Do respite hours have to be provided at home?

If your child is a Regional Center client and you receive respite hours, you may wonder if those hours have to be provided at home or if your respite worker can take your child outside the home to a local park, for example.

California Public Benefits Specialist Lisa Concoff Kronbeck says, “Typically, the rule is that respite is supposed to be happening inside the home to give parents a break from caregiving. Respite is supposed to be happening at home, and you're not supposed to transport the child. If they take the child outside for a walk, I don't think that's an issue, but they're not driving them around to their afternoon appointments.”