Substitute supervision and care for a dependent person, to allow time off for the regular caregiver. (528)
care and supervision usually provided by volunteer organizations that provides a person's caregiver some time of rest or relief.
Temporary care provided by people other than the usual caregivers, to permit relief for on-going caregivers so they can rest and attend to other responsibilities.
Providing temporary relief to the caregiver(s) from the duties of caring for the patient. Respite care may be provided by members of the interdisciplinary home care team, homemakers or volunteers in the patient's home or other residential setting.
If you receive care from family or friends,the LTC policy will pay benefits for formal care while your regular caregivers take a break or go on vacation - up to 24 days in a 12-month period.
Many Carers don't know what is meant by the term respite. Basically, it means "time out". Taking a break from your care-giving role, to allow you time to attend to other matters or have a well-earned rest. There are many different types of respite. These are determined by what best suits your needs and the needs of the person being cared for. Sometimes Respite can feel like more trouble than its worth. At first, taking a break can be difficult but if you persevere the benefits will usually outweigh the effort. Family Carers frequently claim that respite is the support they need most, but often reject respite when it is offered because of the initial disruption and strain it has on their routine.
Help to carers to give them a temporary break from the care they provide. This may take place in the person's own home, with an approved carer, in a day centre or in a setting away from the home. It may be for very short periods of a few hours, or for longer periods of up to 2-3 weeks.
Rest and relief help for families caring for terminally ill patients.
A service designed to provide temporary care for a person with a disability who ordinarily lives with family or friends, or to assume temporary responsibility for care of the person in his/her own home. This service provides back-up support and in some cases relief to persons responsible for care of ill or people with disabilities who ordinarily live in their household.
Respite care facilities allow families a usually short interval of rest or relief due to a temporary intermission of labor or care giving. Services are for children with stressed or neglectful parents and adults with developmental disabilities
The provision of services which provide breaks for parents of children with special needs. Care may be given in the child’s home, in the home of a respite foster family or in residential establishments. Respite care is provided by social services departments, voluntary organisations or by support groups run by parents.
A service that provides a temporary break for parents caring for their children. Types of respite may include a home health nurse for an ill child or an individual who cares for a child while a parent takes to time run errands or attend appointments.
Temporary, intermittent relief for the family member or other person taking care of an elderly or disabled adult or a child at risk.
A service provided to the families of children who require extraordinary forms of care so that the family can take vacations, handle business affairs, and have some relief from the duties of caring for the child.
Temporary relief from duties for caregivers, ranging from several hours to days. May be provided in home or in a residential care setting such as an assisted living facility or nursing home.
Temporary caregiving services provided when the primary caretaker needs time away from caregiving. Respite care is provided in-home or an alternative location for a short stay. CaregiverPA Resources - Respite Care
Temporary care of the patient by hospice practitioners, in order to provide the primary caregiver with some time for mental and physical rest.
Care given to some-one for a short period usually away from their own home so their family can have a rest from the burdens of caring for them
The provision of personal care, supervision, or other services to a functionally impaired person in order to temporarily relieve a family member or other primary caregiver from caregiving duties. Respite care services are usually provided in the impaired person's home or in another home or homelike setting, but may also be provided in a nursing home.
service in which trained professionals or volunteers come into the home or provide short-term care at a nursing facility (from a few hours to a few days) for an older person to allow caregivers some time away from their caregiving role. Adult day service may be another way to provide "respite."
A program of care designed to give temporary relief to family caregivers: may be offered in the home or in an institution.
Respite care provides temporary relief for primary caregivers of older individuals. This service may be provided for varied periods of time in a location agreed upon by the caregiver, the older individual and the respite provider.
With long-term care insurance, should a spouse or family member who normally provides care need temporary relief, respite care coverage will pay the costs of interim professional care services.
Short term care arrangements to provide temporary relief from caregiving responsibilities for caregivers.
Services that provide people with temporary relief from the tasks associated with care giving. Examples of respite care include in-home assistance, short nursing home stays and adult day care
Planned relief for parents of children who exhibit difficult behaviors and/or are severely emotionally disturbed , offered through local agencies in community homes with trained personnel.
Supervision of children, provided by an alternate Inner Circle home, while the primary foster parent(s) are out of town or unable to care for the child/children.
Service in which trained professionals or volunteers come into the home or facility to provide short-term care (from a few hours to a few days) for an older person to allow caregivers some time away from their caregiving role. Senior Center - Provides a variety of on-site programs for older adults including recreation, socialization, congregate meals, and some health services. Usually a good source of information about area programs and services.
Care given as an alternative care arrangement with the primary purpose of giving the carer or a care recipient a short term break from their usual care arrangement.
Another form of adult day care usually providing the same services, but for longer periods of time over twenty four hours to allow the relative or other primary care provider to have a break in their daily care routines. Respite care services include meals, house keeping, and, if needed, personal assistance in bathing, dressing, walking, grooming, and medication supervision among other services.
