(a) The following definitions shall apply for the purposes of this chapter:
(1) “Activities of daily living (ADL)” means activities performed by the participant for essential living purposes, including bathing, dressing, self-feeding, toileting, ambulation, and transferring.
(2) “Instrumental activities of daily living (IADL)” means functions or tasks of independent living limited to hygiene and medication management.
(3) “Personal health care provider” means the participant’s personal physician, physician’s assistant, or nurse practitioner, operating within his or her scope of practice.
(4) “Care coordination” means the process of obtaining information from, or providing information to, the participant, the participant’s family, the participant’s personal health care provider, or social services agencies to facilitate the delivery of services designed to meet the needs of the participant, as identified by one or more members of the multidisciplinary team.
(5) “Facilitated participation” means an interaction to support a participant’s involvement in a group or individual activity, whether or not the participant takes active part in the activity itself.
(6) “Group work” means a social work service in which a variety of therapeutic methods are applied within a small group setting to promote participants’ self-expression and positive adaptation to their environment.
(7) “Professional nursing” means services provided by a registered nurse or licensed vocational nurse functioning within his or her scope of practice.
(8) “Psychosocial” means a participant’s psychological status in relation to the participant’s social and physical environment.
(9) “Assistance” means verbal or physical prompting or aid, including cueing, supervision, stand-by assistance, or hands-on support to complete the task correctly.
(10) “Substantial human assistance” means direct, hands-on assistance provided by a qualified caregiver, which entails physically helping the participant perform the essential elements of the ADLs and IADLs. It entails more than cueing, supervision, or stand-by assistance to perform the ADLs and IADLs. It also includes the performance of the entire ADL or IADL for participants totally dependent on human assistance.
(11) “Cognitive impairment” means the loss or deterioration of intellectual capacity characterized by impairments in short- or long-term memory, language, concentration and attention, orientation to people, place, or time, visual-spatial abilities or executive functions, or both, including, but not limited to, judgment, reasoning, or the ability to inhibit behaviors that interfere with social, occupational, or everyday functioning due to conditions, including, but not limited to, mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s disease or other form of dementia, or brain injury.
(b) Upon the date of execution of the declaration described under subdivision (g) of Section 14525.1, this section shall become operative and Section 14522.3 shall become inoperative and on that date is repealed.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 328, Sec. 255. (SB 1330) Effective January 1, 2011. Section operative on date prescribed in subd. (b).)
Last modified: October 25, 2018