231.4 - DEFINITIONS.
231.4 DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise
requires:
1. "Administrative action" means an action or decision made
by an owner, employee, or agent of a long-term care facility, or by a
governmental agency, which affects the service provided to residents
covered in this chapter.
2. "Commission" means the commission on aging.
3. "Department" means the department on aging.
4. "Director" means the director of the department on aging.
5. "Equivalent support" means in-kind contributions of
services, goods, volunteer support time, administrative support, or
other support reasonably determined by the department as equivalent
to a dollar amount.
6. "Federal Act" means the Older Americans Act of 1965, 42
U.S.C. § 3001 et seq., as amended.
7. "Home and community-based services" means a continua of
services available in an individual's home or community which include
but are not limited to case management, homemaker, home health aide,
personal care, adult day, respite, home delivered meals, nutrition
counseling, and other medical and social services which contribute to
the health and well-being of individuals and their ability to reside
in a home or community-based care setting.
8. "Long-term care facility" means a long-term care unit of a
hospital or a facility licensed under section 135C.1 whether the
facility is public or private.
9. "Older individual" means an individual who is sixty years
of age or older.
10. "Resident's advocate program" means the state long-term
care resident's advocate program administered by the department on
aging.
11. "Unit of general purpose local government" means a
political subdivision of the state whose authority is general and not
limited to one function or combination of related functions.
For the purposes of this chapter, "focal point", "greatest
economic need", and "greatest social need" mean as those terms
are defined in the federal Act. Section History: Recent Form
86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1004
C87, § 249D.4
C93, § 231.4
2003 Acts, ch 141, §2; 2005 Acts, ch 45, §3; 2009 Acts, ch 23, §15
Referred to in § 249H.3