Advantages of At-Home Respite Care vs Care in a Facility

At-home respite care allows the person receiving the care to remain in a familiar and comfortable environment.  One-on-one care can then be tailored to recipient’s specific interests and needs, offering them opportunities to explore their interests and integrate their past through life review.   

At-home respite care can also create an individualized, flexible care plan to improve quality of life, targeting the recipient’s needs which may vary from day-to-day.  Encouragement to express one’s needs may also help improve communication between all involved.

It also allows for increased socialization, expanding the social circle for both caregiver and care receiver. If feasible, outdoor trips can be planned either to walk in nature or attend a life enhancing event.

In addition, at-home respite care can reduce stress and anxiety by offering personal attention to the recipient’s unique needs.  With advance-trained care providers, this in turn may help to improve mental health wellbeing with attention to affirmation of past and present, and encouragement in creating wishes for the future.