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What is Respite Care?
Respite care is a program that pays for care for a short time when family caregivers need a break, need to run errands, or need to go out of town for a few days. Respite Care can be helpful to Veterans of all ages, and their caregiver. 

Caregiver Respite Tool
VA has created a tool to help you incorporate respite into your life. Finding time for yourself can be difficult. This tool was designed to help you define who you are as a caregiver and take-action steps to finding time for you. Click here to access the respite tool: /CAREGIVER/support/docs/Respite_OnlineCaregiverRespiteTool.pdf


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Need Help?

Call VA’s Caregiver Support Line (CSL) at 1-855-260-3274 to learn more about the support that is available to you, and for assistance connecting with the Caregiver Support Team, at your local VA Medical Center.

VA CSL Expanded hours:
      -Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. ET
      -Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET

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