Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 048 - Health, Department of › Sub-Agency 0003 - Aging Division › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 1-4 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation
				  and enforcement of these rules. Where the context in which words are used in
				  these rules indicated that such is the intent, words in the singular number
				  shall include the plural and vice versa. Throughout these rules gender pronouns
				  are used interchangeably except where the context dictates otherwise. The
				  drafters have attempted to utilize each gender pronoun in equal numbers, in
				  random distribution. Words in each gender shall include individuals of the
				  other gender. Except as otherwise specified in this section, the terminology
				  used in this Chapter is the standard terminology and has the standard meaning
				  used in health care, health insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid.
(a) "Adult Day Care" means a congregate
				setting providing care for older persons needing periodic supervision, with
				services aimed at maintaining and restoring health, nutrition, speech and
				physical therapy, and leisure activities.
(b) "Allowable Third Party In-Kind" means
				property or services which benefit a grant supported project and which are
				contributed by non-Federal third parties without charge to the
				grantee.
(c) "AoA" means the
				Administration on Aging within the United States Department of Health and Human
				Services, Washington, D.C.
(d)
				"Assess" means to conduct a periodic on-site visit to review the
				grantee/contractor.
(e) "At-risk"
				means a person unable to perform normal daily tasks independently due to
				multiple problems which can include, but are not limited to, physical,
				emotional, or cognitive functioning, environment, abuse and neglect.
(f) "Case-Management" means a set of logical
				steps and a process of interaction within a service network which assure that a
				client receives needed services in a supportive, efficient and cost effective
				manner.
(g) "Adult Home Care" means
				services designed to assist individuals in avoiding inappropriate or premature
				institutionalization through case management.
(h) "Congregate site" means the place where
				eligible participants are served meals and other services.
(i) "Contractor" means a recipient of funds
				under the Division with an approved contract to provide services.
(j) "Corrective steps" means action
				plan.
(k) "Discretionary Grant"
				means a grant for a specified service or program as provided for in the program
				announcement.
(l) "Division" means
				the Department of Health, Aging Division.
(m) "Elderly" means any person at least sixty
				(60) years of age.
(n)
				"Eligibility" means the guidelines whereby a grantee/contractor will be
				considered for funding or service under the Division.
(o) "Eligible entity" means an agency that
				can apply for designation as a planning or service area, which includes only 1)
				units of local purpose government, 2) regional metropolitan areas, and 3)
				Indian reservations.
(p) "Eligible
				participant" means anyone at least sixty (60) years of age or their spouse,
				except where more stringent requirements are specified.
(q) "Equipment" means items costing more than
				$500.00 or having the life expectancy of more than one year.
(r) "Evaluate" means to develop a written
				report based on monitoring and assessment of grants and contracts.
(s) "Feasible," in reference to special
				diets, means the availability of a dietitian or nutritionist to implement diets
				and adequate budgets to pay for such services.
(t) "Fee schedule" means guidelines related
				to the units of service and income category of the eligible participants to
				allow him or her to contribute to the project.
(u) "Grantee" means a recipient of funds
				under the Division with an approved grant to provide services.
(v) "Handicapped non-elderly" means a person
				under the age of sixty (60) who is handicapped as defined by 42 U.S. C.8003
				(1978).
(w) "Home health care"
				means health services provided in the home by qualified individuals under
				medical supervision.
(x)
				"Homemaker" means trained personnel who provide assistance to older persons in
				the performance of home related activities, such as cooking or light
				housekeeping.
(y) "Hospice" means
				services provided to a terminally ill individual who remains at home with
				family.
(z) "Legal Assistance"
				means services provided by the Legal Assistance Developer Program.
(aa) "Legal Assistance Developer" means the
				statewide program which provides and develops legal assistance for the
				elderly.
(bb) "Long Term Care"
				means a continuum of care ranging from assisted independence in activities of
				daily living to institutionalization.
(cc) "Monitor" means to review program or
				fiscal reports as compared to the approved budget and service plan.
(dd) "Non-eligible meal participant" means a
				guest or staff person under age sixty (60) and not a spouse of a person age
				sixty (60) or more, eating a meal at a congregate site.
(ee) "Nutrition services" means congregate
				and home delivered meals and other nutrition services, including outreach and
				nutrition education provided to the elderly by grantees/contractors.
(ff) "Older Americans Act" means
				42 U.S.C.
				3001,
et seq
. (1965,
				as amended)
(gg) "Ombudsman" means
				an advocate responsible for handling complaints concerning institutional care
				facilities, boarding homes, adult day and home care agencies.
(hh) "Plan of action" means steps for
				corrective measures.
(ii) "Program
				Income" means financial contributions or fees paid by the clients and/or their
				families for services provided.
(jj) "RDA" means recommended dietary
				allowance.
(kk) "Regional
				Metropolitan Area" is a designation of several cities and/or counties or other
				geographic areas so stated in the description of each specific area.
(ll) "Respite care" means supervising or
				staying with older persons thereby permitting their family or other primary
				caregiver to have time free of the caregiving responsibility.
(mm) "Service provider" means a contractor or
				grantee.
(nn) "Sponsor" means the
				grantee or parent organization responsible for the terms of the
				grant.
(oo) "State Advisory
				Council" means the ten (10) members appointed by the Director of the Department
				of Health responsible to advise the Division.
(pp) "State plan" means a document
				promulgated by the Division, conforming with an established format of goals,
				objectives, budget and assurances prescribed by the AoA.
(qq) "Supplemental grant" means a grant to
				augment an existing program or service provision.
(rr) "Supportive Services" means any service
				that meets standards prescribed by the Assistant Secretary for Aging in the
				United States Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., as
				being necessary for the general welfare of elderly individuals.
(ss) "USDA" means United Stated Department of
				Agriculture
.
(tt) "Units of general purpose local
				government" means any city council or county commission.