Respite care, a real break for family caregivers

Name: Endurance Home Care, Short Hills
Address: 788 Morris Turnpike, Suite 201, Short Hills, NJ, 07078, US
Telephone: (973) 315-5323

If you’ve been the one looking after Mom or your husband day after day, you need time to rest too. A caregiver can step in for an afternoon, a weekend or a week away, and keep things at home going the way they usually do.

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License: HCA.0002450
Offices: Stamford and Short Hills
Schedules: An afternoon to around the clock
Getting started: Tell us your dates
Care team: (203) 936-6847

Take the time you need. Someone will be at home looking after things.

Endurance Home Care provides respite care at home in Connecticut and New Jersey, so the family member who usually does the caring can take a real break while a screened, trained caregiver steps in, for an afternoon, a weekend or longer.

What the caregiver does while you’re away

A caregiver comes on the days and hours you choose and picks up what you usually do: company, meals, the house, rides, medication reminders and, where it’s needed, help with bathing and dressing. If your parent is living with dementia, the caregiver keeps the familiar routine going. We provide personal care in Connecticut and New Jersey. In New York we provide companion care, by the hour, overnight, live-in or around the clock.

A break can be a one-time thing or a regular one. Some families plan a single weekend away. Others keep the same afternoon free every week. If you’d like the background first, here is what respite care is and how it works.

Planning around your dates

Sometimes a break is planned months ahead. Often it’s a surgery date, a family wedding or a work trip that can’t move. Tell us the dates, where care is needed and what the days look like, and we’ll explain the next steps.

Getting startedTell us your datesWe'll explain the next steps on the call

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If the dates are still loose, that’s fine. The first conversation is free: schedule a free consultation and we’ll plan around the calendar you already have.

Who steps in for you

Carefully hired
Every caregiver passes background checks, reference checks and verification of their qualifications and certifications before we hire them. A weekend of respite care comes from the same caregivers as a year of ongoing care.
Ready on the first day
Orientation before the first shift covers safety, medication reminders, communication and dementia care, so the caregiver arrives ready for your home.
Always learning
Training continues every month through an online program, so caregivers keep learning as the people they help change.

What a break can look like

An afternoon
A few hours for your own doctor's appointment, the errands that keep getting pushed back, or a nap.
A weekend of overnights
Someone awake in the house on the nights you need to be somewhere else, or just need to sleep.
Round the clock
Caregivers on awake shifts through the day and night, for the week you're away.
Live-in care
A caregiver who lives in for the length of your break, with time to rest built in.

If you’ve been carrying this on your own for a while, you’re far from alone. Our guide to the signs of caregiver burnout may help you decide how much of a break you need.

Staying in touch while you rest

Your Care Manager keeps you posted, so you can relax knowing someone will tell you how things are going. If you’d like another way to stay connected, families can add optional audio monitoring that listens for events, not conversations. Your family decides whether to use it, even for a single weekend.

The cost depends on the hours and the help. If there’s a long-term care policy, your family can use it.

Endurance is private pay. The terms differ enough between policies that reading yours matters more than any general answer, so we sit down and go through it with you at the consultation, tell you directly what it will and won’t cover, and help with the policy paperwork. We arrange respite care from our offices in Stamford and Short Hills, across Connecticut and New Jersey. Call (203) 936-6847 and we’ll explain the options and what they would cost.

Connecticut License HCA.0002450 · New Jersey License HP0435100 · Connecticut DPH License 9915786 (Endurance Home Health), active.

what respite care costs in Connecticut using long term care insurance

Questions families ask

What is respite care for elderly parents?

Respite care is short-term help at home that gives the family caregiver a break. A screened, trained caregiver comes in for a few hours, overnight or around the clock, and keeps the day going the way your parent is used to. Endurance Home Care arranges respite care across Connecticut and New Jersey from offices in Stamford and Short Hills. In Connecticut outside Fairfield and New Haven counties, respite care is live-in.

What does respite care at home look like?

Your parent stays at home with their own routine while you're away. The caregiver helps with whatever the plan includes: company, meals, the house, rides, medication reminders and, where it's needed, hands-on help with bathing and dressing. You come back to a home that's been looked after.

How do we get respite care started?

Call (203) 936-6847, or (973) 315-5323 in New Jersey, and tell us your dates and what the days look like. We'll explain the next steps and plan around your calendar.

Are respite caregivers background checked?

Yes, and the standard doesn't change with the length of the assignment. Every caregiver passes background checks, reference checks and verification of their qualifications before we hire them. Respite care draws from the same vetted caregiver pool as ongoing care, so a weekend booking never means a lighter vetting bar. Connecticut's homemaker companion agency framework requires full background checks by written contract.

Can respite care cover overnight or 24/7?

Yes. Respite care can be one afternoon, a weekend of overnights, round-the-clock care while you travel, or a live-in caregiver for the length of your break.

Can I use long-term care insurance for respite care?

Families with a long-term care insurance policy can use it toward care from Endurance, and what it pays depends on the policy. We sit down and review your policy with you directly, the same conversation one client described as very much reducing her stress. Endurance is private pay, and we'll help with the policy paperwork.

Do we come to you?

We work across Connecticut, New Jersey and New York, by the hour, overnight, live-in or around the clock. In Connecticut, hourly, overnight and 24-hour care are available in Fairfield and New Haven counties, and live-in care is available in every county. In New York, companion care by the hour, overnight or around the clock is available in Westchester County and Manhattan, and live-in companion care is available in every county. Find your county on the map, or just call and ask about your town.

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Companion and personal care

In Connecticut, hourly, overnight and 24-hour care are available in Fairfield and New Haven counties, and live-in care is available in every county.

Companion care, any schedule

In New York we provide companion care only: company, meals, errands, appointments and someone watching out for your parent. In New York, companion care by the hour, overnight or around the clock is available in Westchester County and Manhattan, and live-in companion care is available in every county.

We serve every town in every county shown. Find your town or tell us the address when you call.

Talk with our care team

Tell us when you need a break

Share the dates, where care is needed and how to reach you, and we'll call to plan it with you. The first conversation is free, and nothing starts until you say so.

In New Jersey, call (973) 315-5323.

You deserve a break. Let’s plan it.

Call our care team. Tell us the dates and what the days look like, and we’ll explain how respite care could work for your family.

Call our care team (203) 936-6847

Respite care, a real break for family caregivers

What the caregiver does while you’re away

Planning around your dates

Who steps in for you

Carefully hired

Ready on the first day

Always learning