New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 11 - ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Part 4 - ADULT SERVICES › Section 8.11.4.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A.
"Ability
				to consent"
means an adult's ability to understand and appreciate the
				nature and consequences of the proposed protective services or protective
				placement, including the benefits, risks and alternatives to the proposed
				services or placement and to make or communicate an informed
				decision.
B.
"Administrative
				hearing"
is a formal process whereby a client receiving adult services
				can appeal a decision made by the department to modify or terminate services
				prior to the service plan's expiration date.
C.
"Administrative review"
is
				an informal process, which may include an informal conference or may include
				only a review of the existing file. The administrative review does not create
				any substantive rights for the client.
D.
"Adult day care"
is the
				provision of contractual day care services for functionally impaired adults who
				have been abused, neglected or exploited or are at continued risk of being
				abused, neglected or exploited. Services are delivered in a licensed facility
				that provides structure and supervision.
E.
"Aggrieved person"
is
				someone who has been determined by the department to be abused, neglected or
				exploited and who has had his or her adult service plan for attendant care,
				home care or day care denied, modified or terminated.
F.
"Assessment"
is a process of
				completing structured and non structured interviews to acquire an understanding
				of multiple levels of the adult's need and developing interventions within
				available resources, if appropriate.
G.
"Attendant care"
is the
				provision of temporary, non-medical personal care to a functionally impaired
				adult in his or her own home by a caregiver when no other service options
				exist.
H.
"Eligibility"
means the adult meets necessary criteria for adult
				services under this part.
I.
"Emergency shelter/caregiver"
is the placement of an adult in an
				appropriate facility or the use of a caregiver in the adult's home to provide a
				temporary protected environment.
J.
"Functional impairment"
is the inability of an adult to perform
				independently some or most activities of daily living or instrumental
				activities of daily living.
K.
"Home care services"
are the provision of direct or contractual
				non-medical personal care and light housekeeping services for adults who have
				physical or mental disabilities that cause a functional disability to meet
				their basic care or home maintenance needs and who otherwise meet the criteria
				established in these regulations.
L.
"Incapacitated person"
means
				any adult with a mental, physical, or developmental condition that
				substantially impairs the adult's ability to provide adequately for the adult's
				own care or protection.
M.
"Secretary
" is the secretary of the aging and long-term services
				department or the secretary's designee within the ALTSD.
N.
"Service plan"
a written,
				individualized plan defining specific services for a client in a specific time
				frame.