Key stakeholders' experiences of respite services for people with dementia and their perspectives on respite service development: a qualitative systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Respite services provide a break in the caregiving relationship for people with dementia and their carers, however they are often under-used and service acceptability can be low. This study aims to understand key stakeholders' experiences of respite services for people with dementia, with a view to informing respite service development.

Methods

A systematic search was conducted of the Pubmed/MedLine, Embase, Cinahl, PsychInfo, Scopus, Web of Science, and Cochrane databases (1980-2016, English) with fixed search terms relating to 'respite' and 'dementia', following PRISMA guidelines. Noblit and Hare's approach to meta-ethnography was employed. Key concepts were identified across the papers and reciprocal and refutational translation techniques were applied to prima

SUBMITTER: Shea EO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5719558 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature