As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Assessment" means the administration of a standardized tool and the use of other procedures to identify existing impairments, situations, and problems which are barriers to a resident's ability to function and to identify strengths and specific needs.
2. "Department" means the department of elder affairs.
3. "Elder" means a person sixty years of age or older.
4. "Elder family home" means a private household owned by a responsible party offering a social living arrangement for at least two but not more than five persons, the majority of whom are elders, who are not related within the third degree of consanguinity and who are not able or willing to adequately maintain themselves in an independent living arrangement, but who are essentially capable of physical self care.
5. "Essentially capable of self care" means the elder is ambulatory or can move from place to place; is of sound mind; can manage the activities of daily living including personal hygiene and grooming, toileting, dressing and undressing, feeding, and medicating; and can attend to the care of personal property adequately with minimal support or occasional assistance.
6. "Not able or willing to adequately maintain themselves in an independent living arrangement" means that the elders require some assistance, encouragement, or social stimulation for adequate self care or to maintain physical or mental health or personal safety.
7. "Responsible party" means the person providing room and board in an elder family home who resides in the home. The responsible party may be but is not required to be an elder.
91 Acts, ch 88, §1
CS91, § 249E.1
C93, § 231A.1
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