Adult Day Care

Adult day care is my favorite form of long term care. I like it because I want to be a part of it when I get older. I work the after school care at the YMCA and Adult Day Care reminds me of what I do. There are many things that the little kids cannot do on their own. They need to be watched while their parents are at work. This is also true for many of the elderly utilizing adult day care facilities.

My grandma is in her early 80s and while she is fine at the moment she has talked to us about the benefits of an Adult Day Care center. Her older brother just went to a Nursing Facility and this made me think about Adult Day Care. She has been living alone for the last 22 years because her husband died young. She has church as her only form of socialization. While there is nothing wrong with that, she gets lonely. Things are also getting harder for her, as is expected of someone at her age. Cooking and cleaning can be exhausting for her. She did get knee surgery a few years ago and that helped her with mobility. She hasn’t put too much thought into the idea of going to an adult day care center because she doesn’t have a lot of money, and just lives on her social security checks. This class has helped me learn that most adult day care centers can be paid for with Medicaid and she might be eligible for it. I hope that this can be a positive influence on her life making things easier and giving her more friends.