Depending on your needs, as well as those of your loved one, a respite care aide will come to your home for a few hours or overnight. These visits could be once a week, or three times per week. While the respite care aide tends to your loved one, you are free to get away. You can use these hours to meet friends for lunch, attend a hair appointment, or even read a book in the backyard. This is your time to rest and recover.