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The Villas
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News:
Homecoming Week
AAHSA's Homecoming Week is your chance to celebrate what
makes your organization special.
From May 26-30, join thousands
of your peers by opening your doors and inviting your
neighbors and your elected officials to learn about your
work and meet your community's treasures: the people you
serve. Host an open house, introduce them to your residents
over a meal or coordinate a staff community service project.
Whatever you do, this is your chance to showcase how you
make your community a better place to live.
Download the Homecoming Week Toolkit
for program ideas, media outreach tips and sample materials.
Access these
resources to get started:
2008 Award Winners
Click here to view Awards
Brochure (PDF)
Making
Our Communities More Liveable for Older Oklahomans
OKAHSA is leading an advocacy initiative to ensure that
programs and services for the elderly are adequately funded.
Organizations across the state are encouraged to join this
effort on behalf of the "Greatest Generation".
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"Every
year when the legislature convenes, there is one
population that is noticeably absent... I am speaking
of the frail elderly population in
Oklahoma
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They have fought our wars, nursed our sick, taught in
our schools, built our roads, and have contributed so
much to our state. We needed them. Now they need us...
They need us to advocate for adequate funding for
programs and services such as nutrition programs,
transportation, adult day services and quality nursing
home care."
-- Mary Brinkley, Oklahoma Association of Homes
and Services for the Aging Executive Director |
 OKAHSA's request bill, SB 1622, was signed into law by Governor Brad Henry on May 11, 2004.
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"This measure proposes a new funding methodology that will reward nursing homes that place emphasis on the use of revenues for direct resident care."
-- Mary Brinkley, Oklahoma Association of Homes
and Services for the Aging Executive Director |
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