Respite care for family caregivers in North Dakota
Yes.
In North Dakota, family caregivers can get respite through three programs on record: Respite Care Service, Family Caregiver Support Program and Lifespan Respite Care Grant Service.
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Respite program
Respite Care Service
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Who qualifies
People eligible for the Medicaid Waiver for Home and Community Services, SPED or ExSPED who have a full-time, live-in primary caregiver who needs occasional relief from constant care or emergencies, and who need a qualified caregiver while the primary caregiver is away. The relief cannot be for the caregiver's job or schooling.
Respite can be given in the person's home or in a respite provider's home, or in an institution through an enrolled institutional respite provider. If the primary caregiver does not live with the person but makes frequent visits each day, the HCBS Program Administrator can give prior approval.
People caring for an adult 60 or older, or for a person of any age with Alzheimer's or another type of dementia. Relatives 55 or older caring for grandchildren or other young relatives 18 or younger, or for an adult child 19 to 59 with a disability, also qualify.
Services include respite care, a short break for caregivers who provide 24-hour care. Services are free to people who qualify; caregivers can contribute toward the cost.
Caregivers of children with special needs or of adults who have an urgent need for respite care and no access to other public funding, or who are on a waiting list for services. The caregiver must live with the care recipient, or make frequent on-site visits throughout the day that are essential to the person's health and safety.
Respite funding is capped. Needs can arise from caregiver illness, medical appointments, hospitalization or death, illness of a loved one, a funeral, home damage, conflict, abuse or neglect prevention, or risk of losing a job, among others.
Contact Adult and Aging Services at the ND Department of Health and Human Services, through the Aging and Disability Resource-LINK, for more information or to apply for home and community-based services funded through the department.
Requests are accepted only from agencies working with caregivers and care recipients; Aging Services does not accept referrals directly from caregivers or family. The agency submits the Lifespan Respite Care Grant Respite Care Application (SFN 548), and Aging Services must approve every request in advance.