Also known as carer support. A period of alternative care that enables a usual caregiver to have a break from looking after a person with disability. It may involve a replacement caregiver staying at, or visiting, a person's home. Alternatively, the person with disability may stay in a hospital, a rest home or another service providing out-of-home care.
rest or relief from caretaking obligations.
Services designed to provide relief for the carer as well as the service user by taking on the caring task for short or long periods of time. This may take place in the person's home, residential care or other settings.
A service that provides a break for parents who have a child with a serious emotional disturbance. Some parents may need this help every week. It can be provided in the home or in another location. Trained parents or counselors take care of the child for a brief period of time. This gives families relief from the strain of taking care of a child with a serious emotional disturbance.
Respite refers to short-term, temporary care provided to people with disabilities so their families can take a break from the daily demands and stress associated with caring for a seriously ill loved one. Respite services may sometimes involve overnight care for an extended period, allowing families to take short vacations. Respite care is not typically considered to be a covered medical expense.
A program that offers overnight accommodations and medical care for individuals who cannot take care of themselves and normally are cared for at home by family members. Respite care gives the routine caregivers a temporary respite from their caregiving responsibilities.
provides a break for the primary caregiver of a disabled person at home.
Care that allows a carer to have a break from their caring responsibilities.
Temporary or short-term care provided during the occasional interruption of the regular home-care schedule. ................................................
Short-term care arrangements, sometimes available through community agencies and long-term care facilities that provide temporary relief from caregiving responsibilities.
A means for taking over the care of a person temporarily (for a few hours to a few days) to provide a period of relief for the primary caregiver.
temporary, part-time company for a dependent elder intended to give the primary caregiver (usually a spouse or other family member) some time off. See Chapter 2, Section J.
Skilled adult – or child-care and supervision that can be provided in your home or the home of a care-provider. Respite care may be available for several hours per week or for overnight stays.
Is nursing home or home care that temporarily replaces the existing level of support received from an informal, non paid caregiver for the purpose of providing care and supervision to the patient while relieving the caregiver.
Is short-term care provided in an institution, in the home, or a community-based program, that is designed to relieve a primary care giver in the home (CIC 10232.9 [b] [6]). S ~ T
service in which trained staff or volunteers come into the home to provide short-term care (from a few hours to a few days) for the senior. This allows caregivers, who are prone to becoming burned out, to obtain some time away from their caregiving role.
A hospice service that provides relief for caregivers of hospice patients by arranging a brief period (up to five days) of inpatient care for the patient.
Care provided to a person with disabilities/special needs or a person at risk of abuse or neglect, in order to provide temporary relief to the caregiver of that person or when the caregiver is unable to provide care.
substitute care for a few hours to a few days to provide relief for the primary care giver(s).
continuous care of the patient in the most appropriate setting for the primary purpose of providing temporary relief to the family from the duties of caring for the patient. (Covered under most Long-Term Care Plans.)
The purpose pf respite care is to furnish the primary caregiver a short-term relief from their day-to-day responsibility. This care is available in or away from the home.
Respite care provides temporary relief from caregiving tasks. Such care could include in-home assistance, a short nursing home stay or adult day care.
Care provided through a Long Term Care Facility, alternate care facility, independent caregiver, or Home Health Care Provider, to temporarily relieve the informal caregiver.
Care for a child with a disability given by a specialized babysitter or given in an institutional setting. This care gives the child's usual caregiver (a parent or guardian) a break from providing the care.
services by a substitute provider, from a few hours to a few days, to give time off to the regular caregiver.
Short-term inpatient stay in a facility to relieve those who regularly assist with the care at home.
Short-term placement for individuals in facilities that enable relatives caring for them at home to take some time off from their caregiving responsibilities. This can often work very well in an independent and/or assisted community on a trial period, which may become longer term. New Horizons in Marlborough offers respite care enrollments.
This service gives a family a short break (relief) where someone else temporarily takes care of your child for a few hours or a few days. Respite care can be provided in your home, at the respite care provider's home, or at a special respite care facility.
Temporary care of a child by hospice practitioners, in order to provide parents or family members with some time for mental and physical rest.
includes temporary child care services that are short-term and non-medical in nature, provided either in or out of the home
Care that is provided to long-term care patients, at home, by professionals or volunteers for a few hours or a few days while allowing typically informal caregivers some time away from providing care.
Short-term care provided for a child to give adoptive or foster parents time to replenish the physical or emotional resources necessary in parenting
child care and other services designed to give foster and adoptive parents temporary relief from their responsibility as caregivers.
A system to provide regular or special relief topersons or families providing care for persons unable to care forthemselves. It also is a proposed Medicare benefit.
A type of support service provided by disability organisations. Respite care provides a break for people with disabilities and their families through host family, in-home, peer support, respite options and vacation care programs.
