Since 1979 daycare facilities are formally established in nursing homes. In this paper an elaboration is presented of the admission of visitors to daycare and of what is comprised in it. In the paper there is no discussion about whether the nursing home is the right place for daycare. That makes the admission rules somewhat artificial, because they depend on the possibilities of the other care-giving organizations. The main substance of daycare seems to be behavioural, although a nursing-, paramedical or medical necessity must at least formally be present. The paper gives within this framework a good picture of the possibilities of daycare in the Netherlands.