TABLE 5.

Reasons of preference of daycare service maintenance/cessation during the COVID‐19 pandemic

	N (%) of “Yes”
Reasons of preference to daycare service remaining available
Prompted responses
Care recipient's mobility will deteriorate without daycare service	46 (83.6)
Care recipient's cognitive functioning will deteriorate without daycare service	42 (76.4)
Daycare service serves a respite for me	42 (76.4)
Care recipient's emotion will deteriorate without daycare service	36 (65.5)
Unpromoted “others” responses
Daycare service spares me time to do my own things	9 (16.4)
Care recipient is difficult to maintain daily routine without daycare services	5 (9.1)
Care recipient is difficult to maintain social life without daycare services	4 (7.3)
Daycare service can alleviate caregiving stress	3 (5.5)
Difficult to take care of care recipient by my own	1 (1.8)
Daycare centre is safer than home because it already has good infection control	1 (1.8)
Reasons of preference to daycare service cessation
Prompted responses
Care recipient may get infected in daycare centre	85 (87.6)
Care recipient may get infected when going out	69 (71.1)
Unprompted “others” responses
Staff may get infected in daycare centre	5 (5.2)
Centre does not have enough manpower to provide good care during the pandemic	1 (1.0)
Infection control measures increase staff burden	1 (1.0)

Note: Percentages were based on n = 55 having preferred daycare service to maintain and n = 97 having preferred cessation of daycare service.