                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 51.5-134)

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#8220;Access services&#8221; means care coordination; care transitions;
communication, referral, information, and assistance; options counseling;
transportation; and assisted transportation.
		&#8220;Aging services&#8221; means access services, Care Coordination for
Elderly Virginians, caregiver services, client services, disease prevention and
health promotion services, in-home services, legal assistance, nutrition
services, and elder abuse prevention services that are supported with federal
and state funds.
		&#8220;Caregiver services&#8221; means counseling services, including
individual counseling, support groups, and caregiver training; respite services,
including institutional respite and direct respite services; and supplemental
services.
		&#8220;Client services&#8221; means emergency services, employment services
pursuant to Title III of the Older Americans Act, 42 U.S.C. § 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.
		&#8220;Economic need&#8221; means the need resulting from an income level at
or below the poverty line.
		&#8220;In-home services&#8221; means adult day care, checking, chore,
homemaker, personal care, and residential repair and renovation services.
		&#8220;Long-term care&#8221; means any service, care, or item, including a
disease prevention and health promotion service, an in-home service, and a case
management 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.
		&#8220;Long-term care ombudsman program&#8221; means the program established
in Article 13 (§ 51.5-182 et seq.).
		&#8220;Nutrition services&#8221; means congregate and home-delivered nutrition
services.
		&#8220;Social need&#8221; 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&#8217;s ability to perform normal daily tasks or threatens such
individual&#8217;s capacity to live independently.

HISTORY: 2012, cc. 476, 507, 803, 835; 2020, c. 728; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 299,
300.