Specifications include, but are not limited to: Adult Day Services are furnished in a non-institutional, community-based setting encompassing both health and social services are needed to ensure the optimal functioning of the participant. The program provides health supervision and therapeutic activities in a group setting by professionally qualified staff. Activities are designed to give purpose and meaning to daily life. Some assistance with activities of daily living is provided. The service benefits both the participant and the caregiver by providing respite care and is designed for persons who cannot live independently and might otherwise be institutionalized. Services must be designed to enable participants to attain and maintain physical and mental well-being through programs such as, but not limited to, regular physical activity, exercise, music therapy, art therapy, or dance-movement therapy. The goal of the program under Title III-B funding is to provide health services, recreation, and socialization for older adults in a safe and supportive community-based environment. In obtaining this goal, the program must provide high-quality programming for the participants, respite for the caregivers from caregiving tasks, and support and information to enhance the caregiver’s skills. The goal of the program under the Social Service Block Grant (SSBG) funding is to provide a therapeutic environment in which individuals with disabilities can maintain maximum functioning and independence while preventing early or inappropriate institutionalization. In obtaining this goal, the program must provide high-quality programming for the participants, respite for the caregivers from caregiving tasks, and support and information to enhance the caregiver’s skills.
