Adult Day Services:
- Get a license?
Adult Day Services is a structured, comprehensive program that provides a variety of health, social, and related support services in a protective setting for some portion of a day. Individuals who participate in adult day services attend on a planned basis during specified hours. If you are interested in providing day services, please contact the Oklahoma Department of Health.
- Learn about the requirements of a center, including a participants' rights?
The rights of a participant in Adult Day Services and the requirements of any center can be found at Adult Day Center Regulations (Link opens in new window), information provided by the Oklahoma State Health Department.
ADvantage Waiver:
- Find what services are available through the ADvantage Waiver?
When you apply for ADvantage by calling one of the contact lines or going to your local county OKDHS office, you will be set up for an "assessment." A nurse will come to your home to complete the assessment. At that time, the nurse will determine if you are medically eligible for ADvantage. During the same time period, an OKDHS social worker will decide if you are financially eligible for ADvantage. If you are financially and medically eligible, a case manager will help decide what services you need and will develop a treatment plan for you. The case manager will also help to arrange the services. Services may include:
- Adult day health care
- Case management
- Consumer directed personal assistance services & supports
- Home-delivered meals
- Home modification
- Hospice
- Occupational therapy
- Personal care
- Physical therapy
- Prescription drugs
- Specialized equipment and supplies
- Speech therapy
- Supported restorative assistance
- Get additional information by calling the following numbers:
- ADvantage Program Intake Line:
1-800-435-4711
- ADvantage Program Consumer Inquiry System (CIS) Line:
1-800-435-4711
Area Agencies on Aging:
- Find out what kind of services are available?
Services available at the Area Agencies on Aging (AAA) are numerous. Services are provided by Older Americans Act funds. Services are provided to seniors 60 and over, as well as to disabled or low-income individuals. Learn about the various services available:
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Congregate and Home Delivered Meals:
Over four million meals are served each year, at 275 local nutrition sites throughout Oklahoma, and to homebound individuals. Meals are planned by a Registered Dietitian and must meet one-third of the recommended daily requirement.
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Health Promotion:
Often located at the local nutrition site, health promotion services include provision of educational presentations, exercise programs, and health screening activities to persons sixty and older.
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Nutrition:
Information on the benefits of healthy eating and exercise are provided to congregate and homebound meal participants.
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In-Home Assistance:
In-Home Assistance: Local projects are funded by Area Agencies on Aging to provide chore services, personal care, housekeeping, and home repair.
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Outreach:
Skilled outreach personnel in each county provide one-on-one assistance to help older persons make informed choices.
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Legal Services:
Educational presentations on legal issues of interest to older adults are provided, as well as individual legal assistance. Legal assistance is provided through the Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma.
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Transportation:
Trips to the nutrition site, the bank, the doctor's office or grocery store allow older persons who no longer drive to remain independent in their communities.
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Caregiver Assistance:
Services, education and support groups are available to family members who are caring for older persons.
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Grandparents Raising Grandchildren:
A number of services are available to grandparents raising grandchildren. Educational opportunities, conferences and support groups are available.
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Respite:
Respite care is a temporary break from long and arduous caregiving duties. Respite vouchers help caregivers pay someone who has temporarily taken their place as a care provider.
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Long-Term Care Ombudsman:
Ombudsman advocate for the rights of residents in long-term care facilities.
- Locate an Area Agency on Aging?
There are 11 Area Agencies on Aging throughout the state. Service areas are composed of counties. To locate a service area:
Caregiver Initiative:
- Find out what type of services are available?
- Assistance with access to community services
- Counseling
- Support groups
- Training for caregivers
- Respite services for caregivers
- Other supplemental services
Grandparent Initiative:
- Find out about grandparent support groups?
The number of support groups for grandparents raising grandchildren is increasing in Oklahoma. Many of them offer child care so that both grandparents and their grandchildren have a chance to participate in the group. Support groups can offer: emotional support, guidance, assistance, advice, resources and information.
The Oklahoma Areawide Services Information System (OASIS) (Link opens in new window) has a list of grandparent support groups within the state and contact information.
- Get information about services for grandparents raising grandchildren?
A number of services are available to grandparents raising grandchildren (and other relatives serving as parents). To learn about services, resources and to get a manual entitled "Starting Points for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren," contact OASIS (Link opens in new window). OASIS serves as the grandparent clearinghouse for information in Oklahoma. The OASIS contact numbers are: 1-800-426-2747 or (405) 271-6302.
The Community Relations Unit of the Aging Services Division also presents two conferences per year to give grandparents information about resources and services. To get information about the conferences, contact the Community Relations staff.
Housing:
- Find out about housing options?
- Assisted Living:
Assisted Living may provide assistance with personal care, medications and ambulation. The center may also provide nursing supervision and information or unscheduled nursing care. The assisted living center cannot provide 24-hour skilled nursing care as is provided in a nursing facility.
