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Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Oklahoma?
Date Updated: December 3, 2024
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In Oklahoma, family members can be paid for in-home care, enabling their older loved ones to remain at home rather than live in a memory care facility or nursing home. Oklahoma offers ADvantage Waivers through the state's Medicaid program, Soonercare. ADvantage members can select the consumer-directed personal assistance services and support (CDPASS) service plan to manage their health care by choosing their service providers rather than relying on a case manager.
Oklahoma's ADvantage services offer an alternative approach to care for individuals who require nursing home-level assistance.
Through the ADvantage program, these individuals can stay in their homes to receive any necessary care or services. Seniors who could reside in an independent living facility or assisted living facility may not have sufficient medical needs to qualify. This Oklahoma CDPAP program offers several services to enrollees.
These services include assistance with activities of daily living and some home health care, including case management, personal care, meal delivery, and skilled nursing.
How to Qualify for an ADvantage Waiver
To qualify for an ADvantage waiver, individuals must first be eligible to receive Soonercare. To qualify for Soonercare, individuals must be U.S. citizens and meet income eligibility guidelines. Additionally, they must meet one of several qualifying criteria:
- Adults with children under the age of 19
- Children under the age of 19
- Pregnant women
- Adults ineligible for Medicare aged 19-64
- Adults 65 or older
- Individuals who are blind or otherwise disabled
- Women under 65 requiring breast or cervical cancer treatment
Which Family Members Can Be Paid for Caregiving with the ADvantage CDPASS Service Option?
Family caregivers are paid based on a budget set between ADvantage recipients and their caseworkers. Hours of care are capped at 40 hours per week or 8 hours per day, but schedules may be lower than 40 hours per week depending on eligibility and need as determined by a caseworker. The recipient tracks hours of care provided with EVV, and a Financial Management Service (FMS) handles payroll.