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When you are looking for support for your loved one’s dementia care, a great alternative to home care could be adult day care programs. Adult day care Las Vegas and other day care programs run five days a week, seven to eight hours a day. It provides social engagement, nutritious meals, and mental stimulation. – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: Adult Day Care: How to Find One


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Adult Day Care How to Find One
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  • When you are looking for support for your loved
    ones dementia care, a great alternative to home
    care could be adult day care programs.
  •  Adult day care Las Vegas and other day care
    programs run five days a week, seven to eight
    hours a day.
  • It provides social engagement, nutritious meals,
    and mental stimulation.
  • The regular activities at an adult day care
    typically would include discussion of the current
    events, arts crafts, music, and gentle
    exercises to stimulate core strength and balance.

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  • Not all adult day care programs are geared
    towards people with dementia.
  • There are some people who believe that all the
    adult day care programs only work with people
    with dementia, but the programs that are feared
    towards memory loss and dementia are likely to
    work well.

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  • Often, caregivers tend to feel guilty when they
    are arranging their loved ones transition to an
    adult day care Las Vegas, thinking that its
    solely to give themselves a break from all the
    strains of endless care giving.
  • However, those who suffer with dementia are
    really very isolated, as they often interact only
    with their spouse or their immediate family.
  • Making a transition to the senior day care Las
    Vegas or any other good day care program could be
    great for seniors as the participants get the
    much-needed stimulation of the larger community.

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  • The participants have the opportunity to take
    part in various activities that might not have
    been available at home or nearby. At its best, an
    adult day care program is only a win-win
    situation for both the participant as well as the
    caregiver.

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Informal or Formal Adult Day Care Programs?
  • Adult day care institutes could be offered by
    non-profit and for-profit groups, and it is also
    offered by individuals who offer adult care at
    their own homes.
  • Adult day care programs that are more formal
    could offer a lot of resources including
    transportation from the center and to the center,
    day trips to wider community, and professional
    healthcare consultations.
  • Adult day care programs that are more informal
    are run basically out of peoples home, similar
    to child day care programs.

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  • Programs such as these tend to accept a smaller
    group of participants, and they often have a
    lower professional resource.
  • At the same time, people who are looking for day
    care programs in a more family setting, these
    informal, small-scale programs could be a really
    good fit.

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How to Find Good Adult Day Care Programs?
  • Similar to how you would find a home care
    provider, it is better that you seek information
    about adult day care programs from your own
    personal physicians, discharge planners in a
    nursing home or hospital, or your friends.
  • The Alzheimers association constantly posts
    listings of adult day care programs on its
    official website. However, it doesnt include a
    proper evaluation of any adult day care programs.
    What you could do is make a shortlist of adult
    day care and then visit those, taking along your
    loved ones probably and choose for yourselves.
  •  

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