- Continuum of Care:
Continuum of Care combines the services of a nursing facility with an assisted living center and/or an adult day care center.
- Independent Senior Housing:
This housing option offers various combinations of meal plans, housekeeping, laundry services, recreation and transportation services. No personal care such as bathing assistance is provided. Retirement communities may or may not include assisted living and nursing facility care on the same campus.
- Nursing Facilities:
Nursing Facilities provide 24-hour skilled care and related services for residents who require medical or nursing care.
- Residential Care Facilities:
This type of facility offers or provides residential accommodations, food service and supportive assistance. A residential care home may provide assistance with meals, dressing, bathing and other personal needs, and it may assist in the administration of medication. However, it cannot provide medical care.
Get a list of various facilities and regulations from the Oklahoma Department of Health Long-Term Care Service. (Link opens in new window)
Legal Services:
- Find out how to get legal services?
Information about legal services can be obtained through the Area Agencies on Aging (AAA), or by contacting the Legal Services Developer at the Aging Services Division. Helpful documents, such as Do Not Resuscitate, guardianship information and end-of-life forms are available through Publications.
Long-Term Care Ombudsman:
- Become a volunteer Ombudsman?
The ombudsman program is supported by local volunteers who are committed to improving the lives of older persons in institutions. The Area Agencies on Aging Ombudsman Supervisors train, supervise and support the volunteers. Persons interested in volunteering should contact the Ombudsman Supervisor in their area, or state office personnel.
- Compare Nursing Homes?
Medicare (Link opens in new window) provides information to help individuals decide what nursing home will meet their needs. The "Nursing Home Compare" allows searches by state, county, name of facility or proximity.
- File a complaint with an Ombudsman?
To file a complaint, simply contact the Ombudsman Supervisor in the Area Agencies on Aging in which the long-term care facility is located.
- File a complaint with the Health Department?
Long-term care facilities must be licensed by the Oklahoma Department of Health to provide care. Complaints can be made directly to the Health Department (.pdf, 1 pp, 23.1KB).
- What does the ombudsman do with a complaint?
A long-term care ombudsman is a person who receives complaints from residents of long-term care facilities, their friends or relative and attempts to resolve those complaints within the facility. The Ombudsman has the authority to explore problems and recommend corrective action to the facility.
Pharmacy Connection Council:
- Get cheap or no-cost prescription drugs?
The Central Oklahoma Community Action Agency, the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program and Oklahoma Pharmacy Connection Council have joined together to help inform Oklahomans of prescription drugs that may be of no charge to them. The RX for Oklahoma (Link opens in new window) Program connects persons who qualify for assistance with cheap or no-cost drugs from the drug manufacturers.
Respite:
- Apply for services?
The Oklahoma Areawide Services Information System (OASIS) (Link opens in new window) can: answer respite questions, give qualifying information and send out applications for service.
- Find out how much voucher money, will be received?
The vouchers equal $400 for respite services and are good for three months. Once the vouchers expire, the caregiver can reapply by calling OASIS.
Vouchers are given to caregivers to buy respite from whomever they wish, as long as the person chosen is at least 18 years of age and does not live in the home of the caregiver or care receiver. If the caregiver does not have anyone to provide respite care, OASIS may be able to assist in locating a provider.
- Learn more about respite?
The respite program lets caregivers take a break away from the duties of taking care of another person. Caregivers can use respite hours in the manner that best meets personal needs and desires. Respite can be used to visit family or friends, to run errands, spend an evening at the movies, to take a vacation, or to just catch up on much needed rest.
There is no income limit for:
- Persons caring for individuals 60 and over
- Grandparents 60 or older raising grandchildren
Retired Senior Volunteer Program:
The three NSSC volunteer opportunities for older persons include:
- Retired and Senior Volunteer Program - matches persons 55 or older Oklahomans with local problems in their communities
- Foster Grandparent Program - Persons 60 and over provide valuable assistance to children with special needs
- Senior Companion Program - Volunteers 60 and over provide comfort and in-home assistance with daily living tasks to frail, homebound elderly persons.
State Plan Personal Care:
- Qualify for services?
To see if you or someone you know might qualify for personal care service or other programs, contact your local county OKDHS Human Services Center. Your income will be a factor, as well as your physical condition. State plan personal care is available to persons of all ages who qualify financially and medically.
Transportation:
- How to get a van?
The Capital Assistance Program provides vehicles for private non-profit organizations and public agencies (under certain conditions) for the transportation of older persons and persons with disabilities.
Private non-profit organizations and public agencies may apply for a van by contacting the Support Services Unit staff of the Aging Services Division.
- Become eligible?
In order to qualify entities must meet one of the following criteria's:
- Be a private non-profit corporation or association;
- Be a public body approved by the State to coordinate services for elderly and persons with disabilities;
- Be a public body which certifies to the Governor that no non-profit corporations or associations are readily available in the area to meet special needs of the elderly and persons with disabilities.
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