The first is to provide an alternative to placement in a residential institution. The second is to create a respite for care-givers, often the children of the persons for whom the care is being...
The first adult day care centers opened in England during the 1940s and 1950s. Established by psychiatric hospitals, these centers were designed to reduce the frequency of hospital admissions.
Usually a day care is a stand alone facility dedicated to the care of pre-school age children. A family day care is normally a home based enterprise where a caretaker watches...