Respite care (for orla)
- Created by: miacampbell31
- Created on: 07-04-22 11:40
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- Respite Care
- Caregiving for a family member with a learning disability, is a demanding job and no one is equipped to do it alone. Finding respite care services can provide a vital break.
- They may even be able to pick up now tips on ways to tackle common problems they face as a caregiver, helping to make the caregiving journey a more enjoyable and rewarding experience for both themselves and the loved on in their care.
- Respite care can take place in their own home, at day-care centres, or at residential or nursing facilities that offer overnight stays.
- Whether it's for just a few hours, a week or an extended vacation, seeking respite care can help ease the burden of family caregiving and help to relieve stress, restore their energy, and promote balance in their life.
- Respite care can benefit the person that is being cared for, also, providing them with variety, stimulation, and a welcome change of routine.
- Seeking support and maintaining their own health is key to managing the person's role as caregiver, and is not selfish for the main caregive to need to themselves. If they are overwhelmed by the daily grind of caregiving, their patience and compassion will wear thin, they will find it harder to connect with the person they are caring for, and they will probably feel unfulfilled.
- After a break to charge their batteries, though, they will feel more energetic, focused, and reinvigorated about their caregiving role.
- Respite care can take many forms, it's main arms are to: share the responsibility for careging and get support for the primary caregiver.
- Respite could take the form of enlisting friends and family to watch the loved one so the carer can take a break to visit others, go to the gym, or handle chores.
- Respite care can mean finding volunteers or paid carers to provide in-home services for the loved one, either occasionally or on a regular basis. Finally, respite care can mean using out-of-home services such as adult day care centres or nursing homes to provide the carers with a break and their loved one with the continued care that they need.
- The main types of respite care are, day care centres, homecare from a paid carer, a short stay in a care home, getting friends and family to help, respite holidays and sitting services.
- Caregiving for a family member with a learning disability, is a demanding job and no one is equipped to do it alone. Finding respite care services can provide a vital break.
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