Respite Care

Respite care is a service where another trained person or staff at a facility provide planned, short-term care for the person you care for so you have time away from caregiving. It may be delivered in the home, through an adult day center, or at a residential care facility, and may be provided by home health care agencies, adult family homes, boarding homes, adult day health or adult day care programs, nursing facilities, or family, friends, and volunteers.