1. "Ambulatory" means the condition of a person who immediately and without aid of another is physically and mentally capable of traveling a normal path to safety, including the ascent and descent of stairs.
2. "Department" means the department of elder affairs or the department's designee.
3. "Elder" means a person sixty years of age or older.
4. "Elder group home" means a single-family residence that is a residence of a person who is providing room, board, and personal care to three through five elders who are not related to the person providing the service within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity.
5. "Personal care" means assistance with the essential activities of daily living which the recipient can perform personally only with difficulty. "Personal care" may include bathing, personal hygiene, dressing, grooming, and the supervision of self-administered medications, but does not include the administration of medications.
93 Acts, ch 72, § 2
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