Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 105 - Aging Services › Subchapter 10 - Policies and Procedures Manual for Title Iii of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as Amended › Part 7 - PROGRAM STANDARDS FOR SERVICES FUNDED UNDER TITLE III OF THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 1965, AS AMENDED › Section 340:105-10-54 - Supportive services

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Policy.
The Area Agency on Aging (AAA) makes grants to local
				  agencies or organizations for the provision of supportive services to older
				  persons. Providers of any such service must comply with all standards outlined
				  in this Subchapter relating to the service(s) provided. Supportive services,
				  for purposes of this Section, include:
(1)
				  health, including mental health, education and training, welfare,
				  informational, recreational, homemaker, counseling, or referral
				  services;
(2) transportation
				  services to facilitate access to supportive services or nutrition services, and
				  services provided by an AAA in conjunction with local transportation service
				  providers, public transportation agencies, and other local government agencies
				  that result in increased provision of such transportation services for older
				  persons;
(3) services designed to
				  encourage and assist older persons to use the facilities and services,
				  including information and assistance services, and language translation
				  services to assist older persons with limited English speaking ability to
				  obtain services;
(4) services
				  designed to:
(A) assist older persons obtain
				  adequate housing, including minor residential repair and renovation projects,
				  up to $250 annually per client, designed to enable older persons maintain their
				  homes in conformity with minimum housing standards;
(B) adapt homes to meet the needs of older
				  persons who have physical disabilities;
(C) prevent unlawful entry into residences of
				  older persons, through the installation of security devices and structural
				  modifications or alterations of such residences; or
(D) assist older persons in obtaining housing
				  for which assistance is provided under programs of the Department of Housing
				  and Urban Development;
(5) services designed to assist older persons
				  avoid institutionalization and assist persons in long-term care institutions
				  who are able to return to their communities, including:
(A) client assessments, case management, and
				  development and coordination of community services;
(B) supportive activities to meet the special
				  needs of caregivers, including caregivers who provide in-home services to frail
				  older persons; and
(C) in-home
				  services and other community services, including home health, homemaker, and
				  chore services to assist older persons to live independently in a home
				  environment;
(6)
				  services designed to provide to older persons legal assistance and other
				  counseling services and assistance, including:
(A) tax counseling and assistance, financial
				  counseling, and counseling regarding appropriate health and life insurance
				  coverage;
(B) representation of
				  persons who are wards, or are allegedly incapacitated, and in guardianship
				  proceedings of older persons who seek to become guardians, if other adequate
				  representation is unavailable in the proceedings;
(C) provision, to older persons who provide
				  uncompensated care to their adult children with disabilities, of counseling to
				  assist such older persons with permanency planning for such children;
(7) services designed to enable
				  older persons to attain and maintain physical and mental well-being through
				  programs of regular physical activity, exercise, music therapy, art therapy,
				  and dance movement therapy;
(8)
				  services designed to provide health screening, including mental health
				  screening, to detect or prevent illnesses, or both, that occur most frequently
				  in older persons;
(9) services
				  designed to provide for older persons, pre-retirement counseling and assistance
				  in planning for and assessing future post-retirement needs with regard to
				  public and private insurance, public benefits, lifestyle changes, relocation,
				  legal matters, leisure time, and other appropriate matters;
(10) services of an ombudsman at the state
				  level to receive, investigate, and act on complaints by older persons who are
				  residents of long-term care facilities and to advocate for the well-being of
				  such persons;
(11) provision of
				  services and assistive devices, including provision of assistive technology
				  services and assistive technology devices, designed to meet the unique needs of
				  older persons with disabilities and older persons who provide uncompensated
				  care to their adult children with disabilities;
(12) services to encourage the employment of
				  older workers, including job and second career counseling, and where
				  appropriate, job development, referral, and placement, and including the
				  coordination of the services with programs administered by or receiving
				  assistance from the Department of Labor, including programs carried out under
				  the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Section 2801 of Title 29 of the United
				  States Code;
(13) crime prevention
				  services and victim assistance programs for older persons;
(14) a program, to be known as Senior
				  Opportunities and Services, designed to identify and meet the needs of older
				  persons who are poor, 60 years of age or older, in one or more of the areas of:
(A) development and provision of new
				  volunteer services;
(B) effective
				  referral to existing health, including mental health, employment, housing,
				  legal, consumer, transportation, and other services;
(C) stimulation and creation of additional
				  services and programs to remedy gaps and deficiencies in presently existing
				  services and programs; and
(D)
				  other services as the Assistant Secretary for Aging of the Administration on
				  Aging may determine are necessary or especially appropriate to meet the needs
				  of older persons who are poor and ensure them greater
				  self-sufficiency;
(15)
				  services for the prevention of abuse of older persons in accordance with
				  Section 307(a)(12) of the Older Americans Act (OAA) of 1965, as
				  amended;
(16) in-service training
				  and state leadership for legal assistance activities;
(17) health and nutrition education services,
				  including information concerning prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and
				  rehabilitation of age related diseases and chronic disabling
				  conditions;
(18) services designed
				  to enable mentally impaired older persons to attain and maintain emotional
				  well-being and independent living through a coordinated system of support
				  services;
(19) services designed to
				  support family members and other persons providing voluntary care to older
				  persons who need long-term care services;
(20) services designed to provide information
				  and training for persons who are or may become guardians or representative
				  payees of older persons, including information on the powers and duties of
				  guardians and representative payees and alternatives to
				  guardianships;
(21) services to
				  encourage and facilitate regular interaction between students and older
				  persons, including services for older persons with limited English proficiency
				  and visits in long-term care facilities, multipurpose senior centers, and other
				  settings;
(22) in-home services
				  defined by the State Agency in the State Plan submitted under Section 307 of
				  the OAA, taking into consideration the age, economic need, and noneconomic and
				  nonhealth factors contributing to the frail condition and need for service of
				  the persons described in this paragraph, and in-home services defined by an AAA
				  in the Area Plan submitted under Section 306 of the OAA;
(23) services designed to support States,
				  AAAs, and local service providers in carrying out and coordinating activities
				  for older persons with respect to mental health services, including outreach
				  for, education concerning, and screening for such services, and referral to
				  such services for treatment;
(24)
				  activities to promote and disseminate information about life-long learning
				  programs, including opportunities for distance learning; and
(25) any other services necessary for the
				  general welfare of older persons, if the services meet standards prescribed by
				  the Assistant Secretary for Aging and are necessary for the general welfare of
				  older persons.