Social Adult Day Care Programs
Social Adult Day Care Programs also known as Social Adult Day Services Programs (SADS), are structured, comprehensive programs that provide functionally impaired individuals with socialization, supervision and monitoring, personal care, and nutrition in a protective congregate setting. The program also may provide other services and supports, such as transportation, information and assistance, and caregiver assistance. In addition to addressing the individual’s needs for assistance in activities of daily living (assistance with toileting, care of incontinence, mobility, eating, and transfers) these programs provide a secure environment and therapeutic activities aimed at helping participants to achieve optimal physical and mental/cognitive functioning. They improve the quality of life for older adults by reducing social isolation, and increasing social and community engagement.
These programs are an important component of the community-based long term services and supports system that delay or prevent nursing home placement. Many caregivers can continue to work and feel secure in knowing that the social adult day care program will meet the care needs of their loved ones in a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment. Social adult day care programs are uniquely suited to care for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and other cognitive impairments.
Interested in Starting a Social Adult Day Care Program? At this time, New York State does not require a license, certification, or registration to operate a social adult day care program. There is no state application process. NYSOFA is providing materials on social adult day care programs that you will find useful, including the NYSOFA Social Adult Day Care Program Regulations, which we advise you use as minimum standards in developing a social adult day care program.
Information for Caregivers: Looking for a Social Adult Day Care Program? Your local NYConnects
and area agency on aging will provide you with information on social adult day care programs and other services to assist older adults seeking to live independently. In addition, the New York State Adult Day Services Association maintains an on-line directory of adult day services programs that can help you find a program near you.
Inquiries on social adult day care programs can be sent to Erin Purcell, Aging Services Representative, Bureau of Long Term Care Services and Caregiver Support, New York State Office for the Aging, Two Empire State Plaza Albany, New York 12223-1251.
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