The goal of Respite services is to support family relationships to sustain the participant living in the family home.

Respite services are only provided to participants living in family homes and are furnished on a short-term basis to provide relief to those persons who normally provide uncompensated care for the participant for at least a portion of the day.

Respite services may include the supervision or provision of assistance to meet participant needs in the following areas:

• 1)  Routine health care (scheduled medical doctor visits);
• 2)  Activities of Daily Living (bathing, toileting etc.);
• 3)  Meal preparation.

The provider must comply with special tasks of nursing (tasks that have been delegated by an RN as specified in HAR Title 16, Chapter 89, Subchapter 15, (“Delegation of Nursing Tasks to Unlicensed Assistive Personnel”) HRS § 457.

For participants who are medically complex and require frequent nursing assessment and observation, Skilled Nursing services can be authorized instead of Respite services to provide temporary relief to the family.