PHOTOS: Adult day healthcare is one of the programs on the governor’s chopping block

Participants hug each other as they arrive at the Graceful Senescence center.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

A participant at Graceful Senescence plays a game.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Mary Frazier takes part in an exercise session at Graceful Senescence.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Operators of adult day healthcare centers and client advocates say state budget plans calling for the closure of more than 300 of the centers would end up costing the state even more money.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Aide Pam Hudson kisses client Juanita Eaves at breakfast at the Graceful Senescence center.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

A student nurse attempts to coax participants into some physical activity.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Dorothy Greenwood, 85, wears a hat while she waits for breakfast at Graceful Senescence.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Gerri Reeves plays piano while Myrtlene Moss and Marie Hooper sing to the clients at Graceful Senescence.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Dominoes is one of the games on offer.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Adelina Lindo, 98, is helped to the door by her great-niece Adelina McCloud and aide Osmin Ramos at Graceful Senescence. McCloud said she might have to put her great-aunt in a nursing home if the center closed.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)