Health Care and Aging

• AARP Tax Aide - Tax Assistance for Seniors

  AARP Tax Aide is a free nationwide tax counseling service targeted to people age 60 and older. Some 31,000 AARP Tax Aide counselors, trained in cooperation with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) help approximately 1.5 million older taxpayers file their federal state and local tax returns each tax season. Content Detail

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  AARP Foundation

• Advance Care Planning FAQ's

  Why should you read this NOW? By reading this website (instead of People magazine) you have made an important decision. You are finally ready to think about some hard choices. Why have you decided that today is the day to think about what’s going to happen just before the end of your life? Because if you’re reading this you can still think and you know that life is short. Content Detail

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  Oklahoma Palliative Care Resource Center

• Advance Directive Act, Form and Procedures

  Link to the Oklahoma Statute enacting the Oklahoma Advance Directive Act, which includes the Advance Directive Form and Procedures. Amended effective May 17, 2006. Content Detail

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  Oklahoma State Court Network

• Advance Directive Booklet PDF

  Advance Directive Booklet prepared by St. John Health Systems, Tulsa is designed to help you better understand your options when making end of life decisions. Content Detail

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  St. John Health Systems

• Advance Health Care Directives

  This link to the American Bar Association's web site gives information, articles and links to a consumer's tool kit with resources to help you with health care and end-of-life advance planning. Content Detail

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  American Bar Association

• Articles on Health Care and Aging

  Website with articles on medicaid, medicare, long-term healthcare, and end of life issues. Content Detail

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  Findlaw for the Public

• Benefits Check Up

  Information on what benefits seniors may be eligible for. Requires filling out a form. Content Detail

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  National Council on the Aging

• Health and Financial Decisions

  Legal Tools for Preserving Your Personal Autonomy Content Detail

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  ABA Commision on Law and Aging

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  Spanish / Español

• Medicare Coverage of Skilled Nursing Facility Care

  This booklet explains: (1) Medicare covered skilled care; (2) your rights and protections, (3) where you can get help with questions. This document is available in PDF format. Content Detail

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  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

• New Healthcare Reform Law (video)

  On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Affordable Care Act. The law puts into place comprehensive health insurance reforms that will hold insurance companies more accountable and will lower health care costs, guarantee more health care choices, and enhance the quality of health care for all Americans. Content Detail

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  HealthCare.gov

• Taking Care of An Aging Parent PDF

  The 'sandwich' generation cares for young children as well as aging parents. Learn how to cope with the stress this brings. Content Detail

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  National Mental Health Association

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  Spanish / Español

• Advance Directive for Health Care form-Oklahoma PDF

  Advance Directive for Health Care form as revised by the 2006 Legislature. Read More

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  OU Health Sciences Palliative Care

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  Spanish / Español

• Advance Directive for Health Care (Living Will)

  The Oklahoma Bar Association publishes the Oklahoma Advance Directive for Health Care FAQ's. Content Detail

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  Oklahoma Bar Association

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  Spanish / Español

• Caregivers Resource List

  In fiscal year 2007, OKDHS, Adult Protective Services program investigated more than 17,550 referrals of alleged abuse or neglect. This web site was created to provide resources to help make things easier for both those giving care and those receiving it. Content Detail

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  Oklahoma Department of Human Services Adult Protective Services

• Consumer's Tool Kit for Health Care Advance Planning

  Good advance planning for health care decisions is a continuing conversation about values, priorities, the meaning of one's life, and quality of life. This tool kit contains a variety of self-help worksheets, suggestions, and resources. There are 10 tools in all, each clearly labeled and user-friendly. The tool kit does not create a formal advance directive for you but helps you do the much harder job of discovering, clarifying, and communicating what is important to you in the face of serious illness. Content Detail

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  American Bar Association