Temporary care provided to people with disabilities, serious conditions or terminal illness, so that their families can have a rest from the daily routine.
Care of a person with handicaps, provided to allow the normal caregiver time off to ease strain. As many more children with severe disabilities or illnesses live at home and attend regular schools, where once they might have lived in hospitals or other institutions, their families have had much increased responsibilities and considerable stress. To help relieve this stress, some public and private organizations have made arrangements to provide occasional respite care.
Short term care (usually a few days) for a long-term care patient in order to provide a respite (rest and change) for those who have been caring for the patient, usually the patient’s family. Respite care may involve hospitalization of the patient, or provision of round-the-clock care at home or in a nursing home as needed.
A variety of services that offer caregivers temporary relief from their responsibilities of caring for disabled or older people. Respite care is offered through in-home and community services, such as home health care, adult day care, and temporary, short-term institutional care.
Provision of short-term care to older, chronically ill, or disabled persons in the community to allow caregivers a temporary relief from their responsibilities. The care may be provided either in the patient’s home, church, community center, nursing home, or caregiver’s home.
Short-term assistance offered to a patient, aimed at granting parents or other caregivers a respite from their caregiving responsibilities, allowing them a period of physical, mental, and emotional rejuvenation.