Wednesday 17 August 2016

Respite for patients and carers in neurodegenerative disease: a grounded theory study

European Journal of Palliative Care, July/August 2016, Volume 23 Number 4, p175-9
Diane Laverty, Anne Arber and Sara Faithfull

The authors present the results of a grounded theory study that aimed to determine what residential respite care can offer to patients with neurodegenerative diseases and their carers, the issues and concerns for the carer in relation to respite and how respite can be used to provide a therapeutic outcome for patients and carers.


Available in print in Arthur Rank Hospice Library, Brookfields Hospital