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Respite Care

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Respite Care
Occasional or temporary care that a nurse or nurse's aide gives to an elderly or disabled person. Some health insurance policies may provide coverage for respite care, and it has been known to reduce the risk of abuse or neglect that comes from putting a loved one in a nursing home.


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Respite Care Can Offer Relief A solution to this problem is respite care.
HEALTH staff have chosen to give their spare pennies to a charity to help build a children's hospice and respite care centre in Huddersfield.
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