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QuickStats: Percentage Distribution* of Adult Day Services Centers,† by Type of Service§ — National Study of Long-Term Care Providers, 2016¶
Weekly / August 17, 2018 / 67(32);904
* With 95% confidence intervals indicated with error bars.
† Adult day services centers 1) are licensed or certified by the state specifically to provide adult day services, or accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, or authorized or otherwise set up to participate in Medicaid (Medicaid state plan, Medicaid waiver, Medicaid managed care), or part of a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly; 2) have an average daily attendance of one or more participants based on a typical week; and 3) have one or more participants enrolled at the center at the designated location at the time of the survey.
§ Respondents, who were typically center directors, were asked, “Which one of the following best describes the participant needs that the services of this center are designed to meet? a. ONLY social/recreation needs— NO health/medical needs; b. PRIMARILY social/recreational needs and SOME health/medical needs; c. EQUALLY social/recreational and health/medical needs; d. PRIMARILY health/medical needs and SOME social/recreational needs; e. ONLY health/medical needs—NO social/recreational needs.”
¶ Adult day services centers with missing data were excluded.
In 2016, four in 10 adult day services centers had services that were designed to meet both the social and medical needs of their enrolled participants equally. Approximately 31% of adult day services centers had services to meet primarily social needs and some medical needs of participants, 16% had services to meet only social needs, 13% had services to meet primarily medical needs and some social needs, and 1% had services to meet only medical needs.
Source: National Study of Long-Term Care Providers, 2016. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nsltcp/index.htm.
Reported by: Vincent Rome, MPH, vrome@cdc.gov, 301-458-4466; Lauren Harris-Kojetin, PhD; Jessica Penn Lendon, PhD.
Suggested citation for this article: QuickStats: Percentage Distribution of Adult Day Services Centers, by Type of Service — National Study of Long-Term Care Providers, 2016. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2018;67:904. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6732a8.
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