Making Respite Time More Effective – A Bilingual Planning Tool

To assess your own need for respite and to ensure that you are making the most of your respite time, there are tools to help!

The North Carolina Lifespan Respite Project and the High Country Area Agency on Aging developed a planning tool for family caregivers, Making Respite Time More Effective (in English and Spanish), to help them make the best use of their respite time. To learn more about the importance of planning for respite, watch the webinar, Making Respite More Effective.

Additional Respite Time Planning Tools

Dr. Rebecca Utz at the University of Utah and a member of the ARCH Committee for Advancement of Respite Research, has developed and researched the effectiveness of an app, Time for Living and Caring, that helps family caregivers more effectively use respite time.

The VA also provides a respite planning tool for caregivers of Veterans. This tool may be useful to all family caregivers.

See also the LifeCourse Tools for Respite.