Adult daycare centers offer a stimulating environment for older adults who might need some help and supervision during the day. It is a planned program of activities that occurs in a professional setting under the guidance of licensed caregivers. More than 7,500 adult day care centers offer services to older adults in the United States.
Whether you want to open up your adult day care center or are looking to work in one, you will have to get your due diligence done. This includes submitting your fingerprints for a thorough national and state criminal background check. FEFPS is an FDLE-approved center that provides seamless and convenient fingerprinting services to AHCA providers.
What Is an Adult Day Care Center?
An adult day care center is a non-residential place for older adults. Instead of 24-hour care, these centers provide supervision, meals, and health care and allow older adults to participate in social activities during the daytime. These centers can be used for short-term rehab.
There are two primary purposes of adult daycare centers. First, they provide frail adults with health, medical, or functional support. Second, their caregivers can pursue regular jobs while ensuring their loved ones are cared for.
Establishing an Adult Day Care Center
If you want to give back to the community, there’s nothing better than starting an adult day care center and providing for your community. If you want to start a daycare, the first thing you need is licenses, permits, and tax forms.
You’ll need to specify the age group you want to serve to get a license for your facility. You will also need to determine the size of your facility and how many patients you can accommodate. You must also complete an inspection before you receive your license.
You must submit your fingerprints for the inspection to obtain a state and nationwide criminal record. FEFPS is a veteran-founded FDLE-approved center that provides high-quality livescan fingerprinting. We submit your fingerprints to FDLE on the same day. The report is generated and forwarded to the center while your license application is being reviewed. We will also conduct a health inspection at your center.
Hiring Service Providers at an Adult Day Care Center
Once your license and center are ready, you need to hire service providers to offer professional help to older adults who enroll in your facility. It’d be best if you employed staff committed to the community and trained, but staff with a clean record is also essential.
You can hire service providers to train them, but you must submit their fingerprints for a Level 2 background check. This includes a comprehensive criminal record check at the state and national levels. Your employees must submit their fingerprints to an FDLE-approved center to do this.
You can choose FEFPS to provide these services for your employees. Our veteran-run service provides high-quality fingerprinting at an affordable price. We submit all fingerprints to FDLE on the same day. Regardless, it may take up to 3 days for the report to be generated.
A criminal background investigation at the FDLE level is required when service providers offer services to the county’s vulnerable population, including older adults.
