Respite Care

Respite care offers family caregivers temporary relief from caring for individuals with various needs. An essential part of an overall home care support strategy, respite care is offered in an individual’s home or in a variety of out-of-home settings for any length of time depending on the needs of the family. As a vital part of the continuum of services for families, ResCare HomeCare respite care helps reduce family stress, thereby helping preserve the family unit, support family stability and prevent lengthy and costly out-of-home care. 

• Adult Respite - Helps ease stress on family members and primary caregivers by providing oversight and care to the dependent person in your home. With a competent, reliable service provider on hand, caregivers can feel free to leave for a specified period to attend to their own needs or those of their family. 
• Alzheimer’s RespiteCare - Caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease can be overwhelmingly time-consuming and physically and emotionally-draining. Time off for the primary caregiver is needed to prevent burnout and relieve stress. Alzheimer's Respite Care services provide the primary caregiver with a break from their duties. ResCare HomeCare understands that caregivers occasionally need time for themselves to address their own personal interests and relationships, take vacations or business trips or simply have the opportunity to rest and renew the spirit.
• Hospital Support - Provided by nurses, who offer support, sit with you and keep family members up-to-date with information as desired during some or all of your hospital stay.
• Overnight - Overnight care and support to give you a worry-free night’s sleep, knowing that support and assistance are available when needed throughout the night. Services include assistance going to bed, including toileting, catheter care, personal hygiene and skin care. Caregivers are awake all night and available to assist with after bedtime transfers, toileting and redirection of confused, agitated or wandering behaviors. Depending on the certification or licensing of the caregiver, duties may include administering medication, changing wound dressings or engaging in other skilled tasks.
• New Baby - Although a bundle of joy, a newborn can be a handful. Sometimes a little extra help around the house in the first few weeks after birth can ease the transition. We offer a full range of support services to new parents and their babies, including bathing, diapering, feeding, sitting or just providing you with time to attend to other tasks.

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