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Adult day care centers growing trend, lack state licensing.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 27-JUN-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Adult day care centers growing trend, lack state licensing.(Healthcare Mississippi)(Mississippi Adult Day Care Association )

Article Excerpt
Supervised day care is not just for children anymore. It now embraces both ends of the age spectrum. The elderly population is the fastest-growing segment in the U.S., and the number of people over 65 years of age will grow to 53 million by 2020. Average life expectancy has increased and more households provide care to elderly persons.

There aren't a lot of day healthcare centers for adults in Mississippi. It's difficult to determine how many exist because there is no licensure required by the state. That's something the Mississippi Adult Day Care Association is trying to change, according to the organization's president Paula Mann. Twenty organizations, some private and some public, are involved in the association.

"We have a set of bylaws and refer anyone wanting to open an adult day care to different agencies," she said. "We are backing state licensing and want to see the bill passed."

For the past three years, Sen. Terry Burton (R-Newton)...

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