Respite providers assess the need for respite care in the community and collaborate with other organizations to promote available, affordable respite care.

Research Note: Research on respite care for children shows that most families access respite care through referral from a social service or medical provider.

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Outreach strategies connect caregivers with respite care before they become overwhelmed with care-giving responsibilities.

Research Note: Literature suggests that a lack of trust in the organization or the provider and limitations on the location of respite care can be barriers for some families.

Research Note: Studies on respite care for adults repeatedly show that respite care is underutilized. One study found that 5% of caregivers surveyed used respite care. Another study found that caregivers of adults often wait until caregiving becomes overwhelming before accessing services, and researchers caution that this may limit the ability to keep the adult in the home.

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	PURPOSE: Respite Care reduces caregiver stress, promotes the well-being and safety of care recipients, and contributes to stable families.

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	CAREGIVER The provider of physical, emotional, and social needs to another person, often dependent and unable to provide for his or her own needs. Caregiver is the generic term used for the direct service providers in Community Care and Support Services (CCS).


	COMMUNITY A specific group of people living in the same locality and who may share a common culture, values, and norms. Communities can also be defined by race, religion, ethnicity, age, occupation, political status, tribal affiliation, interest in particular problems or outcomes, or other common bonds. The term "community" encompasses worksites, schools, tribes, residential neighborhoods, business districts, recreational areas, and health and human service sites.


	RESEARCH For purposes of COA accreditation, all forms of internal or external research involving persons served except internal program evaluation and outcomes research, or educational projects performed by students and interns that are part of their professional training.


	SERVICE One or more organization-operated programs or activities that have a common general objective and deploy the organization's material and human resources in a planned and systematic manner. An organization that publicly promotes or identifies itself in writing as offering a service, is licensed to deliver a service, assigns personnel and/or space to a service, or allocates financial resources to a service is considered to offer that service.


	OUTREACH Contact initiated by a provider to identify persons in need of services, to provide information to them about services and benefits, and to encourage the use of appropriate services.