If you are a parent or family member providing support to a child or adult with an intellectual or developmental disability, respite services can provide you with a much-needed break away from your caregiving responsibilities.
The Circle of Care guidebook is designed to assist and support unpaid friends, family, and neighbors who care for someone with a mental health condition.
These respite tools provide information on the importance of respite, tools for thinking about and planning for respite, and additional resources for finding informal respite in the community. Resource materials include a respite guide book, portfolio and other tools meant to help family caregivers caring for anyone of any age or disability to create a plan to access respite services whether within or outside of the formal services system.
Caregiving is an all-consuming responsibility, whether you’re providing hands-on personal care or managing care from a distance. Compassion fatigue can be a side effect of caring for someone in need.
Navigating through a jolly holiday season and wishes for a wonderful new year when living with a chronic, debilitating health condition or caring for someone might have you thinking, “this is no holiday!” But researchers are documenting how expressing thanks can lead to a healthier, happier and less-stressed life.