Ala. Admin. Code r. 660-2-4-.17
Care from someone else to enable a person to live as independently as possible outside a nursing home. Services considered as enabling a person to live as independently as possible include: help with conducting a prescribed exercise routine; changing bandages or dressings on the advice of the physician; administering prescribed medication; assisting in the use of prostheses or ambulation aids; assistance in locomotion; maintaining an acceptable state of cleanliness; maintaining orientation to time, place, and events; reminding of the need for medication, or other health related functions; and performing other activities needed to help a person care for himself when his illness or disability prevents him from adequately doing so. Companionship for pleasure or convenience rather than protection and necessity is not included in this definition.
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Ala. Admin. Code r. 660-2-4-.17
Statutory Authority: Social Security Act Titles XVI and XIX; 20 C.F.R. 416 ; 42 C.F.R. 435 ; Title XIX State Plan; Code of Ala. 1975, Title 38.