One of the hands down most challenging situations any new kinship caregiver in the US faces is the one that deals with their own penned up frustrations, feelings of anger, and of course despair. Kinship caregivers love the patient for whom they care; perhaps it is a child, a parent, a close relative,...

When it comes to state designed respite programs in the United States, Oregon is at the forefront of having crafted a comprehensive, workable, and overall user friendly bit of legislation in the form of the Oregon Lifespan Respite Act. The goal of this legislation is the empowerment of group and organization...

Although it is not a topic that makes headlines, the shortage of respite care volunteers jeopardizes the US healthcare system’s stability and may lead to a number of unforeseen consequences within a short decade or two. Although there are always friends and family members who are at times acting...

While it is not at all certain how dementia is going to affect you and your family on a personal level, the statistics bear out the fact that this kind of illness is going to increase in the population in keeping with the advanced age the average individual is now attaining. Sadly, dementia cannot be...

Have you ever wondered how to be a friend to a kinship caregiver refusing to seek out respite care even though the daily care of a loved one is clearly taking its toll on her or his overall mind and body? If so, you are probably not alone and even more alarmingly, you might have noticed that the person...

As you pick up your loved one from the doctor or hospital, you are without doubt given a plethora of leaflets, instructions, care books, and in some of them you are certain to find very specific orders with respect to times medication must be administered, the amount of time that needs to elapse before...

Special needs children in the foster system were notoriously hard to place. In some cases it was the fact that the conditions were so medically complex that the average foster parent felt ill at ease with the extensive nursing care required on a round the clock basis. Frequently the number of specialists,...

Putting your loved one into a nursing home is a hard decision to make. Although there are times when you have little choice because of your own health and family obligation, more often than not the prospect of putting an elderly parent or other close family member into a home is one that is laced with...

The benefits of respite care are not always clear. Family members and friends often require support when they are coping with caring for older, ill or disabled loved ones. One such available support is respite care services. Respite care is offered in settings such as nursing homes, residential homes,...

Have you ever wondered who the caregivers are that are benefitting from respite care programs in your area? Conversely, have you stopped to think about the patients for whom they provide the kind of care that would normally be offered by medical personnel if no family member were available to take care...

As you know, hospice care is associated with end of life care that is indicated when the odds of surviving the cancer your love done is suffering from no longer appears to be a viable option. While fighting is always possible, the odds of survival are so minimal that the actual treatments may actually...

Kinship caregivers have the option to avail themselves of respite care to get some time to get away from the home where they are providing loving support to their ailing or failing family members. The sometimes overlooked function of respite care is also that it provides a buffer between demanding patients...

Now that you already know that respite care is a great way for kinship caregivers to take some much needed breaks from the daily tasks of tending to a loved one, the next question that needs to be answered deals with the administration of the care. After all, you may already be sold on the idea of applying...

Respite services are given to families who care for a member of the family who has disabilities in order to give the primary caregiver a break. Respite care can be temporary, planned, overnight, short-term, long-term, extended period, or on an emergency basis. Respite care can be administered by various...

The term respite care has been mistakenly applied to a variety of short term care options for individuals who are convalescing, are terminally ill, or require nursing care. Although these patients do at times benefit from respite care, it is actually not they who are truly the recipients but instead...