How Respite Care Helps Families

Providing long-term care for a family member takes an emotional, physical, and financial toll on both caregivers and the elderly receiving care. For family caregivers, providing primary caregiving for an elderly parent or family member is a large task. Many caregivers suffer from exhaustion, sickness, stress, and other symptoms. When providing care for a family member, it is crucial to remember that your well-being and self-care are priorities too.

 

If you’re feeling overwhelmed, respite care may be the relief you’re looking for. Respite care provides caregivers the opportunity for a short break from caregiving responsibilities. Respite care works for you! This means respite care can offer as much or as little help as needed.

 

This means you can hire respite care for a few hours, a few days, or even a few weeks of care help so you can get a break. Simply Compassion offers many flexible options to help provide respite care for primary caregivers. With an hourly scheduling system, we help families get the much-needed break from caregiving they desire.

 

What is Respite Care?

 

Respite care can look different, from situation to situation. Respite care may come from a volunteer, such as a friend or local community member. Respite care may also require paid services through an in-home care agency. The goal of respite care is to fill in with any necessary tasks to help seniors thrive.

 

Benefits of Respite Care

 

As a caregiver, you might find it difficult to find enough time in the day to run errands. As there is only limited time in a day, you may begin to feel overwhelmed between balancing your own life and managing your loved one’s life. Also, you may become isolated as you struggle to find time for social interactions and gatherings.

 

Caregivers face many struggles in managing their own lives. For example, they may find it difficult to take time off or go on vacation. If you’re feeling burdened as a family caregiver, respite care can help. Some benefits of respite care include:

 

• Give you time to renew and relax; offering time to do the things you enjoy (improving your mood)
• Allow you time for self-care to re-energize and maintain a healthy balance
• Provide the opportunity to step away from being a caregiver for a little while
• Help you maintain your sense of self
• Give you time to enjoy life without worry because you know your loved one is being cared for
• Provides an extended period away from caregiving to allow you and your family to take a vacation
• Keeps you socially active instead of feeling isolated from your friends and other family members
• Strengthens your relationship with your loved one
• Offers new social interactions for your elderly family member

 

What Can Respite Care Do?

 

Respite care can offer help by temporarily taking over your daily caregiving responsibilities. This includes assisting your loved one, including help with daily activities such as bathing, dressing, and eating. Also, respite care may be beneficial for your loved one too.

 

It offers them a chance to meet someone new and gain companionship with someone else. Respite care can benefit your entire family.

Many caregivers forget that their loved one cares about their well-being too. Also, sometimes taking a break can be beneficial for your relationship with your loved one. If you spend too much together, you may find yourself becoming resentful or disrespectful. Respite care offers a healthy break when needed.

 

Simply Compassion Respite Care

 

Asking for respite care might be the best thing you can do for both yourself and your elderly loved one. If you’re considering respite care, Contact us today at Simply Compassion. We offer respite care to provide relief for family givers who simply need a break.

 

We offer scheduled respite care as well as emergency respite care. If you need immediate relief, our team will work with you to find an available in-home caregiver.

 

Wondering if respite care is for you? We’re here to answer any questions or worries you may have about hiring respite care. Our agency hires exceptional staff that is compassionate about providing help to seniors in our community. Through an intense hiring process, we take measures to ensure every member of our home care team provides the highest level of care.

 

Contact us today to learn more about Simply Compassion can help give you a break to tend to your own needs.