also: でーけあ
Refers to daytime care services for children, the elderly, or people with disabilities. Common in compound terms like デイケアサービス or デイケアセンター.
My grandmother goes to day care twice a week.
A new day care center has opened in this area.
Variant spelling reflecting the long vowel pronunciation.
Spelling with interpunct; rarely used in practice.
Spelling with interpunct and long vowel; rarely used.
Borrowed from English 'day care'.