CARE GUIDE: Caregiver Support
Caregiver Services support family members and friends in their caregiving roles by providing therapeutic counselling and relief from their care duties.
Caregiver Support Service - Respite
A support service provided in a client's home offering relief for family and friends from their caregiving role, relieving some of the stress placed on family relationships. Services may include supervision, personal care, light housekeeping and meal preparation. [Top]
Caregiver Support Service - Support and Counselling
This service provides therapeutic counselling to a caregiver with an emotional, behavioural or personality problems impeding their ability to provide care and support for a client. This service is provided to caregivers in a group or individual session under the direction of a professionally trained individual. [Top]
Caregiver Support Service - Training, Information and Education
This service provides information and education about diseases, as well as training and moral support that will assist the caregiver in providing physical care and emotional support to the client. Service is provided on a timely, goal-directed basis under the direction of a professionally trained individual. This service is provided in group or individual sessions. [Top]
Caregiver Support Service - Volunteer Hospice Visiting Service
A support service where volunteers are recruited, trained and aided in providing support to individuals in receipt of palliative care. Palliative Care is the compassionate care of persons facing a life threatening or terminal illness, when treatment to prolong life has been discontinued and control of symptoms, both physical and emotional, are paramount. Generally, the client will be matched with one volunteer. More than one volunteer will be provided where a volunteer is required to stay with a palliative care client for long periods of time, and occasionally 24-hour periods. The palliative care visitor supplements the support of family and friends. In some situations, a palliative care visitor may be the only source of support for the client. [Top]
There are a number of care options available
from community agencies. Select one of the following for information
about these options: