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RESPITE CARE SERVICES

RESPITE CARE SERVICES: AN EXAMINATION

The Family Caregiver Support Act provides federal funding support for Respite Care Services. Respite Care Services provide temporary relief for primary caregivers for chronically ill or disabled persons who are cared for in the home of the chronically ill or disabled person. This research examines the respite care concept within the context of policy to assess the desirability of maintaining and expanding the program.

Why Respite Care Services Are Required

A substantial proportion of the American population requires constant and continual care services that they are unable to provide for themselves. These people include some of the very old, chronically ill and disabled children, and chronically ill and disabled adults. Care alternatives for these people range from institutional settings to community-based care facilities to home care. Research has frequently found home care to be superior to care delivered in institutional and even community- based environments. Further, research has found that home care for post persons requiring long-term care is more cost-effective than either institutionalization or community-based care. The provision of care and services in the home of persons requiring long-term care, however, requires that a caregiver live in the home with the patient. In most cases, such caregivers are family members; however, some in-home caregivers are employed to perform that function. It is unrealistic to assume that either a family member or an employed caregiver will be able, even if willing, to provide quality, cost-effective care in the absence of some temporary relief from the stress and work involved in providing long-term care and services to a chronically ill or disabled person. Nevertheless, the concept of respite care services remains far from being universally accepted.

A. Minahan, (Ed. in Chief), Encyclopedia of Social ...

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