The focus of each weekend is to ensure our respite guests are enjoying their stay by: participating in community activities, making new friends and maintaining friendships, having fun, doing activities within the group they enjoy, making good choices, and. Our respite center is designed to provide planned respite to families to allow time to reenergize, focus on other family members, engage in personal, social, or routine activities and tasks that may otherwise be postponed or curtailed due to the responsibilities of caring for their family member.