BS!!!

Since most late dementia patients can't remember what they ate for breakfast and have extremely high anxiety there is too much danger of bad social interaction. Please don't say, "Ask for forgiveness for taking them out." A huge waste of time

We tried! We took her to senior citizens luncheons, church functions, even out shopping with an old friend after putting her into a good secure Depends. She went once or twice, but fell asleep at the luncheon, didn't know where she was when she was in the church she had been going to for 70 years, and thought her old friend was someone else entirely. So it was a waste of time and energy. But, that's not to say it can't work for someone else. Good luck.

My mom sat in her house for 3 years until she went into a nursing home under Medicaid. No way in H3LL was she going to get up, fed, bathed, dressed, and put on a bus to spend the day with all those 'old F*arts' NO. WAY. There was no one around to get her up and out of the house, no one around to take her off the bus at 4 p.m. or whatever. I suppose if she had a full-time sitter it might have been a possibility. (And if I'm not wrong, it's covered by MEDICAID, NOT MEDICARE) In NY State, they are phasing out home care. They will pay for this elder day care, a few hours a day. Good if your loved one is sociable, pleasant, and likes attention.

Oh!!! Thank you so much! This article has helped us sooo much!!! We don't want our 85 year old dear Mom to live in a Nursing Home, just few hours a day so that we can work from home, as we do. Also thank you for the person that wrote the comment about Medicaid covering these expenses; we will check on that. GOD bless you all!!! Love you!!! :)

My grandpa has dementia and he attends adult daycare. His medicaid covers all his daycare expenses - breakfast, lunch, snacks, and activities.