216B.230 Definitions for KRS 216B.230 to 216B.239.
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As used in KRS 216B.230 to 216B.239:
(1)"After-care" means assistance with self-care tasks to be provided by a lay caregiver
to a patient in the patient's residence after the patient's discharge from a hospital and
may include but is not limited to:
(a)Assisting with basic or instrumental activities of daily living; and
(b)Carrying out self-care tasks such as managing wound care, assisting in the
administration of medications, and utilizing home medical supplies;
(2)"Discharge" means a patient's exit or release from a hospital to the patient's
residence following an inpatient stay;
(3)"Hospital" means a health facility as defined in KRS 216B.015 that provides
inpatient care;
(4)"Lay caregiver" means a nonmedical individual, eighteen
(18)years of age or older,
who takes care of a patient and is designated as a lay caregiver by that patient to
provide after-care assistance to the patient living in his or her residence. "Lay
caregiver" includes but is not limited to a relative, partner, friend, or neighbor who
has a significant relationship with the patient; and
(5)"Residence" means a dwelling that the patient considers to be his or her home.
"Residence" does not include any health facility licensed or certified by the
Commonwealth.