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Need a Respite or Direct Care Worker?

The need for respite and direct care workers is growing. But finding the right person can be difficult and time consuming.

The Arizona Respite Locator helps by providing an up-to-date, online listing of people ready to work as direct care or respite workers when you need them -- part-time, full-time, early mornings, days, evenings, overnights, mornings, weekends.

A Respite Worker, who provides direct care on a temporary basis, allows a family caregiver to take a break from caring for a loved one.

A Direct Care Worker -- sometimes called a personal care assistant, caregiver, aide, or home health aide -- works with elders and people of all ages with disabilities. He or she makes it possible for people to live fuller, more rewarding lives by assisting with their personal care needs, getting to work, and other daily activities.

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Find Respite and Direct Care Workers

Who Are Ready to Work

by Using the Arizona Respite Locator

Available throughout Arizona for family caregivers or those who need

support to live independently

The Arizona Respite Locator Helps You Find Respite and Direct Care Workers and Agencies

The Arizona Respite Locator is an online service that connects family caregivers, elders, and people of all ages with disabilities to respite, direct care workers, and care provider agencies. Quickly and easily!

This online service provides an up-to-date listing of people who are ready and willing to work when you need them. It's available at

Your Challenge: Finding the Right People

Hiring people to provide respite or direct care can be difficult. Do you know where to look? Do those people have the right skills? Are they available to work when you need them? If not, you have to start the process all over.

The Arizona Respite Locator solves this problem by letting you identify the right candidates -- quickly.

Sponsored by the Arizona Caregiver Coalition, the Arizona Respite Locator provides a comprehensive, current list of people working in direct care who are ready to provide respite and personal care in a variety of settings.

"I found several aides who have been a huge help in caring for my wife after she had a stroke. The Locator has been my salvation." Richard H.

How the Arizona Respite Locator Works

Using the Locator is simple. Just do the following:

1. Click on to establish a password-protected account.

2. Search the Locator for available respite or direct care workers, or an agency.

3. Contact the people who meet your needs.

If you have received a Lifespan Respite Voucher sponsored by the Arizona Caregiver Coalition, you may use the statewide respite locator to locate workers or agencies with your voucher. Family caregivers can learn about Lifespan Respite Voucher eligibility by calling the Caregiver Resource Line at 1-888-737-7494. Please note that job candidates in the Arizona Respite Locator database have NOT been screened in any way and their backgrounds have NOT been checked. That is your responsibility as an employer.

Keep Using the Locator until You Find the Right Person

The Arizona Respite Locator lets you find people willing to work part-time or full-time ? days, nights, overnight, weekends, whenever you need them.

You can also indicate if you need people who:

? Will work with adults, elders, infants and toddlers, school age children, or teens

? Drives or has a car

? Speaks your language

? Completed the Arizona DCW training for inhome care as required by ALTCS, DDD, and Area Agencies on Aging or any caregiver certification training

"The Locator is a great time saver. I was able to find several people very quickly, and hired one of them a few days later." Erica S.

Since it's online, the Arizona Respite Locator is always available. And because new information is constantly added, it's always up-to-date. For tips on hiring and interviewing, visit

Set Up Your Account Today!

Visit the Arizona Respite Locator at or call toll-free 1-888-737-7494. Our trained volunteers will help you locate workers if you do not have access to the internet. To learn more about the Arizona Caregiver Coalition, visit or call the statewide Caregiver Resource Line toll-free at 1-888-737-7494

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