{"id":2978,"date":"2016-10-04T16:16:48","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T21:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shct.wpengine.com\/pinebluff\/?p=2978"},"modified":"2026-02-06T18:04:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T18:04:43","slug":"what-is-respite-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/pinebluff\/2016\/10\/04\/what-is-respite-care\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Respite Care?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is respite care?<\/p>\n<p>According to Michelle Howell, LPN, Schmieding instructor and one of our caregiver experts, respite care is \u201ctemporary relief from caregiving for much needed rest for a caregiver. This could be a few hours to a few days, depending on what is needed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Respite care gives the caregiver a chance to reduce stress, build up energy and maintain balance in their lives. One great source of temporary caregiving relief is our Caregiver Directory, a list of caregivers who have been trained through our Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program. Start here to search for a caregiver in your area:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/find-a-caregiver\/caregiver-directory2\/\">Schmieding Home Caregiver Directory<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can also visit AARP\u2019s website for more great tips on how to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aarp.org\/relationships\/caregiving-resource-center\/info-09-2010\/pc_develop_a_respite_plan.html\">Develop a Respite Plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is respite care? According to Michelle Howell, LPN, Schmieding instructor and one of our caregiver experts, respite care is \u201ctemporary relief from caregiving for much needed rest for a caregiver. This could be a few hours to a few days, depending on what is needed.&#8221; Respite care gives the caregiver a chance to reduce&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/pinebluff\/2016\/10\/04\/what-is-respite-care\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":364,"featured_media":2979,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[7,9,10,11,13,29,37,41,42,44,52,53],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/pinebluff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/pinebluff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/pinebluff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/pinebluff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/364"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/pinebluff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2978"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/pinebluff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4150,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/pinebluff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978\/revisions\/4150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/pinebluff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/pinebluff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/pinebluff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/pinebluff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}