This is the advantageous part of a nursery. There are more employees working and backup can be called if someone has an emergency or someone is sick. It doesn't matter if someone takes a vacation or needs time off in daycare because there is always a replacement. It's not so easy with home care if your provider goes on vacation, because there isn't always someone to replace them. If a home care provider is sick, what happens to the children? It's not easy for parents to unexpectedly give up work every time a child gets sick. Nurseries are more flexible by having the right amount of staff available. While home care centers can maintain flexible pick-up and drop-off hours because they keep the daycare inside their home, daycare centers stay open until most work is completed, around six a.m..