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Can I Take a Break? Facilitating In-Home Respite Care for Family Caregivers of Older Adults.

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: Respite care can provide a chance for family caregivers to take a temporary and flexible break from their long-term caregiving work. Despite its beneficial aspects and value, there is little research on how technology might mitigate barriers to using respite care. The purpose of this paper is to understand the current practices and challenges that people face within the ecosystem of respite care work in the context of in-home care. Based on an in-depth interview study of 18 primary family caregivers, respite family caregivers, and respite professional caregivers, we identified different relationships, phases, and needs of each stakeholder and issues of trust and information sharing that need improvement. We discuss design considerations on how future information and communication technologies (ICTs) could mitigate the barriers identified in this work.

Source: PubMed Central

Authors: Aehong Min, Flannery Currin, Gustavo Razo, Kay Connelly, Patrick C Shih

Institutions: Indiana University Bloomington, University of Iowa, University of California, Berkeley

Language: English

Topic: Technology Use by Older Adults

Subfield: Geriatrics and Gerontology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3158935737

FWCI: 0.564

Cites: 14

Cited by: 8

Related to: 10