While the different activities and services offered to seniors vary from center to center, seniors benefit from social meals, games, and other scheduled programs.

A typical Day at an adult day care center might look like this:

Time	Activity
8:00-9:00:	Breakfast Bunch
9:00-10:00:	Current Events & Devotionals
10:00-12:00:	Programming (movement, hands-on activities, etc)
12:00-1:00:	Lunch Bunch
1:00-2:00:	Wait a Minute Rest Period
2:00-3:30:	Programming
3:30-4:30:	Happy Hour (games, singing, etc)
4:30-5:30:	Homeward Bound

Cognitive Stimulation

Activities designed to stimulate the mind are one of the major components of adult care activities. Games with pattern recognition and repetitive interaction can help seniors who suffer from a failing memory. Monopoly, Scrabble, and other word games require seniors to exercise their minds while encouraging social interaction with other players. Card games are also great for cognitive stimulation.

 

Relaxation

At some point, everyone needs a break. Seniors may sit in a lounge area and shoot the breeze with friends or have the opportunity to get their hair and nails done. Other fun but relaxing activities include watching old movies and eating popcorn.

 

Daily Tasks

For seniors who miss the days when they could perform many routine tasks on their own, spending a day in the kitchen cooking and baking can be a real treat. Other times, activity coordinators may plan special outdoor gardening activities or trips to the local supermarket. These activities allow seniors to perform routine tasks for themselves in a safe environment.

 

Medical Activities

Adult day care programs sometimes offer health services. Activities for seniors that involve medical care such as physician visits, podiatry, nursing visits, and the administration of medicine by injections and rehabilitation services like physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy are offered to seniors in a secure environment.

 

Many centers have special programs for the elderly with medical conditions including dementia and Alzheimer’s, stroke recovery, diabetes, heart disease, and common aging-related issues such as frailty.

Many adult day care facilities offer add-on programs that allow for flexibility in coordinating drop off and pick up times and adding or extending special services to include things like transportation to and from doctor’s appointments, therapy appointments, and even hair appointments.