respite care -- United States.; Older people -- Family relationships.; Geriatrics.; Respite Care.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
"Developed in part by the Pacific Northwest Long-Term Care Center, with funding from the Administration on Aging, grant # 90-AT-2125/05"--T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: The caregiver's perspective / Nancy Hooyman ... [et al.]; title: Researching respite / Rhonda J.V. Montgomery; title: The New York Respite Demonstration Program / William J. Rabbitt; title: Respite as a continuum of services / Jill Dixon-Bemis; title: Respite in an institution / Vicki Ellis; title: Introducing patients and families to respite / Vicki Ellis; title: Staffing respite programs / Deborah Danaher, Jill Dixon-Bemis, and Suzanne H. Pedersen; title: Quality assurance and program evaluation / Barbara H. Horn and Martha J. Herriott; title: Caregiver support groups / Deborah Anderson, Judy Gellatly, and Betty Pesznecker.