SOUTHERN PINES — For nearly the past year, Lorraine Weber has welcomed the calming presence of a respite care provider into her home to help with her son Robbie, who has moderate autism. Robbie ...

FORT McCOY, Wis. - Children of a deployed parent(s) in the Fort McCoy community are eligible for 16 hours of free respite child care per month. Jan Fink, Fort McCoy Child, Youth & School Services ...

FORT RILEY, Kan. - The Exceptional Family Member Program's respite care gives Families of individuals with special needs an opportunity to rest. The program provides care for special needs individuals ...

Actively caring for a family member who needs daily assistance can provide a number of benefits to the caregiver. They may experience a sense of giving back to a parent or grandparent who raised them.

After a hospital stay, most people want to recover in the comfort of their own home. But that is not an option for a patient who is experiencing homelessness. That’s where medical respite centers come ...

Although the NER Respite Care Program has served hundreds of families over its life, that’s a drop in the bucket of the estimated unmet need for respite care in Minnesota, where about a half million ...

Leslie and Brian Young endured a parent's worst nightmare. The Jacksonville couple's twin daughters, Kelsi and Carly, were born in January 2005, and Kelsi had a compromised lymphatic system that led ...

NARRAGANSETT – As Mister Rogers’ mother said, always “look for the helpers. You’ll always find people who are helping.” That was the case on a foggy morning last week at Roger Wheeler State Beach as ...

The New Jersey, Hunterdon County, Statewide Respite Care Program which is offered through Visiting Health and Supportive Services offers assistance to the person who needs care so that the caregiver ...