A Residential Care Centre (RCC) for Persons with Alzheimer Disease (AD): Family Satisfaction with Formal Care

Abstract Many community-residing persons with Alzheimer Disease are eventually moved to a long-term care facility. One type of long-term care facility is the residential care centre, which is based on a social model of care. This study examined family satisfaction with care in a residential care centre located in Canada. Overall, family members of residential care residents were highly satisfied with the care provided at the facility and experienced few hassles in their interactions with the formal care providers. These measures remained fairly stable over the first eighteen months post-admission of the ill relative.