173.14 Long-term care ombudsperson program definitions.
173.14 Long-term care ombudsperson program definitions.
As used in sections 173.14 to 173.27 of the Revised Code:
(A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) of this section, “long-term care facility” includes any residential facility that provides personal care services for more than twenty-four hours for two or more unrelated adults, including all of the following:
(a) A “nursing home,” “residential care facility,” or “home for the aging” as defined in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code;
(b) A facility authorized to provide extended care services under Title XVIII of the “Social Security Act,” 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C. 301, as amended;
(c) A county home or district home operated pursuant to Chapter 5155. of the Revised Code;
(d) An “adult care facility” as defined in section 3722.01 of the Revised Code;
(e) A facility approved by the veterans administration under section 104(a) of the “Veterans Health Care Amendments of 1983,” 97 Stat. 993, 38 U.S.C. 630, as amended, and used exclusively for the placement and care of veterans;
(f) An adult foster home certified under section 173.36 of the Revised Code.
(2) “Long-term care facility” does not include a “residential facility” as defined in section 5119.22 of the Revised Code or a “residential facility” as defined in section 5123.19 of the Revised Code.
(B) “Resident” means a resident of a long-term care facility and, where appropriate, includes a prospective, previous, or deceased resident of a long-term care facility.
(C) “Community-based long-term care services” means health and social services provided to persons in their own homes or in community care settings, and includes any of the following:
(1) Case management;
(2) Home health care;
(3) Homemaker services;
(4) Chore services;
(5) Respite care;
(6) Adult day care;
(7) Home-delivered meals;
(8) Personal care;
(9) Physical, occupational, and speech therapy;
(10) Transportation;
(11) Any other health and social services provided to persons that allow them to retain their independence in their own homes or in community care settings.
(D) “Recipient” means a recipient of community-based long-term care services and, where appropriate, includes a prospective, previous, or deceased recipient of community-based long-term care services.
(E) “Sponsor” means an adult relative, friend, or guardian who has an interest in or responsibility for the welfare of a resident or a recipient.
(F) “Personal care services” has the same meaning as in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code.
(G) “Regional long-term care ombudsperson program” means an entity, either public or private and nonprofit, designated as a regional long-term care ombudsperson program by the state long-term care ombudsperson.
(H) “Representative of the office of the state long-term care ombudsperson program” means the state long-term care ombudsperson or a member of the ombudsperson’s staff, or a person certified as a representative of the office under section 173.21 of the Revised Code.
(I) “Area agency on aging” means an area agency on aging established under the “Older Americans Act of 1965,” 79 Stat. 219, 42 U.S.C.A. 3001, as amended.
Effective Date: 09-26-2003; 06-30-2006