| The term daycare conjures up visions of toys, | | | | take creative classes, be present at social |
| playpens and nap time in settings offered for kids. | | | | activities, or enjoy movies and other activities. |
| Be it an infant daycare, older kids daycares where | | | | More importantly, trained professionals provide |
| working parents drop children off in the morning, | | | | supervision and care along with medical |
| or after school care centers keeping school-age | | | | intervention if required. Staff maintains working |
| kids busy working on assignments until parents | | | | relationships with clinics or hospitals and can take |
| can come pick them up, this kind of setting is | | | | part in individual care. |
| familiar to most parents everyone. | | | | This simple form of respite care is making it |
| But there is another kind of daycare, one geared | | | | feasible for elderly people to stay in their homes |
| to a more elderly population. Respite care makes | | | | and stay out of full time nursing homes. Diverse |
| available daycare for seniors; these options | | | | models of adult daycare comprise the respite |
| reverse the trend of handing elderly patients over | | | | care system: |
| to the care of nursing homes. | | | | One kind of adult day healthcare setting has a |
| Typical working families have no space or time | | | | lower caregiver to patient proportion; these are |
| available to let them care full time for a senior in | | | | generally reserved for seniors suffering from |
| need of aid. Now that the population as a group is | | | | dementia. Caregivers are specifically trained in |
| living longer and this is prone to incapacitating | | | | handling these patients and associated problems. It |
| diseases, including different forms of dementia, | | | | is a good pick for the person needing specialized |
| respite care gives sorely needed support. | | | | care due to illness. |
| Adult daycare is a temporary respite care service | | | | The other kind of adult day is caters to those not |
| that replaces the family care when it's members | | | | suffering from dementia, but have other illnesses |
| are not available. Generally given in a nursing home | | | | which requires specific treatment, meals, and |
| or designated adult daycare center, elderly may | | | | medication administration. |