Topic: Medically Fragile Waiver
The Medically Fragile program is Oklahoma Health Care Authority’s home and community-based alternative to placement in a hospital or skilled nursing facility.
The Oklahoma Health Care Authority administers several waiver programs that offer an alternative to nursing care. These programs give individuals with physical or intellectual disabilities who need institutional care, the opportunity to remain in their home or a community based setting while receiving that level of care. Advantage Assisted Living Waiver The ADvantage Waiver Assisted […]
LTC – is an acronym for long term care. Long-term medical care for the categorically needy includes care in a nursing facility, public and private intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded, persons age 65 years or older in mental health hospitals, Home and Community Based Waiver Services for the Intellectually Disabled, and Home and Community Based Waiver Services for frail elderly and a targeted group of adults with physical disabilities age 21 and over who have not been determined to have a developmental disability, an intellectual disability or a related condition.