Family Respite Program The South Carolina Chapter provides short-term respite--time away from caregiving responsibility--for full-time family caregivers. A voucher for up to $500 worth of care is available once a year.

With your respite voucher, family members are able to arrange care through approved home care agencies, adult day care, or temporary placement in a long term care facility. The approved agency or facility will bill the association for up to $500 worth of services. The respite program is not designed to pay for services on a long term basis.

Application materials in PDF form are available to download and print below.  Please make sure that you print all 4 documents (6 pages total).

Assistance To Attend Support Group Meetings and Other Events

If a no-cost, in-home patient sitter is needed so that the caregiver can attend a monthly support group meeting, education program or Alzheimer's Association event such as Memory Walk, respite assistance is available. Payment for support group in-home sitters does not have to be used out of the $500 respite voucher but is available monthly. Sitters during support group must be arranged with a home care agency several days prior to the meeting. Again, call the Alzheimer's Association office nearest you for more information.