Public Law 98–96

Joint Resolution

Designating the week beginning September 25, 1983, as “National Adult Day Care Center Week”.

Whereas there are nearly eight hundred adult day care centers nationwide, some of which serve adults starting at age eighteen and others which serve primarily senior citizens, providing a safe and positive environment to partially disabled individuals in need of daytime assistance and supervision;

Whereas adult day care centers provide necessary health maintenance functions and medical care, including medication monitoring, therapies, and health education, and are operated by professional staffs who identify the need for additional health services and make appropriate referrals;

Whereas adult day care centers provide opportunities for social interactions to otherwise isolated individuals and assist them in attaining and maintaining a maximum level of independence; and

Whereas these centers offer relief to families who otherwise must care for disabled elderly persons on a twenty-four-hour-per-day basis: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Approved September 27, 1983.