Types of Respite CareRespite care can occur on the weekends, in the evenings, during the weekday, or just about anytime that a caregiver needs a break from the duties they provide. The respite services may be Respite care can occur on the weekends, in the evenings, during the weekday, or just about anytime that a caregiver needs a break from the duties they provide. The respite services may be required for a single day or for multiple days so the caregiver can go on a vacation. The respite care may take place in a nursing home, day care, home health service, or short-term institutional care. Adult day care respite care is programs that are designed to provide care or companionship to disabled or frail individuals who need assistance or just supervision during the day. These programs give a break to those who normally care for these individuals so they can go to work, go about personal business, or just so they can relax without the care giving responsibilities that they normally handle. Informal and volunteer respite care is when another family member, or a friend, neighbor, or church volunteer offers to stay with the cared for individual while the person who normally does the care is given some time off. Many communities offer a on-going program of "friendly visitor programs" that are run by a local church or agency on aging that provide basic respite services to those in the community who are in need of them.
In-home respite care is usually for the elderly impaired individual who just needs companionship, or homemaker services (housekeeping, meal preparation, or shopping services), personal care such as help with bathing, getting dressed, help with exercising, or going to the bathroom and lastly skilled care services such as a visiting nurse who administers medications or takes blood glucose or blood pressure readings.
Typically with agency or organized services federal or state programs help pay the cost of the respite care. Long term care insurance policies may also offer coverage for some forms of respite care. Most paid for respite care will depend on the agency doing the respite care, the location the care is being given in, and the situation of the individual receiving the respite care. Issues with Caregivers
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