Residential care homes near Tulsa

What is a residential care home?

A residential care home is an OSDH-licensed facility under the Residential Care Act that provides room, meals and supportive assistance to ambulatory adults who manage most of their own affairs and do not routinely need nursing care.

OSDH lists 5 open residential care homes in the six counties, with 97 licensed beds between them, in Claremore, Tulsa, Wagoner.

Who lives in Tulsa-area residential care homes?

Residents range from older adults who need supervision and meals to adults with mental illness or developmental disabilities, so the mix varies a great deal from home to home.

Visit, ask who lives there now, and consider whether your parent would feel at home.

How is it paid for?

Mostly privately or with residents' own income such as Social Security; no CareScout median exists for residential care homes in Oklahoma.

Ask what happens if needs grow, since the license does not allow medical care.

How do I find a licensed residential care home?

Use the residential care section of our assisted living roster or search the OSDH survey site; both list every open home with its license ID.

Check the home's survey documents and ask about its residents and house rules.

What does a typical day look like in a residential care home?

Meals at set times, help with housekeeping and laundry, reminders and some help with personal care, and a shared household setting with a small number of residents, rather than the apartments and activity calendars of larger assisted living centers.

Residents generally see their own doctors and manage their own appointments, with help arranging transportation. Ask what activities and outings the home offers.

How do I know if a residential care home is a good fit?

Spend an hour there, ideally at a mealtime, talk with residents, and ask the operator to describe the residents it serves best and the needs it cannot meet.

The fit depends heavily on the other residents, so the visit matters more than the brochure.

How recently has OSDH inspected Tulsa-area residential care homes?

Across the 5 residential care homes licenses on the roster, the newest survey document in each public file is a median of 6 months old, and 2 have a survey document dated within the last 12 months.

The largest by licensed capacity are Copp's Residential Care, Inc. in Claremore (55), Grand Mental Health in Claremore (22), Wagoner Health & Rehab Res Care in Wagoner (15). Survey documents include complaint investigations as well as routine visits.

Where is residential care homes licensed across the Tulsa area?

Here is how OSDH's roster distributes residential care homes across Tulsa, Wagoner, Rogers, Creek, Osage and Okmulgee counties.