Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a)
Program. Adult day services is a community-based program designed
to meet the needs of functionally impaired older persons, age 60 and older,
through an individualized plan of care.
(1)
The program is structured, comprehensive , and provides health, social, and
related support services in a protective setting for some portion of a
day.
(2) Participants attend on a
planned basis during specified hours.
(3) The program includes the day services
provider, the participant, the participant's family, and other community
resources in a plan that allows the participant to remain in the community, and
avoid institutionalization, and enables families and other caregivers to
continue caring for the participant at home.
(b)
Purpose. Adult day services
goals are to:
(1) promote the participant's
maximum level of independence;
(2)
maintain the participant's present level of functioning as long as possible,
preventing or delaying further deterioration;
(3) restore and rehabilitate the participant
to the highest level of functioning possible;
(4) provide support, respite, and education
for families and other caregivers;
(5) foster socialization and peer
interaction; and
(6) serve as an
integral part of the community service network and long-term care
continuum.
(c)
Responsibilities.
(1)
County office. Local social services staff:
(A) determines applicant eligibility;
and
(B) assists interested persons
to locate and utilize adult day services facilities that hold a current valid
contract with the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS).
(2)
ASD. ASD staff:
(A) develops adult day services
policy;
(B) provides technical
assistance to communities, organizations, and persons interested in the
development of adult day services;
(C) provides local staff with training and
guidance pertaining to the adult day services program;
(D) provides applications for contracts to
provide adult day services;
(E)
performs site evaluations to ensure that applicant facilities meet OKDHS
requirements; and
(F) provides
ongoing monitoring and evaluation of facilities contracted with
OKDHS.
(d)
Legal basis. The legal basis and authority for the adult day
services program is the Social Services Block Grant Act, as amended, [
42 U.S.C.
§
1397] which was enacted as part of
the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, Public Law 97-35, administered
by the Department of Health and Human Services.
Amended at 9 Ok Reg
1727, eff 4-20-92 (emergency); Amended at 9 Ok Reg 2917, eff 7-13-92; Amended
at 15 Ok Reg 1316, eff 3-1-98 (emergency); Amended at 16 Ok Reg 1058, eff
4-26-99; Amended at 18 Ok Reg 2138, eff 6-11-01; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 1325, eff
6-1-07
