Terms used in Chapter 67:40:11 have the same meanings when used in this chapter. Terms used in this chapter mean:

1. (1) "Activities of daily living," tasks performed routinely by an individual to maintain physical functioning and personal care, including transferring, moving about, dressing, grooming, toileting, and eating;
2. (2) "Economic resources," the client's own resources together with other types of assistance, financial or otherwise, which are available to a client and would help maintain the client in the client's own home;
3. (3) "Health status," the client's medical condition based on a diagnosis of the client's existing illnesses or disabilities, the medical care and medication needed in response to the diagnosis, and an assessment of the client's ability to perform daily tasks;
4. (4) "Home," the client's residence which may not include a hospital, penal institution, detention center, school, nursing facility, assisted living facility, intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities, or an institution that treats individuals who have mental diseases;
5. (5) "Home environment," the client's dwelling unit, building, or house and its furnishings and the neighborhood in which the client resides;
6. (6) "Homemaker," the individual who performs homemaker services for an eligible client;
7. (7) "Homemaker service," the performance of nonmedical household tasks designed to maintain a client in the client's home and provided by a homemaker for a client who has lost the ability to perform the tasks;
8. (8) Personal adjustment," the indicators of an individual's mood, judgment, and memory which are essential to remaining independent; and
9. (9) "Social resources," support or assistance available to a client from the client's family, friends, neighbors, or community organizations such as churches, civic groups, or senior centers, or other agencies providing services to residents of the community;

Source: 40 SDR 122, effective January 8, 2014.

General Authority: SDCL 28-1-45.

Law Implemented: SDCL 28-1-44.