Comfort Keepers® Offers Families Needed Relief with Respite Care

Comfort Keepers® of State College, Pennsylvania, provides for the in-home care needs of seniors and other adult clients, as well as offering a highly beneficial service to their family members: respite care.

We provide respite care to the family caregivers of seniors we serve. We know that without a chance to take a break and rest, caregiving for an older adult can be demanding and tiring, regardless of the compassion one has for his or her aging parent or other loved one.

Family caregivers can jeopardize their own health—physical and mental—if they provide caregiving nonstop, particularly for a senior who may be at risk without vigilant assistance, such as an individual with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia.

For instance, the Family Caregiver Alliance has reported that 40 to 70 percent of caregivers experience significant clinical symptoms of depression. And one of every 10 family caregivers, according to the Center on Aging Society, reports that caregiving has resulted in a worsening of their own physical health.

Without regular breaks, family caregiving may strain bonds among family members and their loved ones. Respite care provided by Comfort Keepers can help to prevent unhealthful stress and burnout, allowing time spent with loved ones to remain a pleasurable, rewarding experience.

Comfort Keepers of State College, Pennsylvania, can work with family caregivers to schedule regular respite care, providing a Comfort Keeper to come into the home to relieve the family caregiver. Family caregivers schedule respite care to their benefit in a variety of ways:

  • To enjoy a few relaxing hours to themselves or with friends
  • To spend time with other family members
  • To attend to personal business
  • To get away for a vacation
  • To go to work

And whatever the case, family caregivers can get away without having to be concerned about their loved one’s safety and well-being, knowing that a compassionate, gifted caregiver from Comfort Keepers will offer the same concentrated attention and concern that they would.

Comfort Keepers offers a wide range of senior care services, including respite care, in and around the communities of State College, Altoona, Ebensburg, Clearfield and Dubois.