Lifespan Respite Care Network

What is Lifespan Respite Care?

Lifespan Respite Care is a coordinated approach that offers community-based respite care services for family caregivers of adults or children with special needs. Respite care provides short-term care and a period of relief or rest for the caregiver. Services can be provided in the form of in-home respite care or appropriate daycare services when available.

What are the Benefits?

The Lifespan Respite Care Program is a supportive caregiver service that can help alleviate caregiver stress, helps caregivers to maintain their own identity by allowing them time to focus on themselves, and typically can prevent or delay expensive and unwanted out-of-home placement for care recipients. Lifespan Respite Care can also provide comfort to the care recipient, knowing that their caregiver can take a break when needed.

Who is Eligible?

The Lifespan Respite Care Program is caregiver-focused and directed to primary caregivers of individuals who do not currently qualify for other publicly funded respite services. The following are examples of who might qualify for services through the program:

Caregivers of persons who are seriously or terminally ill, who do not currently qualify for hospice care.

Caregivers of persons under 60 who have significant functional impairments, but are not eligible for disability services.

Caregivers of persons with early cognitive deficit resulting in functional impairment, who have not yet received a “likely” diagnosis of dementia.

Grandparents or relative caregivers less than 55 years of age caring for children 18 and younger.

Caregivers of veterans not qualified for respite services from the Veteran’s Administration.

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