Clients at Project Independence, an adult day program in Middlebury, take part in a late morning music program earlier this year. Administrators say the program serves about 125 people and their ...

Adult day care services can be a huge help for participants and their families. We spend the day at one facility in Vermont and ask why this option isn't more available in the U.S. For older adults ...

Deb Hipp is a freelance health and medical writer and editor who lives in Kansas City, Missouri. She is a former investigative reporter with more than 25 years of experience as a journalist and writer ...

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Adults with disabilities are in limbo across Missouri as they wait to get into day habilitation programs because a lack of requested funding has left their families unable to pay for their care. Day ...

OPPORTUNITIES. I LOVE GARDENING. GLORIA EDIE DOESN’T MIND GETTING HER HANDS DIRTY AT ALL. IN FACT, SHE ENJOYS EVERYTHING IT TAKES TO GROW. VEGETABLES LIKE PLANTING. LIKE. GETTING THE DIRT AND. PLANT, ...

Nearly half of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's staff working on developmental disabilities and birth defects was laid off this month, multiple officials tell CBS News, wiping out ...

A comprehensive Canadian research study is testing whether adult day programs can improve quality of life for people living with dementia and their family caregivers. The research, called AIDA-DemCare ...

A day program has opened in Springfield, which serves adults with developmental disabilities. The program is geared towards supporting the interests of people who go there, rather than focusing on ...