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Mental Health Respite Services: A Grounded Service Delivery Model

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
April 2005

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A needs assessment for mental health respite services was undertaken at Waterloo Regional Homes for Mental Health in Kitchener, Ontario. Twenty-seven participants (consumers, carers, and service providers) were asked about their perceptions of the need for mental health respite services, and about their preferences for a model of respite in their community. A convergent analysis of participants' responses leads to one possible model of respite, while a divergent analysis considers program and value dilemmas for potential planners of programs directed at multiple stakeholders. Participants' frustrations with current services remind mental health programs of the importance of consulting with all stakeholders as they evaluate and develop programs.

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Une évaluation de besoin des services de répit en santé mentale a été conduite à Waterloo Regional Homes for Mental Health à Kitchener en Ontario. On a questionné 27 participants et participantes (clients et clientes, aidantes et aidants familiaux et intervenants et intervenantes) quant à leur avis du besoin des services de répit en santé mentale et leurs préférences d'un mode de répit dans leur communauté. Une analyse convergente mène à un mode possible d'offrir le répit, tandis qu'une analyse divergente considère les dilemmes de programmes et de valeurs pour ceux et celles qui planifieront des programmes dont les récipients et récipientes viendront de divers milieux. Les frustrations des participants et participantes envers les services actuelles rappellent aux organismes de santé mentale l'importance de consulter avec divers groupes lorsqu'ils évaluent et développent leurs programmes.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 24Number 1April 2005
Pages: 63 - 78

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Version of record online: 13 May 2009

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Jill Grant
Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University
Anne Westhues
Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University

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