Why don't they have adult day-care centers but only for night-time care?

MOMSMOM....you may be on to something...:)

Alzheimer's Day Care at Night blog provides a guide to establishing Evening-Daycare. alzdaycareatnight.wordpress

It takes just one person to encourage setting up a community program for those with dementia.

See if there's a local Evening-Daycare or daycare-at-night program in your area. Feel free to contact Alzheimer's Association 24/7 Helplineto tel: 1.800.272.3900 e-mail: info@alz.org find out more.

If there's no Evening-Daycare or daycare-at-night program near you, consider starting one!

If you offer a assisted living facility, senior services, day-care, caregivers, senior center, or area agency why not set up a Evening-Daycare or daycare-at-night program for those with dementia.or a Alzheimer's Cafe

Alzheimer's Cafe ‘s blog: http://www.alzheimercafes.blogspot.com

ALZ, Cafes come by a number of names, Memory Cafes, Alzheimer's Cafes, Dementia Cafes. In the UK many have been in existence for years.

Currently the concept is gaining momentum and hundreds of memory cafes sprouting up everywhere.

The concept is to provide a social occasion, a meetup, for anyone with dementia / Alzheimer's, their care givers and family. They are informal and generally free. Activities vary.

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A night-time care, sounds like a good idea to me, my grandmother have a TV in her room and perfect bed that keeps her save from falling, but if there’s no one around or sleeping with her, she’ll demand to keep the lights on and she will sings all night long… out loud!! And you will never know what will come to her head… so the idea of overnight care for adult is really good one, and help us a lot.

I have a bad habit of not documenting when I launch blogs or start projects.
Best of my recollection I launched Alzheimer's Day Care at Night guide to establishing Evening-Daycare. Blog in January 2012.

My objective was promoting the establishment of new Day Care at Night programs.

I wrote: Carers often experience chronic sleep deprivation. At the onset of nighttime. The demons of anxiety, anger, fear, hallucinations and paranoia come out. Night time can be unpredictable, up and down cycles. A DCN provides a place where Alzheimer's DayCare-at-Night programs offer activities to those who need supervised care. Those enrolled can enjoy daycare activities offered in evenings or over night.

I promoted this on several on-line groups. Some times it feels as if I am whistling in the dark. My time is consumed caring for my ADW and I have no way of knowing if the project has resulted in Day Care at Night programs.

I know that my promoting memory cafe's has resulted in cafe's being started.
Alzheimer's Cafes Worldwide blog (launched August 2012)

Cafes come by a number of names, Memory Cafes, Alzheimer's Cafes, Dementia Cafes. In the UK many have been in existence for several years. Currently the concept is gaining momentum and hundreds of memory cafes sprouting up everywhere. The concept is to provide a social occasion, a meetup, for anyone with dementia / Alzheimer's, their care givers and family. They are informal and generally free. Activities vary. Support and funding depends on the host-provider and contributions. Shared on Ish's, Ishmael's, Knowledge Network blogs, web sites, groups

One I know of is: the Create A Better Day Café

Are you caring for someone with Alzheimer's or other dementia?
Create A Better Day Café encourages socialization with other caregivers and loved ones where you can just be yourself. This is a wonderful opportunity to get out with your loved one and have an enjoyable afternoon. It's a time to step out of the daily routine, leave the disease at the door, and enjoy a positive experience in a supportive environment. The afternoon will consist of conversation, music, arts, games, refreshments, and most importantly, laughter. There is no cost. It is open to anyone at any stage of the disease process accompanied by friends, family, and loved ones.
Create A Better Day Café will be held the 4th Sunday of each month from 1:00pm to 3:00pm
at Pleasantries Adult Day Services
Call Tammy for more information at 508-335-1968

tinyurl/pbkgafy
is a discussion group (linkedin) specific to Advancing Alzheimer's DayCare at Night {evening} Programs

That sounds like a wonderful idea, but if you mean 7 days a week, I wonder if it makes the elderly a rolling stone...no place to call home?

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There is such a thing already! It is called 24 hour care for people who cannot be left alone. I did sleep-overs working for Kelly Assisted Living in the 90s where I came on duty at 7 p.m. and the next shift nurse arrived at 7 a.m. I prepared the evening meal for my female patient, and then I took the dog for a walk and I went to my room. She could call if she needed, and I slept lightly as the dog had previously peed in the condo and I could not stand the smell. So rest assured, there are agencies already set up to handle 24 hour care, or you can hire a live-in.

If there is room enough which we do have caring for my dad it would be nice just to have someone that could maybe sleep over to care for him through the night to give us a break and a good nights sleep once in a while. I think it would be best for the elderly to sleep in their own bed or home where they are more comfortable. That would be great to be able to get my Dad all fed and settled for the evening and have someone come in and maybe my husband and I could go out "together" once in a while, just like we did when we had children and got a babysitter only this sitter would spend the night. It would just be a matter of finding the right person that could handle what may need to be handled. How would you go about finding someone like that. I don't know.

One NYC hospital has a nighttime adult care program. I don't remember which hospital; however, I just found this: latino.foxnews/latino/health/2012/10/01/night-camp-for-dementia-victims-in-city-that-never-sleeps/. Granted, that is New York City but it is possible that other places - although most likely larger urban areas - have similar programs.

~Dave, I think the cafés are a wonderful idea. Thank you for all the information that you've shared.
You remind me of my husband...endless energy and talents! Oh, and great taste:)