Relatively few day care programs have been established exclusively for individuals with Alzheimer's Disease. Of the limited number of such programs in the New York City area, there is currently only one that operates on Saturday. The Day Activities Program at the New York Institute for Aging is staffed entirely by occupational therapy personnel. A description of the program follows including intake procedure, clinical characteristics of particrpants, physical environment, staffing patterns, and activities that have been found to be successful with mild to moderately demented individuals.
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Ellen Rabinowitz (1986) studied this question.