Respite

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Re-revised during Ottawa Steering Committee meeting
20–22 April 2004

1. Caregiver: A person who provides ongoing care and assistance, without pay, to family members and/or friends in need of support due to learning or thinking disorders and/or problems of the body, mind, or spirit.
2. Main caregiver: A person responsible for providing the majority of care to the care receiver and/or responsible for coordinating the care.
3. Alternate caregiver: A person other than the main caregiver who provides care to the care receiver to give a break to the main caregiver.
4. Care worker: A person from the health care system who comes in to provide specialized or personalized care to the care receiver.
5. Care receiver: A person being helped by the caregiver and care worker, etc.
6. Respite: The break/time off/relief experienced by the caregiver.
7. Respite as outcome: A caregiver’s feeling of relief or well-being: emotional, mental, spiritual, physical and/or social.
8. Respite care: The care provided to the care receiver while the main caregiver gets respite.

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