Types of respite services
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- Created on: 07-04-22 16:11
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- Types of respite services
- Main aims
- Share the responsibility for caregiving
- Get support for the primary caregiver
- Can take the form of enlisting friends and family to watch the individual so the carer can take a break to, for example, visit others, go to the gym, or handle chores
- Can mean finding volunteers or paid carers to provide in-home services for the individual, either occasionally or on a regular basis
- Can mean using out-of-home services such as adult day care centres or nursing homes to provide the carer with a break and the individual with the continued care that they need
- Main types of respite care
- Day care centres
- Homecare from a paid carer
- A short stay in a care home
- Getting friends and family to help
- Respite holidays
- Sitting services
- Main aims
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