Strategies for the relief of burden in advanced dementia care-giving.

The article discusses a study on the strategies for women caregivers of patients with dementia to rest from care-giving. It is said that the strategies that such caregivers use to respite from care-giving are not fully known. But generally, caregivers usually connect with their own lives to take a break from their life of care-giving. It is said that the relief of burden of care should involve interventions that foster leisure activities and promote engagement in different social roles.