Bringing Respite to Your Community

This start-up manual gives step-by-step instructions for setting up a community-based respite care program.

Bringing Respite to Your Community: a Start-up Manual This manual gives step-by-step instructions on how to begin a respite care program. The 332-page book includes chapters on needs assessment, the planning process, program models, budget, collaboration, marketing, funding, administrative policies and procedures, staffing, daily operations, and evaluation. Included are sample forms, policies, job descriptions, and other resources which can help existing programs reevaluate the design of their current services.