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320 ILCS 10/1.5

(320 ILCS 10/1.5) (from Ch. 23, par. 6201.5)

Sec. 1.5. Purpose.

  It is hereby found and determined by the General
Assembly that respite care provides relief and support to the primary
care-giver of a frail adult or an adult with a disability and provides a break for the
caregiver from the continuous
responsibilities of care-giving.  Without this support, the primary
care-giver's ability to continue in his or her role would be jeopardized;
thereby increasing the risk of institutionalization of the frail
adult or adult with a disability.

By providing respite care
 through intermittent planned or emergency relief to the care-giver
during the regular week-day, evening, and weekend hours, both the special
physical and psychological needs of the primary care-giver and the frail adult or adult with a disability,
who
is the recipient of continuous care, shall be met reducing or preventing
the need for institutionalization.

Furthermore, the primary care-giver providing continuous care is
frequently under substantial financial stress.  Respite care and other
supportive services sustain and preserve the primary care-giver and family
caregiving unit.  It is the intent of the General Assembly that this
 Act ensure that Illinois primary care-givers of
frail adults or adults with disabilities have access to affordable, appropriate in-home respite care services.

(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)