Effects of Alternative Family Support Strategies: A Final Report to the Health Care Financing Administration

摘要

Interest in the development of services to support families in their role as caregivers to frail and disabled elders has emerged in response to the rapid increase in the number of impaired elders and the cost of custodial care. The Family Support Project was initiated to address this need for more information to inform public policy. The project was designed to assess the effects of five types of family support programs. An experimental design was used to investigate the impact of interventions that provided family training and education services; provided respite services; and provided family training in conjunction with respite services.