Adult Day Services

Free adult services for most western Wayne County Seniors

With Older Americans Act funding, most, if not all, of western Wayne County seniors receive services but don't pay anything for adult day services that Woodhaven provides. Government funding is continually shifting towards home and community-based care. With many seniors living on a fixed income, adult services save money and are more in line with what many seniors want.

Woodhaven receives a fixed amount of Older Americans Act funding each year. The funds are then equitably distributed among all current adult day participants. For services needed above and beyond those covered by the funding, clients pay just $8 per hour. This rate covers all meals, activities, supervision and medication administration.

Flexible drop-off hours to help working families

We recognize that seniors on a fixed income need to be both safe and stimulated while their primary caregiving families attend to the rest of their responsibilities. The program is open from 5:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m. and does not require any advance scheduling.

Once admitted to the program, seniors can come and go as they please, so that family members can drop their parents off on the way to work, and pick them up on the way back home. Participants can come for a couple of hours, while their caregiver is out taking care of business or for the entire 18 hour day, although a day this long should only be used sparingly. This flexibility has also "saved the day" on many occasions, when a family had something come up and care for a senior family member was needed immediately.