Caregiver Respite

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Caregivers sometimes need a break from providing care. Using respite care services can support and strengthen the caregiver’s ability to continue to care for the person at home. Respite care can be provided in the home, in a residential care facility, or in a community setting such as an adult day care center.

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ADSSP Evidence-Based Practice Brief OT Intervention

Source: Dooley
This is a paper on evidence-based practice for people with early stage dementia.
(External Link)
Updated December 28, 2010

ARCH Transportation Access and Respite Care
Source: ARCH
This ARCH fact sheet, prepared by Easter Seals with Easter Seals Transportation Group and Everline Consulting, LLC, provides strategies for identifying transportation options and eliminating transportation barriers related to the provision and receipt of respite care. It addresses how to help family caregivers, providers and Lifespan Respite programs identify community transportation resources.
(External Link) • File type: pdf
(PDF)
Associated Date: December 2012

FY 2011 Lifespan Respite Care Program; Program Announcement and Grant Application Instructions
Source: AoA
FY 2011 Lifespan Respite Care Program; Program Announcement and Grant Application Instructions
(PDF)
Associated Date: April 2011

ADRC Roles in Supporting Family Caregivers: Federal Programs/State Opportunities
Source: AoA: Greg Link
Greg Link's presentation from the ADRC Roles in Supporting Caregivers session at the 2011 National Grantee Meeting
(Powerpoint)
(PDF)
Associated Date: February 2011

Supporting Caregivers

Source: Gail Koser
2011 National Meeting Session: ADRC Roles in Supporting Caregivers
(PDF) • File type: doc
(Powerpoint) • File type: doc
Associated Date: February 15, 2011

Health Care Reform and Family Caregivers
Source: The National Center on Caregiving at Family Caregiver Alliance
This paper from the Family Caregiver Alliance provides an overview of the provisions in recently-passed health care reform legislation that will have the most direct impact on family caregivers. These include provisions related to long-term care, including the CLASS Act, care quality and coordination, health insurance coverage, and health care workforce development.
(PDF)
Added July 9, 2010

ADSSP Project Planning Tool ADDGS Volunteer Respite Programs

Source: ADSSP National Resource Center Studies
Paper provides resources to sustain volunteer respite programs including Faith in Action, Lifespan Respite and Access to Respite Care and Health (ARCH).
(Word) • File type: doc
Updated December 28, 2010

ADSSP Project Planning Tool District of Columbia Montessori-Based Programming Evaluation

Source: DC ADSSP Grantee
Paper describes District of Columbia's evaluation of Montessori-Based programming in four adult day care centers.
(Word) • File type: doc
Associated Date: October 01, 2006

ADSSP Project Planning Tool Nebraska ADDGS Consumer Directed Voucher Program

Source: Nebraska ADSSP Grantee
Report on Nebraska's Consumer-Directed Voucher Program for Caregivers that includes a caregiver support component.
(Word) • File type: doc
Associated Date: June 01, 2006

ADSSP Project Planning Tool North Carolina Project CARE

Source: North Carolina ADSSP Grantee
Report on North Carolina's Project CARE (Caregiver Alternatives to Running on Empty) targeted to serve rural, underserved, minority populations.
(Word) • File type: doc
Updated December 28, 2010

North Carolina ADDGS Grant Project

Source: ADSSP National Resource Center Studies
Report developed by the ADSSP National Resource Center that describes systems and sustained change in North Carolina.
(PDF) • File type: pdf
Associated Date: January 01, 2006

Lifespan Respite: Ensuring Access to Respite Services for all Caregivers

Source: Administration on Aging, ARCH National Respite Coalition
This is the Power Point presentation by Greg Link and Jill Kagan given at the 2010 National Meeting during the session entitled Introduction to Lifespan Respite: Federal Opportunities and Best Practices.
(Powerpoint)
(PDF)
Added February 17, 2010