Waterford — After almost 30 years, the Shoreline Adult Day Center is closing and will consolidate its services with the Ross Adult Day Center in Norwich. The center’s last day of operation is scheduled for June 28.

Pam Kinder, vice president of marketing and facilities at United Community & Family Services, said Monday that the number of Shoreline’s clients has decreased and the maintenance of the program is no longer financially viable.

“We didn’t come to this decision lightly,” Kinder said. “Our mission is to improve the health and well being of the community, and we looked long and hard to see if there were other opportunities, but we’ve been struggling for many years to keep that location afloat.”

Participants in the Beechwood Drive program will be offered transportation to the Norwich day care program and the program costs are not changing, Kinder said.

Families were notified of the center’s closing in the beginning of May, she said.

Both centers provide services to elderly and disabled individuals who are either home-bound or are considering an alternative, such as a nursing home, because of physical or health limitations. By providing transportation and a supervised setting, patients in the day care program are able to live at home or with their families.

According to the UCFS website, both programs provide breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack; personal care assistance; medication administration and assistance by a registered nurse and a variety of planned and structured recreational activities that include exercise, entertainment, intergenerational activities, pet therapy, trivia, discussion groups, games, arts and crafts and community outings.

Kinder said that Shoreline’s capacity is 40 people, but on some days fewer than 10 people show up.

“We looked at our census last year and saw that it was decreasing over time, and we spent the last year marketing the program, and our census didn’t increase. As a non-profit we had to look at our financials, and we had to decide that we could no longer stay open,” she said.

There will be an opportunity for the six staff members in Waterford to apply for four positions in Norwich to provide “continuity” for the participants, Kinder said.

Shoreline’s program moved to Beechwood Drive about 11 years ago and was recently due to sign another year lease, but Kinder said the renter was only going to offer another year on the lease so the program would eventually have to move.

j.hanckel@theday.com