Quick Facts: Why Support Home/Community Services
Aging at Home Overwhelmingly Preferred
90% of Oklahomans age 50+ prefer to receive long-term care in their home or a home-like setting.
(AARP, 2011)
In-Home Services and Supports Cost Less
At one-third the cost of nursing facility care, day, home and community services saved Oklahoma taxpayers an estimated $300 million in fiscal year 2010.
($30.83 per day vs $104.43 per day)
(OKDHS Annual Report, 2010)
Helps Oklahoma Families Take Care of One Another
More than 370,000 family caregivers in Oklahoma provide 400 million hours of unpaid care valued at $3.5 billion annually. Day, home and community services provide the services, support and respite caregivers need.
(State of the States in Family Caregiver Support by the
Family Caregiver Alliance/National Center on Caregiving, 2007)
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