Day care — facilities or services providing daytime care, child care, or rehabilitation for children or the elderly. Often written in katakana as デイケア.
午後だけ子どもをデイケアに預けて働いている。
I leave my child at daycare only in the afternoon while I work.
高齢の父は週に三回デイケアでリハビリを受けている。
My elderly father receives rehabilitation at a day-care center three times a week.
デイケアの申し込みは市役所の窓口でできます。
You can apply for daycare at the municipal office counter.