How to Start an Adult Day Care Business

Want to start an Adult Day Care business but don’t know where to begin? This beginner-friendly guide walks you through the process step by step.

The How to Start an Adult Day Care Business – Beginner Master Startup Guide was created for aspiring owners who want more than a simple checklist. It explains how to research your requirements, choose the right program model, prepare your facility, develop your services and build the systems needed to operate professionally.

Inside this eBook, you’ll learn:

• What Adult Day Care is and how it works

• Different Adult Day Care and Adult Day Services models

• How to choose the population you want to serve

• Social vs. health-related service considerations

• How your services can affect the way your business should be structured

• How to research state licensing, certification and operating requirements

• What questions to ask your state agency

• Business registration and insurance considerations

• How to contact the zoning office and what questions to ask

• Facility, occupancy, accessibility, fire and safety considerations

• What to check before choosing or leasing a location

• How to create a startup budget

• Monthly operating-expense planning

• How to determine participant rates

• Attendance, capacity and revenue examples

• Admissions and participant eligibility

• Intake and assessment procedures

• Individual service/care planning

• Participant rights and responsibilities

• Participant forms and documentation

• Policies vs. procedures—and why you need both

• Staffing, hiring, screening and training

• Medication and health-service considerations

• Meals and nutrition

• Transportation considerations

• Emergency preparedness

• Abuse, neglect and exploitation reporting considerations

• Infection prevention and facility safety

• Private Pay, Medicaid, VA and other payment-source considerations

• How to find and build relationships with potential referral sources

• How to approach community organizations and healthcare professionals

• Professional outreach scripts and proposals

• Marketing and client-development strategies

• Common beginner mistakes to avoid

• Examples throughout the guide

• “What Do I Do Next?” guidance

• A startup action plan and planning worksheets

BEGINNER FRIENDLY: This guide doesn’t just tell you that you need licensing, zoning, forms or policies. It helps explain what they are, why they matter, who you may need to contact, what questions to ask and what to do next.

BONUS: The guide also explains how The Forms Lady can assist with customized participant forms, employee forms, intake packets, agreements, policies & procedures, handbooks, log sheets, scripts, proposals, referral materials and complete business-document packages.

PLEASE NOTE: This eBook is for educational and informational purposes only. Adult Day Care requirements vary by state, locality, program type, population served and services provided. Always verify current licensing, zoning, staffing, health-service and operating requirements for your specific program.

DIGITAL PRODUCT: Instant-download eBook. No physical product will be mailed.