In our program, the caregiver was the respite client, not
the care recipient.
From Cheryl Dinnell, Nevada Lifespan Respite Care Coalition
Under our pilot program, Respite Rx, we had one instance
where 2 family caregivers were sharing care (sisters who took different days
each week to provide care). We let both sisters apply so they got respite
sessions for the times they were there with their mom. But the
scheduling/invoices had to be separated out so that the right funding allotment
was spent down.
However, when it came to multiple care recipients, we did
not increase the amount of funding allotment because we wanted to see how
caregivers used respite for themselves. The respite provider was covering more
than one, of course, but the caregiver and respite provider were able to
negotiate the rate of pay that was acceptable to both parties. That probably
impacted the number of hours of respite available at that rate.
Hope this helps!
