2017 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 26 - Human Services Code
Article 11 - Older Coloradans' Act
Part 2 - State Office on Aging
§ 26-11-201. Definitions

As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Advisory council" means a representative body of laypersons and service providers which represents the interests of the older persons within the boundaries of a planning and service area and which is designated by the area agency on aging pursuant to section 26-11-205.

(2) "Area agency on aging" means an identifiable private nonprofit or public agency designated by the state office on aging which works for the interests of older Coloradans within a planning and service area and which engages in community planning, coordination, and program development and provides a broad array of social and nutritional services.

(3) "Area plan" means a comprehensive and coordinated system of programs in a planning and service area.

(3.5) "Child" means a person who is not more than eighteen years of age.

(4) "Comprehensive and coordinated system of programs" means programs of interrelated social and nutritional services designed to meet the needs of older persons.

(4.5) "Family caregiver" means an adult family member, or another individual, who is an informal provider of in-home and community care to an older individual who is sixty years of age or older.

(4.7) "Grandparent or older individual who is a relative caregiver" means a grandparent or step-grandparent of a child, or a relative of a child by blood or marriage, who is sixty years of age or older and who:

(a) Lives with the child;

(b) Is the primary caregiver of the child because the biological or adoptive parents are unable or unwilling to serve as the primary caregiver of the child; and

(c) Has a legal relationship to the child, such as legal custody or guardianship, or is raising the child informally.

(5) "Greatest economic need" means the need resulting from an income level at or below the poverty threshold established by the United States bureau of the census.

(6) "Greatest social need" means the need caused by noneconomic factors which include physical and mental disabilities, language barriers, and cultural or social isolation, including that caused by racial and ethnic status, which restrict an individual's ability to perform normal daily tasks or which threaten his capacity to live independently.

(7) "Planning and service area" means a geographical area within the state, designated by the state office on aging, in which the area agency on aging shall carry out the area plan.

(8) "State office" means the state office on aging within the state department.