Respite Services are intended to assist in maintaining a goal of living in a natural community home and are provided on a short-term, intermittent basis to relieve the person’s family or other primary caregiver(s) from daily stress and care demands during times when they are providing care.
Respite is not intended to be provided on a continuous, long-term basis where it is a part of daily services that would enable an unpaid caregiver to work elsewhere full time. In those cases, Community Living Supports, or other services of paid support or training staff, are used.