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Respite care

Short-term hospice inpatient stay that may be necessary to give temporary relief to the person (primary health care giver) who regularly assists with home care of a patient. This temporary or periodic care may be provided in a nursing home, assisted living residence, or other type of long-term care program. Also known as short-term assisted living care .
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Respite care is a benefit to family members of a patient whereby the family is provided with a break or respite from caring for the patient. The patient is confined to a nursing home for needed care for a short period of time.

Respondeat superior

Latin for “let the master answer.” Refers to a physician’s liability in certain cases for the wrongful acts of his or her assistant(s) or employee(s). Also referred to as vicarious liability .
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A legal term referring to the fact that, under specific circumstances, an employer (or principal) is legally liable for the actions of his or her employees while in the course of their employment.

Respondent Superior

“Let the Master Answer.” The principle is liable in certain cases for the wrongful acts of his agent, the doctrine does not apply where the injury occurs while the servant is acting outside the legitimate scope of his authority.

Respondentia

Ancient form of loan, similar to bottomry, but secured on the cargo only and repayable only if the cargo is saved.
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(A contract of Insurance by which a ship or its cargo is pledged as collateral for a loan required to support a maritime venture. In the early days of marine insurance, a ship-owner would borrow money on a mortgage on the ship, and the mortgage would provide that if the ship were lost, the borrower would not have to reply the loan. This was Bottomry, which thus combined money lending with insurance. When cargo instead of hull was involved it was called “respondentia.”