CGH Medical Center’s Dementia Resources program has two new programs to offer caregivers help and hope. The Caregiver Respite Program is a once-a-week program that allows caregivers to take a break ...

Full-time caregiving is an around-the-clock job, but respite care can give live-in caregivers a short-term break. Caregivers are often managing caring for a loved one with work, other family ...

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As more caregivers take on increasing responsibility, they need interventions that mitigate the negative effects of caregiving on daily life. Since her husband was diagnosed with leptomeningeal ...

Even after a dementia diagnosis, Ralph Ferebee loved to dance — to Motown or funk music, especially, but really to any tune with a good beat. Happily, Ferebee found boogie sessions and more at Respite ...

Aimee Quicke has made repeated trips to emergency rooms, hospitals, behavioral health facilities, and psychiatric lockdowns for mental health crises—including suicidal thoughts—since she was 11. The ...

Nobody can function in any role 24/7 without a break. Yet, that’s what some family caregivers do. Taking time away from the immense responsibility of caring for a loved one seems like a luxury: hard ...

Each Wednesday, Meika Robertson's husband Rob spends the day in respite care going on outings, doing puzzles, arts activities and playing guitar. Rob, a retired musician, enjoys the social ...

Jennifer Cortes, 39, walks across the hall to her father's bedroom each morning to get him ready for the day. His bedroom walls are painted blue, with street signs from the "Cars" movie franchise – ...

Almost a year after Opportunity Enterprises broke ground on its new $6.7 million Lakeside Respite Center, officials returned to share the progress and tout recently received federal funding.

UKRAINIAN children living through war for the past two years are benefitting from a respite holiday, aided by a fundraising cycle undertaken by ...