A program supporting respite care for families of those with disabilities and other needs is being renewed just months after backers worried it was in jeopardy.

SOUTHERN PINES — For nearly the past year, Lorraine Weber has welcomed the calming presence of a respite care provider into her home to help with her son Robbie, who has moderate autism. Robbie ...

FORT RILEY, Kan. - The Exceptional Family Member Program's respite care gives Families of individuals with special needs an opportunity to rest. The program provides care for special needs individuals ...

After a hospital stay, most people want to recover in the comfort of their own home. But that is not an option for a patient who is experiencing homelessness. That’s where medical respite centers come ...

BREMERTON (AP) — Walter Jacque figured he was better off than most people without homes. He had a pickup truck cab he could sleep in at night, snuggled up with his service dog Andy. It wasn’t ...

Leslie and Brian Young endured a parent's worst nightmare. The Jacksonville couple's twin daughters, Kelsi and Carly, were born in January 2005, and Kelsi had a compromised lymphatic system that led ...

NARRAGANSETT – As Mister Rogers’ mother said, always “look for the helpers. You’ll always find people who are helping.” That was the case on a foggy morning last week at Roger Wheeler State Beach as ...