The exhausted caregiver to a patient with moderate Alzheimer's disease asks what respite care entails. The nurse replies that respite care is:
a. placing the patient in a long-term care fa-cility for a short period of time for the ca-regiver to rest.
b. bringing in home health aides to do housework to lighten duties of the care-giver.
c. accompanying patient to a long-term care facility and staying there while the facility staff do physical care.
d. attending a support group to ventilate feelings and communicate with other ca-regivers.
A
Respite care is placing the patient temporarily in a long-term care facility (usually for no longer than a month) to give the family respite from the responsibility of 24/7 care.
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