7 AAC 12.349 - Definitions
In 7 AAC 12.310 - 7 AAC 12.349, unless the context requires otherwise,
(1) "advance health care
directive" means an instruction described in AS 13.52 regarding the provision
or nonprovision of health care;
(2)
"agency" means hospice agency;
(3)
"bereavement counseling" means emotional support services to assist a client's
family or caregivers in coping with the client's death;
(4) "client" means an individual with a
terminal illness who has been accepted to receive hospice care;
(5) "direct service" means service provided
directly to a client receiving services in a hospice program;
(6) "employee" means a paid staff person
designated by the hospice agency to provide services to a client or the
client's family under the direction of the plan of care for the client;
"employee" includes an individual providing services to the client or the
client's family under contract with the hospice agency;
(7) "family" means
(A) individuals related to a client by blood,
marriage, or court decree; and
(B)
one or more individuals who have a significant personal relationship with a
client and who have been designated, by mutual agreement between each
individual and the client, as members of the client's family;
(8) "full-service hospice agency"
means a hospice agency that provides, and charges a fee for, the services
described in
7
AAC 12.316;
(9) "hospice home health aide" means an
individual employed by or under contract with a hospice agency to provide
hospice services as specified in
7
AAC 12.333;
(10) "hospice philosophy" has the meaning
given the term in the definition of "hospice services" in
AS
47.32.900;
(11) "hospice services" has the meaning given
in AS
47.32.900;
(12) "medical director" means a physician or
advanced practice registered nurse who oversees the medical components of
hospice services and the interdisciplinary team;
(13) "palliative care" means care provided
for the reduction or abatement of pain, for physical symptoms, and for
psychosocial or spiritual needs of an individual with a terminal illness;
"palliative care" includes physician or advanced practice registered nurse
services, skilled nursing care, social work services, volunteer services, and
bereavement services; "palliative care" does not include treatment provided
solely to cure a medical condition or disease or to artificially prolong life;
however, treatment that is curative in nature may be provided if the purpose of
the treatment is to reduce or abate pain or other symptoms, or to slow the
progression or reduce the psychological effects of the terminal
illness
(14) "plan of care" means
(A) for a hospice agency other than a
volunteer hospice agency, a written service delivery plan developed and
maintained under
7
AAC 12.319 by the interdisciplinary team, in
conjunction with the client, to reflect the client's changing care needs;
and
(B) for a volunteer hospice
agency, the plan described in
7
AAC 12.317(d);
(15) "program director" means the individual
designated by the governing body of a hospice agency to be responsible for the
daily operations of the agency;
(16) "respite care" means care provided to an
individual with a terminal illness to provide temporary relief to a primary
caregiver;
(17) "service area"
means the geographical area in which a hospice agency regularly provides
services to individuals;
(18)
"short-term inpatient care" means care provided to an individual with a
terminal illness, in an inpatient setting, for brief periods of time for the
purpose of pain control or acute or chronic symptom management;
(19) "terminal illness" means an illness for
which an individual has a life expectancy of less than six months if the
illness runs its normal course, and for which the individual is no longer
receiving curative treatment;
(20)
"volunteer" means a trained individual who works for a hospice agency without
compensation;
(21) "volunteer
hospice agency" means a hospice agency that provides all direct client care at
no charge.
Notes
Authority:AS 47.32.010
AS 47.32.030
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