Adult Day Care Centers
4. Ask if you can bring your loved one to the center. Some places will allow you to spend several hours there to see how your loved one interacts with the other clients and how he likes it.
5. Not all day centers are alike but they should be similiar. Some centers are small, others are large. It depends on the environment that you live in. If you live in a small area, chances are the day centers will be small. But, the size of a center does not matter. The important thing is that your loved one is properly being cared for.
6. Each center may have different requirements, costs, and hours. Some day centers do not permit incontinent persons. Create a question list and be sure to ask the coordinator all of the questions on your list.
7. When you visit a center, notice the staff. If there are 15 clients with one person watching them, you may want to keep looking. A ratio that is useful to go by is three to four clients for every worker. This is just an approximation.
8. If your loved is incontinent, make sure the center can handle incontinence. If they do, ask if they are trained to do so. Helping an incontinent person can sometimes be difficult, especially if the cared for individual is in a wheelchair. You want to reduce any chance of an injury to your loved one.
9. Keep in mind that your loved one may not care for the center at first. He or she is going to go through a transition period. Try it for a couple of weeks. If after two weeks your loved one still doesn't like it, you may want to consider other options.
10. To see why your loved one doesn't want to go to the adult day center, speak to one of the coordinators. Perhaps there is a reason that you are not aware of, such as other clients misbehaving towards your loved one or your loved one may not want to be without you.
I have included resources for you to go to. Some are of individual day centers, but I thought they would still be helpful. That way, you will be able to see how other centers operate. It will also give you more ideas on what to look for in an adult day center.
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