About 13.3 million people are spouses or adult children of disabled older people and have the potential responsibility for their care. Of these, about 85% are adult children. Adult day care offers benefits to families as well as care recipients.  Arizona Adult Day Care Centers provide the caregiver with relief from exhausting responsibilities of caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s Disease and include seniors in need of activities that will encourage their social, emotional, and physical wellbeing.  Many local centers do provide much needed friendships, social care, health care, and a chance to decrease isolation.

If you or your loved one:

1. Lives with someone who works outside the home or needs regular time away from home for other reasons.
2. Appears unable to provide himself or herself with any structure for daily activities.
3. Is isolated from others for more than a few hours a day and misses companionship.
4. Cannot be safely left alone at home.

Adult Day Care can help. Many services are designed to:          

     *Provide seniors with a chance to get out of the house and socialize

     *Provide caregivers with a break where they can take care of their own              work and personal needs.

Like anyone else, older adults need and deserve to have a caring, stimulating, and enjoyable environment which supports the capacity for self care and encourages positive feelings of dignity and self worth.

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