Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT FOR AGING AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES › Chapter 130 - ADULT SERVICES STANDARDS › Section 22VAC30-130-10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Activities of daily living" or "ADLs" means bathing,
				  dressing, toileting, transferring, eating/feeding, and bowel and bladder
				  continence.
"Adult" means any individual 18 years of age or older, or
				  younger than 18 years of age if legally emancipated.
"Adult services" means services that are provided by local
				  departments of social services to adults with an impairment.
"Adult with an impairment" means an adult whose physical or
				  mental capacity is diminished to the extent that the adult needs counseling or
				  supervisory assistance with ADLs or instrumental activities of daily
				  living.
"Auxiliary Grants" or "AG" means cash payments made to
				  certain aged, blind, or disabled individuals who receive benefits under Title
				  XVI of the Social Security Act, as amended, or would be eligible to receive
				  these benefits except for excess income.
"Chore services" means nonroutine, heavy home maintenance
				  services provided to adults, including minor repair work on furniture and
				  appliances in the adult's home; carrying coal, wood, or water; chopping wood;
				  removing snow; yard maintenance; and painting.
"Companion services" means services to an adult, including
				  light housekeeping, companionship, shopping, meal preparation, transportation,
				  laundry, money management, and assistance with ADLs.
"Department" means the Department for Aging and
				  Rehabilitative Services.
"Department-designated case management system" means the
				  official state automated computer system for adult services that collects and
				  maintains information on adult services provided by the local
				  department.
"Eligibility based on income" means an eligibility category
				  under which the adult's eligibility for services is based upon an income scale
				  issued annually by the department.
"Home-based services" means companion, chore, and homemaker
				  services that allow adults to attain or maintain self-care and are likely to
				  prevent or reduce dependency.
"Homemaker services" means services that provide the adult
				  instruction in or the performance of activities to maintain a household.
				  Homemaker services may include personal care, home management, household
				  maintenance, nutrition, and consumer or hygiene education.
"Income maintenance" means an eligibility category under
				  which the adult is eligible for a service because the adult receives Temporary
				  Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), or
				  AG.
"Instrumental activities of daily living" or "IADLs" means
				  tasks such as meal preparation, shopping, housekeeping, money management,
				  transportation, using the telephone, home maintenance, and laundry.
"Local board" means the local board of social services
				  representing one or more counties or cities.
"Local department" means the local department of social
				  services of any county or city in the Commonwealth.
"Public assistance" means TANF, AG, medical assistance,
				  energy assistance, supplemental nutritional assistance program, employment
				  services, child care, and general relief.
"Responsible person" means an individual who is authorized
				  under state or federal law to make decisions concerning the adult and to
				  receive information about the adult.
"Service plan" means a written plan to address the needs of
				  the adult.
"Social supports" means individuals or organizations who
				  routinely provide assistance or support to the adult.
"Uniform Assessment Instrument" or "UAI" means the
				  department-designated assessment form. It is used to record information about
				  the adult's level of service needs.
"Universal access" means an eligibility category under which
				  the adult is eligible for services without consideration of the adult's
				  income.
Statutory Authority: §§
											51.5-131
					 and
					 51.5-145
					 of the Code of Virginia.