This supports include a period of respite, which aims to support ongoing caring arrangements between participants and their carers. STA/respite allows the opportunity for the participant to be supported by someone else whilst providing their carer with short term breaks from their usual caring responsibilities.

 

The support includes all expenses in a 24-hour period including assistance with self-care or community access activities, accommodation, food and negotiated activities. This type of support would be used for short periods of up to 14 days at a time. For longer-term arrangements, other options may be more appropriate (e.g., Supported Independent Living or Medium-Term Accommodation).