Table 2.

Carers’ scoring of sources of respite information

Source (n = 68)	Type	Excellent/Good	Fair/Poor	Total
Your GP or local doctor	Person	34	12	46 (65%)
Carer support group	Person	33	2	35 (49%)
Family or friends	Person	26	7	33 (46%)
Commonwealth Respite and Carelink	Helpline	23	2	25 (35%)
My Aged Care	Website	13	5	18 (25%)
Other ‡	Person	16	3	19 (27%)
My Aged Care	Helpline	7	1	11 (16%)
Dementia Advisory Service	Person	7	1	11 (16%)
Alzheimer’s Australia National Dementia Helpline	Helpline	5		9 (13%)
Carers NSW	Helpline		3	5 (7%)
Dementia Illawarra Shoalhaven	Website	2		4 (6%)
Carers NSW	Website	1	2	4 (6%)
Commonwealth Respite and Carelink	Website	1	1	3 (4%)
HSNet	Website			0 (0%)

Note. ‡ ‘Other’ included specific service providers, local councils, specialist doctors and Aged care services