Short-term (63days) respite care is available at some of UCH’s Residential Care Facilities. This service may be used on a planned or emergency basis to help with carer stress, illness, holidays or any other time when your carer is unable to help out. You can also seek respite care for yourself. UCH provides a National Respite for Carers Program at Hakea on the Rowethorpe site in Bentley. This service is an overnight dementia specific community respite service designed to assist carers to continue their caring role. There is capacity to also accommodate the carer (if desired). The client participates in a range of programs on the site with other UCH residential care facilities to ensure access and choice of activities. Bethavon Residential Care Facility, in Northam, is involved with a Demonstration Day Respite (DDR) Program. This is a Commonwealth funded program; clients may come to the facility for the day. They are not allocated a bed and are dealt with on a “user pays” basis as they pay for services such as meals, physio and podiatry. A maximum of 6 clients and their carer can be accommodated per day. The service is provided six days per week and an emergency service can be provided on Sundays.