In addition, an auditorium will be transformed into an adult day-care center accommodating 100 people.

There will also be two other new buildings and one renovated building to house, among other things, medical offices, recreation space and an adult day-care center.

The money can be used to pay for a baby-sitter, home health aide or nurse and for visits to a nursing home or an adult day-care center.

Or they might be eligible for something as simple as a Meals on Wheels program or participation in an adult day-care center.

Such centers have a much easier time attracting philanthropic money than adult centers do, health care experts say.

While adult centers tend to break even or lose money, children's centers often have modest profit margins.

Or it can reimburse the costs of going to an adult day-care center.

It will include new resident lounges, upgraded nursing stations and dining rooms, as well as an adult day-care center.

He noted that Arkansas had tried paying for "home health care, personal care, transportation to senior centers, a nurse's services, or attendance at an adult day-care center."

Meanwhile, the agency has also closed an adult day-care center in a nearby building, leaving 100 clients and their spouses in the lurch.