Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 1427 - RESPITE SERVICES › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 17-1427-3 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
For the purpose of this chapter:
"Caregiver" means the individual who is the primary,
					 unpaid, regular provider of care to a disabled child or adult.
"Client family" means a family which is providing
					 twenty-four hour care for a frail elderly person in the family's home. A client
					 family may be a well husband or wife providing home care for an ill spouse,
					 children caring for elderly parents, or other relatives caring for a frail
					 elderly family member. A client family may also consist of unrelated
					 individuals providing twenty-four hour care for not more than one frail elderly
					 person, if the frail elderly person would otherwise be subject to placement
					 outside the family home without the care provided by the client family, and if
					 the unrelated individuals have received training to provide the appropriate
					 level of care.
"Disabled child or adult" means a person determined to
					 have a physical or mental disability.
"Frail elderly persons" or "clients" means individuals
					 requiring twenty-four hour care, but who are being maintained in private homes
					 other than domiciliary care homes.
, "Memorandum of understanding" means an agreement
					 prepared by the respite companion service program and signed by the
					 administrator of the respite companion service program and the respite station
					 which identifies program requirements, working relationships, and mutual
					 responsibilities.
"Respite care service" means care provided to a disabled
					 child or adult on a temporary basis to enable the primary, unpaid, regular
					 caregiver to engage in other activities.
"Respite companion service" means assistance provided by
					 respite companions employed by the respite companion service program to
					 families rendering twenty-four hour care for frail elderly persons to allow the
					 families time to engage in other activities.
"Respite companion service program" means an employment
					 and training program established by the department which provides part-time
					 salaried positions for low-income persons aged fifty-five or older as respite
					 companions, assisting families providing twenty-four hour care for frail
					 elderly persons in the families' homes.
"Respite companions" means low-income persons aged
					 fifty-five and over who provide respite companion service to clients and client
					 families as defined in this section.
"Respite station" means a public or private nonprofit
					 social service or health care agency or organization qualified or licensed to
					 provide services for clients, that has entered into a memorandum of
					 understanding with the department.
"Senior community service employment program (SCSEP)"
					 means an employment and training program administered by the department through
					 grants with the State's department of labor and industrial relations (DLIR).
					 SCSEP fosters and promotes useful part-time opportunities in community service
					 activities for persons with low incomes who are fifty-five years or
					 older.