Try: Adult day care can be beneficial for both the care giver care giver and the Care recipient (cr) if the conditions are right adult day care may be a good option if you work during the day or just need a break or respite from caregiving it can relieve you of your caregiving duties during the day while ensuring the cr will still receive the proper care in a safe friendly environment before selecting an adult day care facility you should make sure the cr is appropriate for the program good candidates for adult day care centers are generally crs who can benefit from the socialization and functional assistance a day care center offers may be physically or cognitively challenged but do not require constant assistance are in the early stages of alzheimer alzheimer’s disease or dementia rather than advanced stages have a good level of mobility are usually continent these considerations are important because the cr will have to travel to and from the facility also adult day care facilities are not equipped to handle crs that need skilled nursing home care if you have questions contact an adult day care center and ask about their program describe your cr to see if he or she would be a good fit and consider taking a tour of the community to learn more about it you can learn much during an on-site tour and gain insights into the quality of the care staff clients and program information references
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Categories: Caregiver Needs&Support, Emotional Psychological, Maintenance, Medical Physical, Personal, Mobile, Needs Some Assistance, Fully Aware, Somewhat Aware, Good L T Memory, So-So L T Memory, Good S T Memory, So-So S T Memory
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Keywords: Adult day care caregiver assistance
*This information is listed as a Fact Sheet and is not explicitly medically licensed