Or. Admin. R. 411-032-0000 - Definitions

For purposes of these rules:

(1) "Activities of Daily Living" (ADL) means those personal functional activities required by an individual for continued well being, health and safety. For the purposes of these rules, ADLs consist of eating, dressing/grooming, bathing/personal hygiene, mobility (ambulation and transfer), elimination (bowel and bladder management) and cognition/behavior.

(2) "Adjusted Income" means the income for all household members after deductions for household medical expenses as defined in OAR 411-032-0040(1)(b)(D)(i).

(3) "Administrative Costs" means those expenses associated with the overall operation of the Oregon Project Independence (OPI) Program that are not directly attributed to a service. These costs can include, but are not limited to, costs associated with accounting services, indirect program costs, facility expenses, etc.

(4) "Adult Day Service" means a structured comprehensive program designed to meet the needs of functionally and/or adults with cognitive impairments. Adult day service provides individually planned service, supervision, social and related support services, and health monitoring in a protective setting during any part of a day, but less than 24-hour care.

(5) "Advisory Council" means an advisory council of the authorized Agencies on Aging.

(6) "Alzheimer's Disease and Other Related Disorders" means a progressive and degenerative neurological disease that is characterized by dementia including the insidious onset of symptoms of short-term memory loss, confusion, behavior changes and personality changes. It includes dementia caused from any one of the following disorders:

(a) Multi-Infarct Dementia (MID);

(b) Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH);

(c) Inoperable Tumors of the Brain;

(d) Parkinson's Disease;

(e) Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease;

(f) Huntington's Disease;

(g) Multiple Sclerosis;

(h) Uncommon Dementia such as Pick's Disease, Wilson's Disease, and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy; or

(i) All other related disorders recognized by the National Alzheimer's Association.

(7) "Area Agency" means the agency designated by the Department as an Area Agency on Aging that is charged with the responsibility to provide a comprehensive and coordinated system of services to seniors and those individuals with disabilities in a planning and service area. For purposes of these rules, the term "Area Agency" (AAA) is inclusive of both Type A and B Area Agencies on Aging as defined in ORS 410.040 to 410.350.

(8) "Area Plan" means the approved plan for providing authorized services under Oregon Project Independence.

(9) "Assisted Transportation" means escort services that provide assistance to a person who has difficulties (physical or cognitive) using regular vehicular transportation.

(10) "Authorized Service" means any service designated by the Department and these rules to be eligible for Oregon Project Independence funding.

(11) "Case Management" means a service designed to individualize and integrate social and health care options for or with a person being served. Its goal is to provide access to an array of service options to assure appropriate levels of service and to maximize coordination in the service delivery system. Case management must include four general components: access, assessment, service implementation, and monitoring.

(12) "Case Management Costs" means those expenses associated with individualizing and integrating social and health care options for or with a person receiving a service. Cost elements should include time spent with the individual, travel to and from an individual's home, mandated training time, case recording, reporting, time spent arranging for and coordinating services for the individual, supervision and staffing time related to an individual, and time spent in the initial assessment of a person who does not become an OPI individual.

(13) "Case Manager" means an SPD/AAA employee who assesses the service needs on an applicant or eligible individual, determines eligibility and offers service choices to eligible individuals. The Case Manager authorizes and implements the service plan and monitors the services delivered.

(14) "Chore Service" means assistance with heavy housework, yard work or sidewalk maintenance for persons who need assistance with these activities to assure safety.

(15) "Client-Employed Provider Program" (CEP) refers to the program wherein the provider is directly employed by the eligible individual and provides hourly services. In some aspects of the employer/employee relationship, the Department of Human Services acts as an agent for the client-employer. These functions are clearly described in OAR chapter 411, division 031.

(16) "Community Support Resources", "Natural Supports" or "Natural Support System" means the resources available to an individual from their relatives, friends, significant others, neighbors, roommates and the community. Services provided by natural supports are resources not paid for by the Department or AAA.

(17) "Contracted In-Home Service" means a service provided through a contractor that consists of assistance with activities of daily living and self-management tasks.

(18) "Contracted In-Home Care Agency" means an incorporated entity or equivalent, licensed in accordance with OAR 333-536-0000 through 333-536-0095 that provides hourly contracted in-home service to individuals of the Department or Area Agency on Aging.

(19) "Department of Administrative Services" means the Department of Administrative Services for the State of Oregon.

(20) "Department" means the Department of Human Services, Seniors and People with Disabilities Division, unless otherwise specifically defined.

(21) "Department of Revenue" means the Oregon Department of Revenue.

(22) "Diagnosed" means, for purposes of these rules, that the individual's physician has reason to believe and indicates that the individual has Alzheimer's Disease or a Related Disorder.

(23) "Direct Service Costs" means those expenses for direct labor that are attributable to an eligible individual-related service. For example, the direct service cost of home care is the cost of time actually spent providing home care services in the home. Other direct service costs are those that are directly attributable to an individual-related function.

(24) "Eligibility Determination" means the process of deciding if a prospective individual meets the requirements necessary to receive authorized services under Oregon Project Independence.

(25) "Exception or Variances" means that an agency or individual contractor or subcontractor is not required to meet one or more specific requirements of these rules.

(26) "Fee-based case management" means a service for which a fee is assessed for case management for an individual who would otherwise be ineligible for OPI services. Fee-based case management services include service planning and coordination, service plan implementation, service plan monitoring and reassessment.

