Respite care as a community care service: factors associated with the effects on family carers of adults with intellectual disability in Taiwan.

摘要: AbstractBackground This study examines the effects and associated factors of respite care, which was legislated as a community service for adults with an intellectual disability (ID) in Taiwan 1997.Method A total 116 family carers who live adult ID have utilised care program were surveyed using standardised measures.Results The results suggest that most notable include improvement carers' social support life satisfaction, relief psychological stress overall burden care. The these way participants used users' individual characteristics.Conclusions How families whether practised religion, where resided, significant determining effectiveness respite. Suggestions are made making access to information about more widely available, extend...