What is Lifespan Respite?

 

Lifespan respite is temporary, short-term care for families in crisis, foster parents, care givers of adults and  children with disabilities or special needs person with Alzheimer’s, frail elderly, or families simply needing a break.

 

Nebraska Lifespan Respite

 

On May 20, 1999, the Nebraska Legislature passed a bill establishing the Nebraska Lifespan Respite Program to develop a statewide service system for respite services in the State of Nebraska. Six Health and Human Services service area will have the resources to:

 

·          Assist in the development, recruitment, training and retention of respite providers to serve families

 

·          Establish a simple point of contact for consumers who need respite

 

·          Assist local communities to build on existing resources to meet respite needs.

 

Nebraska Respite Network

Southeast Services Area

 

SESAME (Southeast Services Area Membership Entity) was awarded the contract to establish an infrastructure so that more respite providers can be recruited to meet the growing respite needs of families in the Southeast Service Area which consists of Butler, Cass, Fillmore, Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Lancaster Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Polk, Richardson, Saline, Saunders, Seward, Thayer and York Counties.

 

Blue Valley Community Action, PO Box 273, Fairbury, NE  68352, will provide coordination of respite services in the Southeast Service Area. If you have any questions regarding this effort, please contact Sheryl Rogge, Respite Coordinator at 402-729-2278, ext. 125 or

respite@bvca.net.

 

YWCA of Lincoln,  (YWCA), 1432 N Street, Lincoln, NE  68508, will provide recruitment of individuals interested in providing respite services to families as volunteers or paid providers. If you are interested in providing respite services in Southeast Nebraska, please contact Lynette Carr-Girmus, Respite Recruitment Coordinator at 1-402-434-3494, ext.131 (YWCA), 1-866-RESPITE or lynette@ywcalincoln.org.

 

Community Access to Coordinated Healthcare II (CATCH-2), P.O. Box 273, Fairbury, NE  68352, will provide information and referral services and matching of respite providers and consumers. If you have any questions regarding this effort, please contact Gayle Coffin, CATCH Director at 402-362-7500 (York), catch@alltel.net  or call:

 

1-(866)-RESPITE (737-7483)

Information on Respite Subsidy

 

Nebraska Respite Network