(27) "Fiscal Records and Data" means all information pertaining to the financial operation of an agency or program.

(28) "Gross Income" means household income from salaries, interest and dividends, pensions, Social Security, railroad retirement benefits, and any other income prior to any deductions.

(29) "Health Services" means the Department of Human Services, Health Services.

(30) "Home Care or Homemaker Services" means all those ADL or IADL in-home services necessary to help individuals achieve the greatest degree of independent functioning.

(31) "Homecare Worker" means a provider, as described in OAR 411-030-0020 and 411-031-0040, who is directly employed by the eligible individual via the Client Employed Provider Program, and who provides hourly services to eligible individuals. Homecare Workers also include providers in the Spousal Pay Program.

(32) "Home Delivered Meal" means a meal paid from OPI funds and delivered to an eligible individual who is receiving at least case management services.

(33) "Home Health Agency" means a licensed (in accordance with OAR 333-027-0000 through 0170), public or private agency providing coordinated home health services on a home visiting basis. Home health agencies provide skilled nursing services in at least one of the following therapeutic services: Physical therapy; Occupational therapy; Speech Therapy; or Home health aide services.

(34) "Home Health Service" means items and services furnished to an individual by a home health agency, or by others under arrangement with such agency, on a visiting basis in a place of temporary or permanent residence used as the individual's home for the purpose of maintaining that individual at home.

(35) "Household" means the individual, spouse and any dependents as defined by the Internal Revenue Service.

(36) "Hourly Services" means the in-home services, including activities of daily living and self-management tasks, that are provided at regularly scheduled times. None of these hours are exempt from federal or state minimum wage or overtime laws.

(37) "Information and Assistance" means a service that provides current information on opportunities and services available within their communities; assesses the problems and capacities of the individuals; links individuals to the opportunities and services and, to the maximum extent feasible, ensures the individual receives the services needed and is aware of the opportunities available by establishing adequate follow-up procedures.

(38) "In-Direct Cost" means:

(a) Incurred for a common or joint purpose benefiting more than one cost objective, and

(b) Not readily assignable to the cost objectives specifically benefited, without effort disproportionate to the results achieved. The term "indirect cost," as used herein, applies to costs of this type originating in the grantee department, as well as those incurred by other departments in supplying goods, services, and facilities. To facilitate equitable distribution of indirect expenses, to the cost objectives served, it may be necessary to establish a number of pools of indirect costs. Indirect cost pools should be distributed to benefited cost objectives on bases that will produce an equitable result in consideration of relative benefits derived.

(39) "In-Home Services" means those services that assist an individual to stay in his or her own home.

(40) "Institution" means any state, community or private hospital and any nursing facility.

(41) "Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL)" or "Self Management Tasks" consist of housekeeping, including laundry, shopping, transportation, medication management and meal preparation as described in OAR 411-015-0007.

(42) "Personal Care Service" means in-home services provided to maintain, strengthen, or restore an individual's functioning in their own home when an individual is dependent in one or more ADLs, or when an individual requires assistance for ADL needs. Assistance can be provided either by a contracted agency or by a Homecare worker paid in accordance with the collectively bargained rate.

(43) "Program Records and Data" means any information of a non-fiscal nature.

(44) "Program Support Costs" means those expenses associated with managing the services provided either through contract or directly by the Area Agency on Aging, that are attributable to a specific service.

(45) "Provider" means the individual who actually renders the service.

(46) "Registered Nurse Services" mean services provided by a registered nurse on a short-term or intermittent basis that include but are not limited to: interviewing the individual and, when appropriate, other relevant parties; assessing the individual's ability to perform tasks; preparing a service plan that includes treatment needed by the individual; monitoring medication; training and educating providers around the provisions of the service plan.

(47) "Respite" means paid temporary services to provide relief for families or other caregivers who are unpaid. In-home and out-of-home respite may be provided on an hourly or daily basis, including 24-hour respite service for several consecutive days. Range of tasks to be provided may include: supervision, companionship and personal services usually provided by the primary caregiver.

(48) "Seniors and People with Disabilities Division" means the Seniors and People with Disabilities Division of the Department of Human Services.

(49) "Service Provider" means any agency or program that provides one or more authorized services under Oregon Project Independence.

(50) "Service Determination" means the process of determining the proper authorized service for each eligible individual.

(51) "Service Need" means those functions or activities for which the individual requires the support of the Department or Area Agency on Aging.

(52) "Service Priority" means the order in which the Department determines individuals to be eligible for the Oregon Project Independence program.

Notes

Or. Admin. R. 411-032-0000

SSD 11-1984, f. 11-30-84, ef. 12-1-84; SSD 6-1987, f. & ef. 7-1-87; SSD 12-1988, f. & cert. ef. 12-2-89; SSD 19-1989(Temp), f. 12-29-89, cert. ef. 1-1-90; SSD 5-1990, f. & cert. ef. 2-1-90; SSD 11-1993, f. 12-30-93, cert. ef. 1-1-94; SSD 3-1997, f. 11-28-97, cert. ef. 12-1-97; SDSD 7-1999, f. 6-30-99, cert. ef. 7-1-99; SDSD 9-2002(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 11-1-02 thru 4-29-03; SPD 11-2003, f. & cert. ef. 5-2-03; SPD 18-2004, f. & cert. ef. 5-28-04; SPD 29-2006, f. 10-23-06, cert. ef. 11-1-06

Stat. Auth.: ORS 410.070

Stats. Implemented: ORS 410.410