[Assessing caregiver burden using the Zarit scale, an in-house respite care system]

In recent years, the concepts of caregiver, burden, and respite have emerged in France. The development of home hospitalization, increasingly shorter hospital stays, advances in treatment, and longer life expectancy have led to rapid growth in the number of caregivers. Their number is estimated at over 9 million. Driven by these various observations, the Maison de répit de Tassin-la-Demi-Lune respite care facility was created in 2018. Six years after it opened, an assessment of the burden of care was carried out using the Zarit scale in order to measure the impact of the actions proposed and implemented within the facility and to share best practices in supporting caregivers.