A New Look at Community-Based Respite Programs: Utilization, Satisfaction, and Development

by Montgomery; Rhonda J.v.

• ISBN13: 9780789017482
• ISBN10: 0789017482
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-03-24
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Explore new frontiers in Alzheimer's support systems! When Congress authorized the Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Grants to States program in 1990, no one knew how effective the program would prove to be. A New Look at Community-Based Respite Programs provides you with results of the first major evaluation of ADDGS programs. Across the country, groups were able to develop specialized programs that reached traditionally underserved clients. A byproduct of many of the ADDGS programs was that they helped strengthen ties between communities and agencies, improving social services for both caregivers and people with Alzheimer's. A New Look at Community-Based Respite Programs examines: the profile of the average respite care user different challenges faced by urban and rural clientele how culture and ethnicity influence health care decisions ways to involve communities in respite care how understanding patterns of use makes for better program design and implementation A New Look at Community-Based Respite Programs provides you with detailed analyses of a variety of successful support service plans, including mobile day care, Latino-specific outreach, traveling dementia evaluation teams, and programs designed for people who live alone. You'll also read about the importance of complementing family caregivers instead of substituting for them. Throughout, helpful tables make the results of ADDGS programs clear. It is estimated that Alzheimer's will affect up to 14 million Americans by the year 2050. A New Look at Community-Based Respite Programs contains vital knowledge that you can act on now to help lay the foundations for a better future.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xiii
Preface	xv
Acknowledgments	xvii
Introduction: A New Look at Community-Based Respite Programs: Utilization, Satisfaction, and Development	1	(4)
Rhonda J. V. Montgomery
Initial Findings from the Evaluation of the Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Grants to States Program	5	(28)
Rhonda J. V. Montgomery
Karl Kosloski
Tracy X. Karner
Jay P. Schaefer
Profiles of Respite Use	33	(32)
Rhonda J. V. Montgomery
Janet Marquis
Jay P. Schaefer
Karl Kosloski
The Role of Cultural Factors on Clients' Attitudes Toward Caregiving, Perceptions of Service Delivery, and Service Utilization	65	(24)
Karl Kosloski
Jay P. Schaefer
Debra Allwardt
Rhonda J. V. Montgomery
Tracy X. Karner
Factors Related to Client Satisfaction with Community-Based Respite Services	89	(18)
Donald Townsend
Karl Kosloski
Successful Strategies for Serving Diverse Populations	107	(26)
Tracy X. Karner
Lisa Cox Hall
Comment on the Utility of the ADDGS Evaluation for Policy and Practice	133	(8)
Melanie K. Starns
Exemplars of Successful Alzheimer's Demonstration Projects	141	(36)
Melanie K. Starns
Tracy X. Karner
Rhonda J. V. Montgomery
Index	177