Adult Daycare

• Article - Using Adult Daycare for a Parent With Alzheimer's: A Step-by-Step Guide

  7 steps for deciding whether adult daycare would benefit your elderly parent with Alzheimer's, finding a daycare center, and evaluating it.

• Article - Adult Daycare for a Parent with Alzheimer's: A Beginner's Guide

  A guide to adult daycare for a parent with Alzheimer's. Is adult daycare different from a senior center? Are they tailored to people with Alzheimer's?

• Article - 8 Ways to Help Your Parent Stay Active and Engaged

  A variety of reasonably priced programs and services can help elderly people become more active and engaged. Making a good match for your parent depends largely on his condition and needs.

• Article - How to Handle a Parent With Alzheimer's Who Wanders

  What you need to know to create a safe environment for a parent with Alzheimer's who wanders.

• Interview - Talking With Jacqueline Marcell

  Jacqueline Marcell, author of "Elder Rage, or Take My Father ... Please! How to Survive Caring for Aging Parents," on how to cope with Alzheimer's.

Blog Posts

• Blog Post - My mother says she's lonely, and it's heartbreaking for me to hear her crying at night. What can I do to help her?

  My father died seven years ago, and for quite some...

• Blog Post - My brother won't share financial information about our dad's assets, and it's tearing the family apart.

  My brother has durable power of attorney for my dad...

• Blog Post - Senior Safety Net at Your Fingertips: Dial 2-1-1

  2-1-1 is a free nationwide telephone service that connects you to all kinds of local social service referrals, including for seniors.

Questions & Answers

• Question - What will Medicaid pay for social adult day care?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - Does Medicare cover adult day care for Alzheimer’s patients?

  Does Medicare cover adult daycare? Medicare cover adult daycare only in very limited ways, like psychiatric help administered at the daycare center.

• Question - How can I convince my father to go to an Alzheimer's adult day care?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - Does Alzheimer's disease cause my mother's rummaging behavior?

  Rummaging is a common Alzheimer's behavior, though you may feel like it's driving you crazy. Alzheimer's behaviors like rummaging help calm a patient.

Tips & Reflections

• Tip - Caregiver Cooperatives

  Just as parents in babysitting co-ops trade childcare...