Table 1.

Caregiver and Care Recipient Community Services Use at Baseline and End of Intervention

Service	Family Intervention: Telephone Tracking—Caregiver, n = 105		Telephone Support, n = 94
	Baseline	6 Months	Baseline	6 Months
	Mean ± Standard Deviation
Caregiver
Total	4.56 ± 10.86	8.47 ± 5.14a	4.28 ± 7.54	5.14 ± 7.05a
Support group	0.12 ± 0.36	0.21 ± 0.55	0.36 ± 0.83	0.38 ± 1.04
Alzheimer’s Association	0.52 ± 2.96	0.53 ± 1.45a	0.38 ± 1.03	0.19 ± 0.74a
Department of Elderly Affairs	0.09 ± 0.34	0.30 ± 1.23	0.10 ± 0.39	0.05 ± 0.27
Government service	0.07 ± 0.25	0.16 ± 1.01	0.18 ± 0.59	0.02 ± 0.21
Legal advice	0.22 ± 0.46	0.36 ± 0.80a	0.37 ± 0.76	0.14 ± 0.45a
Internet	2.36 ± 6.08	2.52 ± 5.96	2.01 ± 6.13	1.48 ± 4.60
Transportation	0.05 ± 0.40	0.20 ± 1.95	0.03 ± 0.23	0.19 ± 1.13
Spiritual counseling	0.46 ± 1.21	1.49 ± 4.45	0.50 ± 1.63	0.59 ± 1.45
Resource packet	0.37 ± 2.97	1.55 ± 2.48	0.05 ± 0.27	1.41 ± 2.69
Respite care	0.09 ± 0.50	0.87 ± 4.46	0.24 ± 1.09	0.47 ± 2.56
Food delivery	0.22 ± 1.96	0.28 ± 2.10	0.04 ± 0.20	0.21 ± 1.48
Care recipient
Total	2.71 ± 5.76	6.79 ± 13.72	2.74 ± 7.22	5.11 ± 10.68
Support group	0.02 ± 0.20	0.00 ± 0.00	0.06 ± 0.25	0.03 ± 0.23
Alzheimer’s Association	0.02 ± 0.14	0.04 ± 0.39	0.06 ± 0.29	0.04 ± 0.41
Department of Elderly Affairs	0.03 ± 0.22	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00
Government service	0.02 ± 0.20	0.00 ± 0.00	0.04 ± 0.20	0.00 ± 0.00
Legal advice	0.07 ± 0.25	0.07 ± 0.29	0.13 ± 0.42	0.02 ± 0.15
Internet	0.06 ± 0.36	0.05 ± 0.49	0.06 ± 0.52	0.00 ± 0.00
Transportation	1.39 ± 4.51	2.36 ± 8.04	1.16 ± 4.60	2.22 ± 5.76
Spiritual counseling	0.22 ± 0.84	0.88 ± 4.22	0.32 ± 1.16	0.38 ± 1.27
Resource packet	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.01 ± 0.10	0.00 ± 0.00
Respite care	0.54 ± 2.54	0.89 ± 3.89	0.61 ± 2.15	0.32 ± 2.22
Food delivery	0.35 ± 2.43	0.87 ± 4.18	0.29 ± 2.58	0.43 ± 2.52

Values presented are the mean number of times per month each service was used.

^aSignificant group differences in service use.