Home-based Respite Care (HBRC)

Introduction 

 

Home-based Respite Care (HBRC) is a short-term support service for caregivers whose loved ones are receiving home palliative care, including compassionate discharge patients. It aims to help caregivers cope with their loved one’s changing care needs during this period, and to relieve their stress for a short period.

 

Services provided

 

An interim caregiver who is a trained care staff will visit the home to help with:

• Personal care and daily living activities: Examples include bathing or assisted bathing, toileting, feeding or nutrition intake and transferring from bed to chair
• Light housekeeping for hygiene and safety: Examples include sweeping the floor and laundry (using washing machine)
• Higher-level care tasks: Examples include simple wound dressing, stoma care and tracheostomy suctioning
• Light activities prescribed by a therapist: To maintain your loved one’s wellbeing