Long term care services provided at home or in a facility to temporarily relieve the family or friends who normally provide care for an impaired individual.
Temporary care of a person with disabilities, to give the regular caregiver time off to attend to personal needs or emergencies.
Care provided either by paid workers who come to the home for short periods of time or by a nursing facility when a patient stays for a short period of time to give family members a rest.
Temporary care provided by someone else so that the everyday caregiver may take a break or tend to other responsibilities.
Temporary care provided to a terminally ill patient allowing a family member who may be the primary caretaker to take a break from nursing duties.
Care provided to a patient in the home or hospital by professionals that allows the usual caretakers (i.e., the family) to have a break from continuous care.
A form of temporary care in the home, or in a more formal care setting, to relieve the primary caregiver who has been providing constant care.
Thesaurus of psychological index terms Provision of care, relief or support to carers of physically or mentally disabled persons.
The provision of short-term relief (respite) to families caring for their frail elders offers tremendous potential for maintaining dependent persons in the least restrictive environment. Respite services encompass traditional home?based care, as well as adult day health, skilled nursing, home health aide and short term institutional care. Respite can vary in time from part of a day to several weeks.
Is care for perhaps a few hours or a few days, which gives the carer and user a short break from each other. The carer can have a rest from their caring duties.
Temporary or periodic care provided by a third party for people with disabilities, illnesses, dementia or other health problems while their usual caregivers take an occasional break from their caregiving responsibilities. Respite care can be provided at home, in the community (e.g., adult day care centers or special respite programs) or overnight in a facility such as a nursing home or assisted living residence.
Normally associated with Hospice care, respite care is a benefit to family members of a patient whereby the family is provided with a break or respite from caring for the patient. The patient is confined to a nursing home for needed care for a short period of time.
temporary relief from the burden of caregiving provided in the home, a nursing home, or elsewhere in a community.
Care provided through a long-term care facility to temporarily relieve the informal caregiver's burden of responsibility.
Where a care worker or someone else provides care, enabling the carer to take a break (can be days or weeks)
Provides a much needed break for a caregiver.
If you are a carer (above) this can give you a temporary break from the care you provide. The respite care may take place in the home of the person you care for, with an approved carer, or in a day centre, or in a setting away from the home. It may be for very short periods of a few hours, or for longer periods of up to 2-3 weeks.
Offers a few hours to several days of help to relieve family caregivers.
Designed to give family a short break from the duties of constant care.
Health] temporary, short-term care for the sick or disabled, to allow volunteer caregivers to have a brief rest from caring for chronically ill or disabled relatives at home [similar to ASOP No. 18
Assisting parents of a mentally disturbed child in taking a break for a while. This service is provided by trained professionals to relive the stress on parents.
Scheduled short-term nursing facility care provided on a temporary basis to an individual who needs this level of care but who is normally cared for in the community. The goal of scheduled short-term care is to provide relief for the caregivers while providing nursing facility care for the individual. Short-term stay beds used for respite care must be distinct from general nursing facility beds.
Services that provide people with temporary relief from tasks associated with caregiving (e.g., in-home assistance, short nursing home stays, adult day care).
The temporary admission of a dependent older person to an institution to provide both a period of rest (or respite) for the carer and an opportunity for palliative or rehabilitative care for the person.
"Respite" refers to short term, temporary care provided to people with disabilities in order that their families can take a break from the daily routine of caregiving. Unlike child care, respite services may sometimes involve overnight care for an extended period of time.
Respite is a short-term arrangement that affords a caregiver some time off to refresh and relax.
A few hours to several days of assistance to give a temporary rest or break from caregiving for the individual's usual caretaker, often a family member or friend. The service can be provided at home or in a facility setting such as a nursing home. Benefits for respite care are included in most long-term care insurance policies. Medicare covers respite care only for the terminally ill under their hospice program.
Skilled care and supervision of an adult or child with disabilities that can be provided in the family's home or the home of a care-provider. Respite care may be available for several hours per week or for overnight stays and is often publicly funded.
Temporary or short-term home care of a child provided for pay or on a voluntary basis by adults other than the parents (birth, foster or adoptive parents).
A means of taking over the care of a patient temporarily (a few hours up to a few days) to provide a period of relief for the primary caregiver. [Click Here To Return To List
Care intended to provide temporary relief to a full-time caregiver.
Respite care refers to any type of care delivered on a short-term basis for the purpose of providing a break or rest for the patient or caregiver. Respite care is ideal if a caregiver needs to leave town on business, vacation or in an emergency situation.
Short term placement of elderly or disabled individuals in extended care facilities to enable relatives or others caring for them at home to take some time off in their caregiving responsibilities.
Respite care is the temporary residential care for a patient with the intention of providing a break for the primary care givers. Respite care may be given in a hospice or alternatively as organised holidays for patients.