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This law was first created in 2012. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 476<\/a>, 507<\/a>, 803<\/a>, and 835<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2020, chapter 728<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":58881,"section_number":"51.5-182","catch_line":"Responsibility for complaints and investigations","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.5-182\/"}],"permalink":{"id":236879,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62473,"identifier":"51.5-134","token":"51.5\/14\/3\/51.5-134","url":"\/51.5-134\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.5-134\/","token":"51.5\/14\/3\/51.5-134","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.5-134","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Access services<\/span>” means care coordination; care transitions; communication, referral, information, and assistance; options counseling; transportation; and assisted transportation.\n\t\t“Aging services<\/span>” means access services<\/span>, Care Coordination for Elderly Virginians, caregiver services<\/span>, client services<\/span>, disease prevention and health promotion services, in-home services<\/span>, legal assistance, nutrition services<\/span>, and elder abuse prevention services that are supported with federal and state funds.\n\t\t“Caregiver services<\/span>” means counseling services, including individual counseling, support groups, and caregiver training; respite services, including institutional respite and direct respite services; and supplemental services.\n\t\t“Client services<\/span>” means emergency services, employment services pursuant to Title III of the Older Americans Act, 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 3001 et seq., as amended, health education and screening, long-term care coordinating activities, medication management, money management, public information and education, socialization and recreation, and volunteer programs.\n\t\t“Economic need<\/span>” means the need resulting from an income level at or below the poverty line.\n\t\t“In-home services<\/span>” means adult day care, checking, chore, homemaker, personal care, and residential repair and renovation services.\n\t\t“Long-term care” means any service, care, or item, including a disease prevention and health promotion service, an in-home service, and a case management<\/span> service that is (i) intended to assist individuals in coping with, and to the extent practicable in compensating for, a functional impairment in carrying out activities of daily living; (ii) furnished at home, in a community care setting, or in a long-term care facility; and (iii) not furnished to prevent, diagnose, treat, or cure a medical disease or condition.\n\t\t“Long-term care ombudsman program<\/span>” means the program established in Article 13 (\u00a7 51.5-182<\/a> et seq.).\n\t\t“Nutrition services<\/span>” means congregate and home-delivered nutrition services<\/span>.\n\t\t“Social need<\/span>” means the need caused by noneconomic factors, including (i) physical and mental disabilities, which include developmental disabilities and human immunodeficiency virus; (ii) language barriers; and (iii) cultural, social, or geographic isolation, including that which is related to a history of discrimination for factors such as racial or ethnic status, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation that can affect an individual’s ability to perform normal daily tasks or threatens such individual’s capacity to live independently.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 51.5-134)\n\nAs used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Access services” means care coordination; care transitions;\ncommunication, referral, information, and assistance; options counseling;\ntransportation; and assisted transportation.\n\t\t“Aging services” means access services, Care Coordination for\nElderly Virginians, caregiver services, client services, disease prevention and\nhealth promotion services, in-home services, legal assistance, nutrition\nservices, and elder abuse prevention services that are supported with federal\nand state funds.\n\t\t“Caregiver services” means counseling services, including\nindividual counseling, support groups, and caregiver training; respite services,\nincluding institutional respite and direct respite services; and supplemental\nservices.\n\t\t“Client services” means emergency services, employment services\npursuant to Title III of the Older Americans Act, 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 3001 et seq., as\namended, health education and screening, long-term care coordinating activities,\nmedication management, money management, public information and education,\nsocialization and recreation, and volunteer programs.\n\t\t“Economic need” means the need resulting from an income level at\nor below the poverty line.\n\t\t“In-home services” means adult day care, checking, chore,\nhomemaker, personal care, and residential repair and renovation services.\n\t\t“Long-term care” means any service, care, or item, including a\ndisease prevention and health promotion service, an in-home service, and a case\nmanagement service that is (i) intended to assist individuals in coping with,\nand to the extent practicable in compensating for, a functional impairment in\ncarrying out activities of daily living; (ii) furnished at home, in a community\ncare setting, or in a long-term care facility; and (iii) not furnished to\nprevent, diagnose, treat, or cure a medical disease or condition.\n\t\t“Long-term care ombudsman program” means the program established\nin Article 13 (\u00a7 51.5-182 et seq.).\n\t\t“Nutrition services” means congregate and home-delivered nutrition\nservices.\n\t\t“Social need” means the need caused by noneconomic factors,\nincluding (i) physical and mental disabilities, which include developmental\ndisabilities and human immunodeficiency virus; (ii) language barriers; and (iii)\ncultural, social, or geographic isolation, including that which is related to a\nhistory of discrimination for factors such as racial or ethnic status, gender\nidentity, gender expression, or sexual orientation that can affect an\nindividual’s ability to perform normal daily tasks or threatens such\nindividual’s capacity to live independently.\n\nHISTORY: 2012, cc. 476, 507, 803, 835; 2020, c. 728; 2021, Sp. 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