License Number1-120125
Adult Day Care
WAONOEN is a place to enjoy the day. Delicious meals, activities like painting and singing, and good conversation — the kind of time that's hard to find at home. Adult day care isn't about moving into a facility. It's a new place to spend the day, while continuing to live in the home you know.
A good day, every day
A home-style Japanese lunch.
Every WAONOEN meal is made from scratch — comforting, home-style Japanese cooking. Chicken katsu, nikujaga (meat and potato stew), ginger pork, shabu-shabu salad — served with a garden salad and soup, on a menu that rotates every other week. 'The lunch is delicious' is one of the reasons people look forward to coming.
Painting, singing, and more.
From gentle exercises to activities like art and music — 'it's fun because we do it together,' and smiles come naturally.
A ride home at the end of the day.
When the day is done, we provide transportation home.
What our guests say
'It's so much fun, and the lunch is delicious.'
'We paint, we sing.'
— these are the words we hear from those who join us. A good day shows itself in three simple words to family: 'I want to go back.
Coming here, for the joy of it — and the health that follows
When the hours spent alone add up — with little to stimulate the senses and few conversations — the body and mind slowly grow less active. Chances to get out and move grow fewer, and so do moments of talking with others. Coming to WAONOEN gently turns that around. Moving the body, engaging the mind, connecting with others — time spent enjoyably is, in the end, what supports good health.
A steady foundation behind the fun
Enjoying the day is only possible where there's a sense of safety. Holly operates both in-home care and adult day care, and in line with state regulations, we keep a ratio of no more than six clients to each staff member. We also track how much each person eats and drinks. Because the same team also provides in-home care, life at home and time at day care connect into one picture.
6 : 1
Client‑to‑staff ratio,
in line with state regulations
Daily
Meal & water intake tracked daily for every guest
One Record
Home life and day care
connect into one record
A Client's Story
From 'I want to go home' to teaching us hula
When she first came to WAONOEN, she carried a deep anxiety. Her dementia had progressed, and she had lost her husband not long before. 'I want to go home.' 'Where is he?' — unsettled, she would sometimes try to head outside. Other places, we were told, had found her difficult to take in.
The first thing we put in place was a shared approach across the whole team. Don't correct. Don't contradict. Meet the feeling first. During the hours when her anxiety ran high, we arranged our staff so someone could always stay near. When she tried to go outside, we didn't stop her — we walked with her. We recorded how she was each day and shared it across the team, building our relationship with her little by little.
Time spent absorbed in coloring. Time moving to music. Time settling down over a cup of coffee. The moments when she felt at ease grew — one, then another.
After about three months, she was joining the group exercises and staying calm through to the end of the day. During the afternoon music, she would hum along on her own — and even teach our staff how to dance hula. In activities she had never once joined at her former residence, she found a role of her own, and her smile.
Her daughter told us: 'I'm truly grateful. I never expected you would do this much.'
We didn't do anything extraordinary. We simply stayed close to her pace, without giving up. That was all — and it was everything.
Come see us
TOHO NO HIKARI Facility
3510 Nuuanu Pali Dr. Honolulu, HI 96817
🎉Opening Promotion
Special Introductory Rates!
*Optional return transportation available.
Short Stay
$80
Full Day
$100
Free Trial
Free trials are available every day.
Please check in at 9:45 AM — sessions run from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM (subject to change).
Family members are welcome to join.
*Advance reservation required (please sign up below).