“Family Respite Care of Nevada is simply amazing! We (my husband and I) use it for date time with one another. The volunteers love my children. I love the one-on-one attention they get. My son asks, “When do I get to go next?” Thank you so much!”

“I cannot express enough how profoundly Family Respite Care of Nevada has affected our family. I am so deeply grateful for those who support and administer this program. It has absolutely saved my family. The constancy of caregiving is incredibly wearing. Having a scheduled break allows me to carry on every day. Hating and resenting the people you love most and then hating yourself for feeling that way was the worst, worst feeling in the world, and a terrible downward spiral. (They) helped us bring love and hope again to our home. THANK YOU!”

“Our families live in different cities, so there is nobody we can trust to watch our child with special needs, other than Family Respite Care of Nevada. They are all we have and we feel confident about leaving our child there. The staff is great. We truly appreciate all they do!”

“I had little to no help prior to receiving respite. I was exhausted and depressed. Once I started taking my daughter to Family Respite Care of Nevada, I was able to have a few hours to myself and a few for my husband and I to reconnect. It helped us as a family and helped me to get the time I needed to recharge so that I could give my daughter the care she deserved.”

“My child loves the one-on-one attention he gets from the respite providers. He had never been to respite and his positive responses were almost immediate. The care and enthusiasm that the volunteers display when you drop your child off is wonderful and refreshing.”

“My daughter loves her time at Family Respite Care of Nevada; she learns something new every time. The staff is unsurpassed in kindness and communication. They go above and beyond!”

“Respite gives my son and me a break from each other!! He enjoys his one-on-one time with his “friend” and doesn’t care that Mommy’s not there.”

“My family has benefitted greatly from Family Respite Care of Nevada. Before, my days were full of stress, anxiety, and other emotions. Having a child with disabilities is tough. So to be able to get a break is so helpful. Family Respite Care of Nevada truly saved my relationship with my daughters and has brought us closer.”

“My daughter loves going to Family Respite Care of Nevada. I can’t even tell her until we are ready to go because she will stand by the door. In turn, I am excited to take her knowing she loves going. It gives me the time I need to recharge. My husband and I love it because we now have date nights that we did not have before finding Family Respite Care of Nevada. It has helped us as a family and has completely helped my relationship with my husband.”

“There’s something so refreshing and relieving after a hairy day in loading everyone up in the car, singing happily as we drive across town, and then dropping them off in a fun, safe place so I can simply sit at Chili’s eating a spinach dip and reading a novel. Because in three hours when I come back to get them, life just seems so much easier! It’s being permitted the simple things that has perhaps made the biggest difference.”

“With limited extended family support and having twins, both with special needs, my wife and I were being mentally and physically stretched to the limit prior to Family Respite Care of Nevada. After getting set up with them this last winter, my wife and I immediately saw an improvement in our quality of life and our enjoyment of our children. Also, we would see developmental improvements in both our girls after every session. The group learning environment with multiple other children and each girl having their own helper who is supervised by highly knowledgeable and caring staff is a winning combination! We would bring our girls home and hear both of them saying new words and showing improvements in their physical abilities. I can’t say enough about how much I like this program. Thank you!”

“The teen program is the one place I can take my daughter where I know she will have fun, I know she won’t be judged, and I know she looks forward to going. There are very few places I can say that about.”

“My stress levels definitely decrease because of the teen program. We do daily countdowns of how many more days until a teen event because my son is so excited to go. We are so excited for him because he doesn’t really have any opportunities to hang out with typical teenagers. The volunteers are amazing — so kind and caring. I love how genuinely interested they are in the kids and how much they want to provide them with a good time.”

“It is a great stress reliever just knowing that my son had someplace safe to go so that we could relax. He had a great time and we were able to feel that for a couple of hours a huge weight was lifted off our shoulders. Most people don’t understand that you have to be watching and aware 24 hours a day when you have a child with special needs. Just to have that two-hour break is amazing.”

“As a single mom, the junior program has given me time to recharge my battery every month. My kids get to experience things that I wouldn’t be able to expose them to because of a financial situation. They get a lot of attention when they go to the junior events and get to hang out with kids they’ve known for years. We love Family Respite Care of Nevada and couldn’t imagine what our lives would be like without this service and the great people that run it.”