SOUTHERN PINES — For nearly the past year, Lorraine Weber has welcomed the calming presence of a respite care provider into her home to help with her son Robbie, who has moderate autism. Robbie ...

A poll of people over 50 looks at how many are caregivers for other adults, and at how supported those caregivers and how are they are of supports such as adult day care and respite care.

A program supporting respite care for families of those with disabilities and other needs is being renewed just months after backers worried it was in jeopardy. Tucked inside the government spending ...

Dementia caregivers are at increased risk for burnout and declines in overall health. Since Alzheimer’s is a degenerative disease that attacks the brain – causing impaired memory, thinking and ...

This story was produced through the New York & Michigan Solutions Journalism Collaborative, a partnership of news organizations and universities dedicated to rigorous and compelling reporting about ...

Throughout 2021 and 2022, states have been seeking to include or have successfully included medical respite to Medicaid 1115 waivers. These experimental Medicaid-reimbursed programs are reviewed and ...

One of the more predictable consequences of the current COVID-19 pandemic has been its disproportionate impact on a traditionally marginalized group, the homeless. The more than 560,000 people who ...

FORT RILEY, Kan. - The Exceptional Family Member Program's respite care gives Families of individuals with special needs an opportunity to rest. The program provides care for special needs individuals ...

HEIDELBERG, Germany Aca,!" Take a moment to walk in the shoes of Sgt. 1st Class Angela Blakeney, an Army nurse working as a medial liaison officer at a major Army command. Her husband is deployed for ...

BREMERTON (AP) — Walter Jacque figured he was better off than most people without homes. He had a pickup truck cab he could sleep in at night, snuggled up with his service dog Andy. It wasn’t ...

Ellipsis has launched a new program that provides central Iowa children a place to stay if their parents or guardians may be going through life changes such as an eviction or incarceration and are ...