STATE COLLEGE, Pa., May 26 (UPI) -- Family caregivers of the elderly with dementia are less stressed on days dementia patients receive adult day services, U.S. researchers say.
Steven Zarit, professor and head of human development and family studies at Pennsylvania State University, conducted eight daily telephone interviews on consecutive days with 173 family caregivers of individuals with dementia who use an ADS -- a service that is designed to provide social and some health services to adults who need supervised care outside the home during the day.