Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 411 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, AGING AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES › Division 360 - ADULT FOSTER HOMES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES › Section 411-360-0020 - Definitions and Acronyms

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
OAR 411-317-0000 includes general
				definitions for words and terms frequently used in OAR chapter 411, division
				360. In addition to the definitions in OAR
				411-317-0000, the following
				definitions apply specifically to the rules in OAR chapter 411, division 360.
				If the same word or term is defined differently in OAR
				411-317-0000, the definition in
				this rule applies.
(1) "Adult Foster
			 Home (AFH)" means any home in which residential care and services are provided
			 in a home-like environment for compensation to five or fewer adults who are not
			 related to the provider by blood, marriage, or adoption. An adult foster home
			 does not include any house, institution, hotel, or other similar living
			 situation that supplies room or board only, if no individual thereof requires
			 any element of care.
(2) "Adult
			 Foster Home for Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities
			 (AFH-DD)" means an adult foster home in which residential care and services are
			 provided to support individuals with intellectual or developmental
			 disabilities.
(3) "Advance
			 Directive" or "Advance Directive for Health Care" means the legal document
			 signed by an individual or their legal representative that provides health care
			 instructions in the event the individual is no longer able to give directions
			 regarding their wishes. The Advance Directive gives the individual the means to
			 control their own health care in any circumstance. An Advance Directive for
			 Health Care does not include Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
			 (POLST).
(4) "AFH-DD" means an
			 "adult foster home for individuals with intellectual or developmental
			 disabilities" as defined in this rule.
(5) "Applicant" means a person who completes
			 an application for an adult foster home license who is also the owner of the
			 business or a person who completes an application to become a resident manager.
			 The term applicant includes a co-applicant (if applicable).
(6) "Bill of Rights" means the civil, legal,
			 or human rights afforded to individuals in an adult foster home in accordance
			 with those rights afforded to all other U.S. citizens including, but not
			 limited to, those rights delineated in the Adult Foster Home Bill of Rights for
			 individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities described in OAR
			 411-360-0170.
(7) "Care" means supportive services that
			 encourage maximum individual independence and enhance the quality of life for
			 an individual including, but not limited to, the following:
(a) Provision of 24-hour supervision, being
			 aware of the whereabouts of the individual, and ensuring the health, safety,
			 and welfare of the individual.
(b)
			 Assistance with activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily
			 living as defined in OAR
			 411-317-0000.
(c) Assistance with quality of life
			 activities, such as socialization and recreation.
(d) Monitoring the activities of the
			 individual to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of the
			 individual.