What is Respite Care?

Respite care is a short term stay for the elders and they are being taken care of by their children at homes, with or without the help of a professional caregiver. It is another name for the short-term break for the caregivers. It can be arranged for the timeline depending on your situation or the choices, which can either be just for a day or several weeks. The highly trained professionals offer respite care to the senior citizens and make them comfortable with new setting. It also helps you to prevent from becoming exhausted. It majorly benefits for the person you are taking care of. It can be offered at places like your home, special daycare centers or at the elder homes like Nema.

Why we need?

If your family is going a holiday or leaving home for some emergency trip, then there is no need for you to be dependent upon the reluctant relatives or neighbors to take care of you. You can consider your vacation with us, at our resort-like homes for the senior citizens. Our elder home has luxurious rooms with a view of the garden and the forest, the community living environment let them enjoy with the company of their fellow senior citizens. We also serve you the sumptuous meals of your choices. It is also important that you take of your health too so that you are efficiently performing your role as a caregiver to your elders. It would not be incorrect to give yourself a little time to rejuvenate.

Types of Respite Services

Respite care is something which is informally provided by the family members, relatives or neighbors, on the other hand, it can be formally provided by the trained specialists. In general, there are several types of respite care services that you can choose it based on your situation and the availability of the services in your local area.

• In-home respite care:

  A specialist in the respite care visits your home or the place where you need the person to take care of. It is usually offered during the day or the complete night.

• Centre-based day respite care:

  This type of respite care is usually offered at the day centers or the clubs. Activities and outings are part of this type of care and they aim to provide an opportunity to the people to socialize with others in a safe environment. They may also offer the transportation facilities to the elder people.

• Overnight/ weekend respite care :

  This type of care services may be offered at your place or at the respite home when you are in the need of the services to take care of your loved ones.

• Community access respite care :

  In community access respite care the individuals are offered the outings or activities among the community for the social experience. It helps them to develop a sense of independent living in the elders.

• Residential respite care:

  When you are in the need of the caregiver to take care of your loved ones, then residential respite care comes to aid you. It offers a short stay for them in the elder homes while you are away for a few days. This service can be opted either as a planned one or in the case of emergencies. .

• Respite care during the emergency:

  In cases when you are not able to take care of a loved one due to sudden issues for the short while the emergency respite care is offered.

• Medical respite care for elderly:

  Medical respite care is provided to the people who are either suffering from serious illness or getting recovered from physical injury.

Benefits of Medical Respite Care




Respite care for the elderly offers relief and renewal to the caregiver, as their other duties can be highly demanding and stressful. The caregivers need equal support and attention to maintain their own health and well being.

• Renewal and relaxation for the caregivers: A walk or stroll in the park or the mall decreases your heart rate and improves the mood. It allows you to re-energize so that you feel joy in taking care of your loved ones.
• Benefits for the elders: The respite care offers the community living in senior homes. They get a chance to meet other senior people and get engaged in the activities specially created for the seniors. Sometimes the seniors enjoy their stay and the care they get in the senior homes like Nemacare.

Cost of respite care for elderly




The cost of respite care depends on the type and location where you receive it?



• Home-based Respite care:

  It can be accessed through elder care homes and home care providers. The cost of home-based respite care is based on the number of hours or days and the type of service you need.

• Care facility-based:

  Care facility-based: Nursing homes, retirement communities, and assisted living offer short respite care. The cost to care facility-based respite care depends on the level of care is needed.
  At Nemacare we offer the best respite care services to the older adults in a community living environment. Our residential homes for older adults are specially designed by international architects to cater to the special requirements of seniors. .

Respite care is a short term stay for the elders and they are being taken care of by their children at homes, with or without the help of a professional caregiver.