Florida Administrative Code › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › 65C - Family Safety and Preservation Program › Chapter 65C-2 - COMMUNITY CARE FOR DISABLED ADULTS › Section 65C-2.002 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) "Adult Day Care" means a social program
				which provides a protective environment where preventive remedial and
				restorative services are provided to adults in need of such care.
(2) "Adult Day Health Care" means an
				organized day program of therapeutic, social, dietary and health activities and
				services provided to disabled adults for the purpose of restoring or
				maintaining optimal capacity for self care.
(3) "Case Management Service" means a client
				centered series of activities which includes planning, arranging for, and
				coordination of appropriate community-based services for an eligible Community
				Care for Disabled Adults client. Case management service is an approved
				service, even when delivered in the absence of other services. Case management
				service includes intake and referral, comprehensive assessment, development of
				a service plan, arranging for services and monitoring of client's progress to
				assure the effective delivery of services and reassessment.
(4) "Chore Service" means the performance of
				house or yard tasks such as seasonal cleaning, yard work, lifting and moving,
				simple household repairs, and other tasks not performed by specialized staff
				for eligible persons who are unable to do these tasks.
(5) "Emergency Alert Response Service" means
				a community based electronic surveillance service system established to monitor
				the safety of individuals in their own homes and which alerts qualified
				assistance to the client in need.
(6) "District" also means Department
				region.
(7) "Escort Service" means
				the personal accompaniment of an individual to and from service providers, or
				personal assistance to enable clients to obtain other required services needed
				to implement the service plan.
(8)
				"Group Activity Therapy" means a service provided by a professional staff
				person to three or more eligible clients and includes, the following
				activities: physical, recreational, educational, social interaction, and
				communication skill building through the use of groups. The purpose of this
				service is to prevent social isolation and to enhance social and interpersonal
				functioning.
(9) "Health
				maintenance services" means as defined in Section
				 410.603, F.S.
(10) "Home Delivered Meals Service" means a
				hot or other nutritionally sound meal that meets one-third of the current daily
				recommended dietary allowances served in the home to a homebound disabled
				adult.
(11) "Home Health Aide
				Service" means a health or medically-oriented task furnished to an individual
				in his residence by a trained home health aide. The home health aide must be
				employed by a licensed home health agency and supervised by a licensed health
				professional who is an employee or contractor of the home health
				agency.
(12) "Homemaker Service"
				means the accomplishment of specific home management tasks including
				housekeeping, meal planning and preparation, shopping assistance, and routine
				household activities by a trained homemaker.
(13) "Home Nursing Service" means part-time
				or intermittent nursing care administered to an individual by a licensed
				professional or practical nurse or advanced registered nurse practitioner, as
				defined in Chapter 464, F.S., in the place of residence used as the
				individual's home, pursuant to a plan of care approved by a licensed
				physician.
(14) "Interpreter
				Service" means assistance in communicating provided to a disabled adult client
				who has a speech or hearing impairment or a language barrier.
(15) "Medical Equipment or Supplies" means
				long-term or disposable devices or material to aide in diagnosis, treatment and
				rehabilitation of a disease or condition.
(16) "Medical Therapeutic Service" means
				those corrective or rehabilitative services which are prescribed by a physician
				or nurse practitioner licensed in the State of Florida. Provided by a
				professionally licensed, registered or certified individual, these services are
				designed to assist the client to maintain or regain sufficient functional
				skills to live in his place of residence. Such therapies include physical,
				occupational, speech-language therapy, and respiratory therapy.
(17) "Personal Care Service" means individual
				assistance with or supervision of essential activities of daily living, such as
				bathing, dressing, ambulating, supervision of each self-administered
				medication, eating, and assistance with securing health care from appropriate
				sources. Personal care service shall mean the provision of medical, nursing,
				dental or mental health services by the personal care service staff.
(18) "Provider" or "Service Provider" means
				the entity contracted by the Department to operate a disabled adults
				program.
(19) "Respite Care" means
				relief or rest for a caregiver from the constant supervision, companionship,
				therapeutic and personal care on behalf of a client for a specified period of
				time. The purpose of the service is to maintain the quality of care to the
				client for a sustained period of time through temporary, intermittent relief of
				the primary caregiver.
(20)
				"Transportation Service" means the movement of a client to and from service
				providers or community resources which are essential to the implementation of
				the care plan.
Rulemaking Authority
					 410.606 FS. Law Implemented
					 410.601-.606 FS.
New 1-24-89, Amended 6-24-96, Formerly 10A-16.002, Amended
					 12-8-98, 7-27-21.