Can respite care services prevent caregiver burnout?

Respite care services can help provide family caregivers with much needed respite time so they can stay energized and prevent getting burned out.  Respite care doesn't have to be confusing or difficult to seek help.  It may be hard to think of yourself and your needs at this time, but if you don't, your life will be consumed by your duties and you will burn out.

Our respite caregivers are trained specifically for these caregiving situations and provide the breaks needed.  Consistent care via respite care for your loved one is maintained and new needs are sometimes recognized by the respite caregiver that may have been overlooked.

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What is respite?

Respite is relief or "time-out" for a person giving care to another. The goal of respite is to provide time away for the caregiver and to provide a social experience for the person receiving care. Respite generally involves someone coming into the home to relieve the caregiver for a few hours. Respite can also mean that someone besides the usual caregiver takes the person being cared for out of the home for an activity. The person receiving care can also go to an adult day care program or nursing home for a short time as a form of respite.

Caregiving is often a 24-hour-a-day job that can be emotionally and physically exhausting. The person receiving care needs you to be as patient and helpful as possible. When caregivers are tired from everyday demands, they may not provide good care. Abuse may even occur. There have been cases where caregivers, many of them spouses, died before the persons they were taking care of because they did not take care of themselves. When this happens, the person needing care often is moved to a nursing home.

No one (except perhaps you) expects you to provide all the care. Others can learn to do what needs to be done. The person receiving care frequently benefits from being around someone different.