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
Universal Citation: OK Admin Code 340:105-10-54
Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 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.
(b) Authority. The authority for this Section is Section 321 of the OAA of 1965, as amended.
(c) Procedures. The AAA:
(1)
incorporates the provisions in this Section into the Title III policies and
procedures manual;
(2) provides
technical assistance to prospective service project applicants regarding the
policy in the development of Title III-B services; and
(3) utilizes the policy as an indicator in
the evaluation of Title III-B service project proposals.
(d) Cross references. See OAC 340:105-10-40, 340:105-10-50.1 and 340:105-10-51.
Added at 11 Ok Reg 673, eff 11-29-93 (emergency); Added at 11 Ok Reg 2771, eff 6-13-94; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 1170, eff 5-13-02; Amended at 23 Ok Reg 1062, eff 7-15-06; Amended at 25 Ok Reg 1754, eff 6-1-08 (emergency); Amended at 26 Ok Reg 2221, eff 7-1-09
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