Requirement For How to Start an Adult Day Care Business

Starting your Senior adult day care business has requirements just as any business.

The building can be in a strip mall, a stand alone building or even a converted house. However, it must be one level and with a zero stair entrance. I have seen adult day care centers, in a home, with two stories with an elevator. the doors must be wide enough for two people in a wheel chair to go through. Offices for the nurse, administrator, activities room,a dining room and a quite room. The number of bathrooms is determined by the size and number of people the center will have. Most times hallways and offices do not count as square footage when applying for a license.

Rooms:Often times the dining room can double as an activities room because of the chairs and tables already present. Chairs and sofa's should be comfortable but not so soft that people sink into them and have a hard time lifting themselves out of them. There should be a cot in the nurses office in the advent someone needs to lie down. In the quite room can be a soft chair that folds out to a single bed or lounge chairs where people can stretch out and rest. There is often a large room where everyone can congragate and watch a movie or listen to a speaker who has come to the center. Beauty parlor and barber shops, even spas, are offered today as part of the services and rooms at the center.

State Requirements: Every state has its own requirements for adult day care centers. Some centers just need to be certified, others need to be licensed and in Canada there is no licensing or certification. The state requirements will tell you the number of bathrooms per so many people, the number and types of personnel needed, how many hours they need to be there,dietary requirements, and the physical requirements of the building and patient rights.

Licensing: You will obtain a license after you have completed all the requirements from the state. It will include, but not limited to, adult day care policies and procedures, architect drawings, the application, and all state requirements. Mass adult day health care asks for transportation costs report. California adult day care insurance is MediCal and one must apply to be a provider. Also, one must become a provider of Medicaid.

Adult day care is a wonderful business to have and helps many people. These requuirements are necessary for the states to regulate proper running facilities.