Onemethodofprovidingassistancetofamilycaregiversisrespitecare, where someone else comes intothe hometoprovide care, relieving the spouse for a period of time.
Participants provide an hour of service to earn an hour of service in return, involving such services as tutoring students, teaching English or other languages, gardening and lawncare, housecleaning, helping the homeless and teaching them skills, rides for those without transportation (or for seniors who can no longer drive), respite care freeing caregiversfor children with special needs, adults with disabilities, and aged seniors to take a break, and other services.
So today we're proposing more support forcaregivers by providing counseling, training, help with transportation, and temporary respite care when they just need a break or they have to work -- which most all of them do.