The state of measurement of respite care Insight on the issues (AARP Public Policy Institute) Caregivers -- statistics & numerical data Health Services Needs and Demand -- statistics & numerical data Respite Care -- statistics & numerical data Respite care addresses one of the most pressing needs of family caregivers--temporary relief from caregiving tasks. It is the service strategy most commonly offered to support family caregivers and is available in all 50 states. However, definitions of respite vary among programs and states, and quality and completeness of reported data are often lacking, making rigorous comparison among states impossible. This report describes the main sources of publicly funded respite care and presents data for the year 2007. Washington, D.C. : AARP Public Policy Institute, c2012 Houser, Ari. Ujvari, Kathleen. AARP (Organization) Public Policy Institute (AARP (Organization)) Technical Report Text nlm:nlmuid-101589760-pdf 101589760 http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101589760 English United States Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0