65-6201. Individuals in need of in-home care; definitions. - Kansas Statutes

65-6201

Chapter 65.--PUBLIC HEALTH Article 62.--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

      65-6201.   Individuals in need of in-home care; definitions.As used in this act:

      (a)   "Attendant care services" means those basic and ancillary serviceswhich enable an individual in need of in-home care to live in theindividual's home and community rather than in an institution and to carryout functions of daily living, self-care and mobility.

      (b)   "Basic services" shall include, but not be limited to:

      (1)   Getting in and out of bed, wheelchair or motor vehicle, or both;

      (2)   assistance with routine bodily functions including, but not limited to:

      (A)   Health maintenance activities;

      (B)   bathing and personal hygiene;

      (C)   dressing and grooming; and

      (D)   feeding, including preparation and cleanup.

      (c)   "Ancillary services" means services ancillary to the basic servicesprovided to an individual in need of in-home care who needs one or more ofthe basic services, and include the following:

      (1)   Homemaker-type services, including but not limited to, shopping,laundry, cleaning and seasonal chores;

      (2)   companion-type services including but not limited to,transportation, letter writing, reading mail and escort; and

      (3)   assistance with cognitive tasks including, but not limited to,managing finances, planning activities and making decisions.

      (d)   "Health maintenance activities" include, but are not limited to,catheter irrigation; administration of medications, enemas andsuppositories; and wound care, if such activities in the opinion of theattending physician or licensed professional nurse may be performed by theindividual if the individual were physically capable, and the procedure maybe safely performed in the home.

      (e)   "Individual in need of in-home care" means any functionally disabledindividual in need of attendant care services because ofimpairment who requires assistance to complete functions of daily living,self-care and mobility, including, but not limited to, those functionsincluded in the definition of attendant care services.

      (f)   "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery.

      History:   L. 1989, ch. 191, § 1; L. 1990, ch. 233, § 5; April 26.