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Conversations on Caregiving – Respite is a contact sport, not a spectator sport

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Podcast 2 – Respite is a contact sport, not a spectator sport.       In this second podcast in the ARCH series, Conversations on Caregiving, Melissa Leisen and Christine McGrane…

Providing and Receiving Respite Care Safely During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Providing and Receiving Respite Care Safely During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Voluntary National Guidelines for Respite Care Agencies, Providers, Family Caregivers, and Respite Care Recipients
UPDATED WITH GUIDANCE ON COVID-19 VACCINATIONS, December 2021

Principal Author:   Kim E. Whitmore, PhD, RN, CPN, Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, and Founder and Chief Change Officer of Ujima United, LLC

Masterpiece Ministries Volunteer Training

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Powerpoint presentation from Masterpiece Ministries

Time for Living and Caring: Making Respite Services Work for You!

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Time for Living and Caring: Making Respite Services Work for You! This brochure from the faculty at the University of Utah Gerontology Interdisciplinary Program and California State University at San…

Volunteer Respite Manual: Creating Valuable Options for Family Caregivers

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Drawing on the experience in volunteer services among ARCH network members, ARCH’s recognized Innovative and Exemplary respite services, and Lifespan Respite grantees and their partners, this step-by-step manual will help…

CareBreak Respite Volunteer Application

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From the CareBreak Respite Program at the Watson Institute

Family Respite Services: A Profile of Respite Support in Windsor, Ontario, Canada

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This webinar was cohosted by ARCH and the BREAK Exchange.   Family Respite Services (FRS) in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, is a community organization that works with families caring for children with…

Nevada Medicaid Home and Community-Based Waivers

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Home and Community-Based 1915(c) Waivers for Respite Support Medicaid is a program in every state that pays for medical assistance for certain individuals and families with low incomes and resources.…

Youth Caregivers-They need respite, too!

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It is hard to even begin to imagine that children, who are also students, are thrust into the complexities imposed by caregiving responsibilities!  They have no experience bank, and like…

ARCH Annotated Bibliography of Respite and Crisis Care Studies, 6th Edition, 2022

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The literature review for this updated bibliography adds summaries of 19 peer-reviewed journal articles. Articles were included from the time period 2020, where the 5th edition left off, through 2022.…

Matrix of Modules, Tasks, Tools, and Resources for Sustaining Lifespan Respite Systems

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The Matrix serves as an interactive table of contents for the Workbook and its five modules. The Finance Project’s Sustainability Planning Workbook, a comprehensive tool composed of five modules and a CD-ROM…

Listening to Family Caregivers: The Need to Include Family Caregiver Assessment in Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Service Waiver Programs

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Produced by AARP Public Policy Institute This research was supported by The John A. Hartford Foundation and the U.S. Administration for Community Living, Administration on Aging. This report presents findings from…