Section 216B.230 - Definitions for KRS 216B.230 to 216B.239As 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.Added by 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 47,§ 1, eff. 6/29/2017.