Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 771 - ADULT SERVICES APPROVED PROVIDERS › Section 22VAC40-771-10 - 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 (ADLs)" means bathing, dressing,
				  toileting, transferring, bowel control, bladder control and eating/feeding. A
				  person's degree of independence in performing these activities is part of
				  determining the appropriate level of care and services.
"Adult" means any individual 18 years of age or over.
"Adult abuse" means the willful infliction of physical pain,
				  injury or mental anguish or unreasonable confinement of an adult.
"Adult day services provider" means a provider who gives
				  personal supervision for up to three adults for part of a day. The provider
				  promotes social, physical and emotional well-being through companionship,
				  self-education, and satisfying leisure activities. Adult day services that are
				  provided for more than three adults require licensure by the Virginia
				  Department of Social Services.
"Adult exploitation" means the illegal use of an
				  incapacitated adult or his resources for another's profit or advantage.
"Adult foster care" means room and board, supervision, and
				  special services to an adult who has a physical or mental condition or an
				  emotional or behavioral problem. Adult foster care may be provided by a single
				  provider for up to three adults.
"Adult foster care provider" means a provider who gives room
				  and board, supervision and special services in his own home for up to three
				  adults who are unable to remain in their own home because of a physical or
				  mental condition or an emotional or behavioral problem. Care provided for more
				  than three adults requires licensure by the Virginia Department of Social
				  Services.
"Adult neglect" means that an adult is living under such
				  circumstances that he is not able to provide for himself or is not being
				  provided services necessary to maintain his physical and mental health and that
				  the failure to receive such necessary services impairs or threatens to impair
				  his well-being.
"Adult services" means services that are provided to adults
				  60 years of age and older and to adults 18 years of age and older who are
				  impaired.
"Assistant" means any individual who is responsible to assist
				  an adult services approved provider in caring for adult clients. Assistants
				  must meet the same requirements as the provider.
"Chore provider" means a provider who performs nonroutine,
				  heavy home maintenance tasks for adult clients unable to perform such tasks for
				  themselves. Chore services include minor repair work on furniture and
				  appliances in the adult's home; carrying coal, wood and water; chopping wood;
				  removing snow; yard maintenance; and painting.
"Client" means any adult who needs supervision and/or
				  services and seeks assistance in meeting those needs from a local department of
				  social services.
"Companion provider" means a provider who assists adult
				  clients unable to care for themselves without assistance and where there is no
				  one available to provide the needed services without cost in activities such as
				  light housekeeping, companionship, shopping, meal preparation, transportation,
				  household management and activities of daily living (ADLs).
"Department" means the Virginia Department of Social
				  Services.
"Home-based services" means companion, chore, and homemaker
				  services that allow individuals to attain or maintain self-care and are likely
				  to prevent or reduce dependency.
"Homemaker services" means a provider who gives instruction
				  in or, where appropriate, performs activities such as personal care, home
				  management, household maintenance, nutrition, consumer or hygiene
				  education.
"In-home provider" means an individual who provides care in
				  the home of the adult client needing supervision and/or services. In-home
				  providers include companion, chore, and homemaker providers.
"Instrumental activities of daily living" means meal
				  preparation, housekeeping/light housework, shopping for personal items,
				  laundry, or using the telephone. An adult client's degree of independence in
				  performing these activities is part of determining the appropriate level of
				  care and services.
"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 this Commonwealth.
"Local department-approved provider" means a provider that is
				  not subject to licensure and is approved by a local department of social
				  services to provide services to Department of Social Services' clients.
"Out-of-home provider" means an individual who provides care
				  in the individual's own home to adult clients who enter the home for purposes
				  of receiving needed supervision and/or services.
"Personal care services" means the provision of nonskilled
				  services including assistance in the activities of daily living, and may
				  include instrumental activities of daily living related to the needs of the
				  adult client, to maintain the adult client's health and safety in their
				  home.
"Responsible person" means an individual designated by or for
				  an adult client who is authorized to make decisions concerning the adult client
				  and/or to receive information about the adult client.
Statutory Authority
§§ 63.2-217, 63.2-1600, 63.2-1601, and
					 63.2-1601.1 of the Code of
					 Virginia.