16 Del. Admin. Code § 3230-2.0
"Activities of Daily Living" ("ADLs") means normal daily activities including but not limited to ambulating, transferring, range of motion, grooming, bathing, dressing, eating, and toileting.
"Continuous" means available at all times without cessation, break or interruption.
"Direction" means authoritative policy or procedural guidance for the accomplishment of a function or activity.
"Department" means Department of Health and Social Services
"Division" means Division of Long Term Care Residents Protection.
"Facility" means the site, physical structure and equipment necessary to provide the required services.
"Homelike" means having the qualities of a home, including privacy, comfortable surroundings supported by the use of residential building materials and furnishings, and the opportunity to modify one's living area to suit one's individual preferences, in accordance with the facility's policies. A homelike environment provides residents with an opportunity for self-expression and encourages interaction with community, family, and friends.
"Incident" means an occurrence or event, a record of which must be maintained in facility files, which includes all reportable incidents and the additional occurrences or events listed in Section 10.6 and 10.7 of these regulations. (Also see Reportable Incident, 10.7)
"Legal Representative" means a resident's guardian, agent acting through a power of attorney, advanced health care directive or similar document or authorized representative pursuant to Title 16 Del.C. § 1121(34) and 1122.
"Licensed Nurse" means an individual who has the "authorization to practice nursing within this State granted by the Delaware Board of Nursing and includes the authorization to practice in Delaware under the Interstate Nurse Licensure Compact" Title 24 Del.C. § 1902(h).
"Licensed Nursing Home Administrator" means a person who is licensed by the Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators of the State of Delaware.
"Nurse Aide/Nurse Assistant/Resident Assistant" means an individual who provides care that does not require the judgment and skills of a licensed nurse. The care may include but is not limited to the following: bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, ambulating, transferring and feeding, observing and reporting the general well being of the resident for whom care is provided.
"Personal Care Services" means those services that include general supervision of, and direct assistance to, individuals in their activities of daily living to ensure their safety, comfort, nutritional needs and well being.
"Physician" means an allopathic doctor of medicine and surgery or a doctor of osteopathic medicine and surgery who is registered and certified to practice medicine" pursuant to 24 Del.C. § 1702(8).
"Rehabilitation" means the restoration of an ill or injured person to self sufficiency at his or her highest attainable level.
"Reportable Incident" means an occurrence or event which must be reported immediately to the Division and for which there is reasonable cause to believe that a resident has been abused, neglected, mistreated or subjected to financial exploitation as those terms are defined in 16 Del.C. § 1131. Reportable incident also includes an occurrence or event listed in Section 10.7 of these regulations.
"Resident" means an individual 18 years old or older who lives in a Rest Residential Home. Where appropriate in the context of these regulations, "resident" as used herein includes a legal representative as defined in 2.0.
"Resident Beds" means accommodations with supportive services (such as: food, laundry and housekeeping) for persons who generally stay in excess of twenty four (24) hours.
"Supervision" means direct overseeing and inspection of the act of accomplishing a function or activity by a responsible person who is not a resident.
"Vendor" means any individual who is not employed by the facility but provides direct services to one or more facility residents.
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