Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Adult daycare ADC is an important community care option for socialization among people with disabilities. However, their experiences with ADC remain underexplored. Thus, this study investigated the experiences of community-dwelling disabled elderly with ADC from the perspective of socialization.
Four older women from Tokyo with disabilities, availing of one ADC service, were interviewed across two sessions between November and January The transcribed interviews and field notes were analyzed qualitatively. Ensuring the use of ADC as a safe place for interaction while considering pandemic-related needs is important to develop policy and practical responses to restricted socialization during COVID Following the spread of COVID, the daily activities of diverse people, especially those with disabilities, were restricted.
This limited access to long-term care services. Adult daycare ADC is a generic term for eldercare; it comprises building-based services that offer various programs and amenities to older people [ 1 ]. In April , with 1. He suggested that this was because of the absence of clear evidence of service effects from a randomized control design. Prior literature has revealed that it is difficult to measure service use benefits among ADC clients because of the heterogeneity in their needs [ 6 ].
Gaugler also mentioned that numerous older adults hope to live in their homes and need ADC, arguing for the necessity of enhancing and confirming the significance of ADC in the society [ 5 ]. It was developed based on the Japanese ADC logic model that ADC staff and researchers had developed through repeated interviews and discussions [ 8 ], and the tool requires staff evaluation of each client.
Owing to the ongoing pandemic, older adults with disabilities are expected to limit their social activities out of ADC, and ADC would have a more significant value on their quality of daily life. This case study aimed to describe the experiences of clients with ADC, focusing on their social participation. Thus, this study was expected to provide an insight into the current situation of ADC clients, contributing to subsequent case accumulation and deeper analysis.
