AAA Respite Services

Did You Know?

• Volunteers are screened, trained and matched in order to visit older adults who are experiencing isolation or some degree of compromised health? For two hours a week, volunteers provide companionship to older adults who live alone or with a family caregiver.
• Social isolation is a too common and detrimental condition among elders, having a negative effect on quality of life and health? It can lead to pervasive loneliness, premature death, obesity and economic insecurity.
• 43.5 million family caregivers take care of an older adult an average of 20 hours a week, and need regular breaks from their caregiving? This break is called respite.
• The Respite Assistance Program is jointly sponsored by Boulder County Area Agency on Aging and local senior services from Boulder, Lafayette, Longmont and Louisville. The Respite Assistance Program provides financial assistance for respite services to family caregivers of older adults in Boulder County. Grants of up to $500.00 per year are awarded and may be used in the home to reimburse a relative, friend, neighbor or professional care providers, at an adult day program, or in a long term care facility for a limited stay.