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Adult Daycare
There are many "adult daycare" programs available in Oklahoma
County, but only OKFD provides specialized daycare services for developmentally
delayed adults. OKFD is licensed to provide adult daycare for 72 individuals
and activities include music therapy, exercise, personal grooming, arts
and crafts, outings in our community and much more.
Social Programs
The OKFD is hopping on Thursday nights! Thats when nearly 200 adults
with disabilities gather for our social programs, which include music,
games, sports and dancing. The social programs not only benefit our clients,
who receive much-needed socialization, stimulation and exercise, but also
their family members and or caregivers, who may be desperate for an evening
to themselves once a week.
A Word on Respite Services
Many families who seek assistance from OKFD have chosen to keep their
loved one at home instead of in a group home or institution. Their labor
of love is exhausting and families experience extreme stress because of
caring for their loved one, maintaining a career, a home, a marriage and
a relationship with their other family members.
The OKFD gives them a much-needed break while their precious family member
may participate in a variety of programs at OKFD. Daycare allows family
members (including parents, siblings and extended family) and caregivers
the opportunity to work full-time and provide much needed income for the
home. Most of caregivers of our DD members are divorced, living on a single
income and caring for a DD adult 30 years old +.
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