The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation
and enforcement of these rules. Where the context in which words are used in
these rules indicated that such is the intent, words in the singular number
shall include the plural and vice versa. Throughout these rules gender pronouns
are used interchangeably except where the context dictates otherwise. The
drafters have attempted to utilize each gender pronoun in equal numbers, in
random distribution. Words in each gender shall include individuals of the
other gender. Except as otherwise specified in this section, the terminology
used in this Chapter is the standard terminology and has the standard meaning
used in health care, health insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid.
(a) "Adult Day Care" means a congregate
setting providing care for older persons needing periodic supervision, with
services aimed at maintaining and restoring health, nutrition, speech and
physical therapy, and leisure activities.
(b) "Allowable Third Party In-Kind" means
property or services which benefit a grant supported project and which are
contributed by non-Federal third parties without charge to the
grantee.
(c) "AoA" means the
Administration on Aging within the United States Department of Health and Human
Services, Washington, D.C.
(d)
"Assess" means to conduct a periodic on-site visit to review the
grantee/contractor.
(e) "At-risk"
means a person unable to perform normal daily tasks independently due to
multiple problems which can include, but are not limited to, physical,
emotional, or cognitive functioning, environment, abuse and neglect.
(f) "Case-Management" means a set of logical
steps and a process of interaction within a service network which assure that a
client receives needed services in a supportive, efficient and cost effective
manner.
(g) "Adult Home Care" means
services designed to assist individuals in avoiding inappropriate or premature
institutionalization through case management.
(h) "Congregate site" means the place where
eligible participants are served meals and other services.
(i) "Contractor" means a recipient of funds
under the Division with an approved contract to provide services.
(j) "Corrective steps" means action
plan.
(k) "Discretionary Grant"
means a grant for a specified service or program as provided for in the program
announcement.
(l) "Division" means
the Department of Health, Aging Division.
(m) "Elderly" means any person at least sixty
(60) years of age.
(n)
"Eligibility" means the guidelines whereby a grantee/contractor will be
considered for funding or service under the Division.
(o) "Eligible entity" means an agency that
can apply for designation as a planning or service area, which includes only 1)
units of local purpose government, 2) regional metropolitan areas, and 3)
Indian reservations.
(p) "Eligible
participant" means anyone at least sixty (60) years of age or their spouse,
except where more stringent requirements are specified.
(q) "Equipment" means items costing more than
$500.00 or having the life expectancy of more than one year.
(r) "Evaluate" means to develop a written
report based on monitoring and assessment of grants and contracts.
(s) "Feasible," in reference to special
diets, means the availability of a dietitian or nutritionist to implement diets
and adequate budgets to pay for such services.
(t) "Fee schedule" means guidelines related
to the units of service and income category of the eligible participants to
allow him or her to contribute to the project.
(u) "Grantee" means a recipient of funds
under the Division with an approved grant to provide services.
(v) "Handicapped non-elderly" means a person
under the age of sixty (60) who is handicapped as defined by 42 U.S. C.
8003
(1978).
(w) "Home health care"
means health services provided in the home by qualified individuals under
medical supervision.
(x)
"Homemaker" means trained personnel who provide assistance to older persons in
the performance of home related activities, such as cooking or light
housekeeping.
(y) "Hospice" means
services provided to a terminally ill individual who remains at home with
family.
(z) "Legal Assistance"
means services provided by the Legal Assistance Developer Program.
(aa) "Legal Assistance Developer" means the
statewide program which provides and develops legal assistance for the
elderly.
(bb) "Long Term Care"
means a continuum of care ranging from assisted independence in activities of
daily living to institutionalization.
(cc) "Monitor" means to review program or
fiscal reports as compared to the approved budget and service plan.
(dd) "Non-eligible meal participant" means a
guest or staff person under age sixty (60) and not a spouse of a person age
sixty (60) or more, eating a meal at a congregate site.
(ee) "Nutrition services" means congregate
and home delivered meals and other nutrition services, including outreach and
nutrition education provided to the elderly by grantees/contractors.
(ff) "Older Americans Act" means
42 U.S.C.
3001,
et seq. (1965,
as amended)
(gg) "Ombudsman" means
an advocate responsible for handling complaints concerning institutional care
facilities, boarding homes, adult day and home care agencies.
(hh) "Plan of action" means steps for
corrective measures.
(ii) "Program
Income" means financial contributions or fees paid by the clients and/or their
families for services provided.
(jj) "RDA" means recommended dietary
allowance.
(kk) "Regional
Metropolitan Area" is a designation of several cities and/or counties or other
geographic areas so stated in the description of each specific area.
(ll) "Respite care" means supervising or
staying with older persons thereby permitting their family or other primary
caregiver to have time free of the caregiving responsibility.
(mm) "Service provider" means a contractor or
grantee.
(nn) "Sponsor" means the
grantee or parent organization responsible for the terms of the
grant.
(oo) "State Advisory
Council" means the ten (10) members appointed by the Director of the Department
of Health responsible to advise the Division.
(pp) "State plan" means a document
promulgated by the Division, conforming with an established format of goals,
objectives, budget and assurances prescribed by the AoA.
(qq) "Supplemental grant" means a grant to
augment an existing program or service provision.
(rr) "Supportive Services" means any service
that meets standards prescribed by the Assistant Secretary for Aging in the
United States Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., as
being necessary for the general welfare of elderly individuals.
(ss) "USDA" means United Stated Department of
Agriculture.
(tt) "Units of general purpose local
government" means any city council or county commission.