Can Respite Care Improve Life With Challenging Behaviour?

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 02:42:01 +0000

Ask anyone who’s tried to keep a household running while supporting someone with unpredictable or intense behaviours: it’s relentless. I’ve walked into plenty of homes where exhaustion is written all over the kitchen bench. There are missed medication doses, cold cups of tea, and those tiny reminders you’re not keeping up. The truth is, for families dealing with complex needs, disability respite care can be the difference between just surviving and actually coping. When it works well, it changes the mood of a home. You get more than a break. You get a crack of breathing room, a little space to step back and see the bigger picture without everything falling apart.