R510-302-4. Definitions

  (1) All definitions found in Title 62A Chapter 3 are incorporated by reference.

  (2) Activities of Daily Living means the ability to: take a full body bath or shower, including transfer in and out of the bath or shower; tend to personal hygiene needs, including care of teeth, dentures, shaving, and hair care; put on, fasten and take off all clothing, and select appropriate attire; walk without supervision or cues, including using a walker or cane; use steps or ramps; use toilet or commode, including transferring on and off toilet, cleansing self, changing pads, and caring for colostomy or catheter in appropriate manner; transfer without supervision or devices in and out of a bed or chair; and the ability to feed oneself, prepare food, drink or use necessary adaptive devices.

  (2a) Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (ADL's) means the core life activities of independent living, including using the telephone, managing money, preparing meals, doing housework, remembering to take medications, providing for one's necessities, and obtaining services.

  (3) Durable with respect to a power of attorney, means not terminated by the principals incapacity.

  (4) Conservator means an individual or agency appointed by a court in accordance with Section 75-5-401, et seq.

  (5) Guardian means an individual or agency appointed by a court in accordance with Section 75-5-303, et seq.

  (6) Incapacitated Person is as defined in Section 75-1-201(18).

  (7) Intentionally is as defined in Section 76-2-103(1).

  (8) Knowingly is as defined in Section 76-2-103(2).

  (9) Lifestyle Choice means a knowing and voluntary choice to live a certain way, including a non-conventional way, by a person who has capacity to make that choice.

  (10) Limited Capacity means that an adult person's ability to understand, communicate, make decisions regarding the nature and consequences the person's life or property is limited in one or more, but not all, functional areas, or during identified times of day, due to a mental illness, developmental disability, organic brain disorder, physical illness or disability, chronic use of drugs, chronic intoxication, short-term memory loss, or other cause.

  (11) Long-term care facility is as defined in Section 62A-3-202.

  (12) Power of Attorney means a writing or other record that grants authority to an agent to act in the place of the principal, whether or not the term power of attorney is used.

  (13) Protective intervention funding means payments made to the vulnerable adult, family, or caregiver or other provider that will alleviate or resolve a protective need.

  (14) Protective Needs means factors identified by the APS Protective Needs Assessment that pose significant risk for, or are the result of Abuse, Neglect or Exploitation of a vulnerable adult.

  (15) Protective Needs Assessment means an assessment of a vulnerable adult's impairments and alleged risk factors for Abuse, Neglect or Exploitation that are found to be present in that APS case investigation.

  (16) Protective Supervision means an APS service offered to reduce or resolve a vulnerable adult's protective need.

  (17) Recklessly is as defined in Section 76-2-103(3).

  (18) Respite Care means a time-limited period of relief from care giving responsibilities paid to a respite care provider or individual from Protective Intervention Funds.

  (19) Service Plan means a document created by the APS caseworker for an approved Short-term Service Case that includes a goal, objectives, methods, and progress reviews to resolve the protective needs identified in an Adult Protective Services investigation, and which implements recommendations of the case review committee.

  (20) Short-term protective services include but are not limited to crisis intervention, emergency shelter, protective supervision, respite care, supported living services, or short-term intervention funding.

  (21) Short-Term intervention funding means short-term payments made to the vulnerable adult, family, or caregiver or other provider, during a short-term service case for goods or services other than for Respite Care or Supported Living, that will alleviate or resolve a protective need.

  (22) Supported Living means short-term payments made to individuals or providers that enable the vulnerable adult to remain in his or her own home or in the home of a relative.