respite care 喘息服務

respite care
繁：喘息服務
简：喘息服务

另外，現時津貼額外提供每年1000元的培訓津貼作修讀照顧培訓課程之用，吳表示不少照顧者都希望津貼轉為購買喘息服務，如留家看顧、暫託服務等，以紓緩照顧壓力。

為照顧病夫取消手術 長者嘆不獲關愛基金津貼（2019年12月12日）。明報，取自https://news.mingpao.com/pns/港聞/article/20191212/s00002/1576087413445/

There are four circumstances in which hospice care is most needed: when active treatment stops and family members require training to settle the patient at home; for symptom and pain control; for respite care, to give family members a break from looking after the patient; and the dying phase, when the patient may choose to return to the hospice.

Hospice and palliative care services in Hong Kong: how to access them, and why we need to talk more openly about death. (2017, August 21). South China Morning Post. Retrieved from https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-beauty/article/2107604/hospice-and-palliative-care-services-hong-kong-how-access