2011 Oregon Revised Statutes
ORS Volume 10, Chapters 366 - 430
ORS Chapter 410
410.600 Definitions for ORS 410.595 to 410.625.

As used in ORS 410.595 to 410.625:

(1) Activities of community inclusion includes but is not limited to volunteer activities, employment, development of community life skills and participation in social and recreational community events.

(2) Activities of daily living includes but is not limited to the following:

(a) Bathing and personal hygiene;

(b) Dressing and grooming;

(c) Eating;

(d) Mobility;

(e) Bowel and bladder management; and

(f) Cognition.

(3) Adult support services means individually determined services, activities and purchases, whether those services, activities and purchases are necessary for an individual to live in the individual s own home or the individual s family s home or to fully participate in community life or work, that:

(a) Complement existing services, activities or purchases available to the individual;

(b) Are designed, selected and managed by the individual or the individual s legal representative;

(c) Are provided in accordance with an individualized plan; and

(d) Allow individuals to choose and have control over services and life goals.

(4) Area agency has the meaning given that term in ORS 410.040.

(5) Commission means the Home Care Commission established and operated pursuant to section 11, Article XV of the Oregon Constitution, and ORS 410.595 to 410.625.

(6) Elderly person has the meaning given that term in ORS 410.040.

(7) Home care services means assistance with activities of daily living, activities of community inclusion and self-management provided by a home care worker for an elderly person or a person with a disability.

(8) Home care worker means:

(a) A person:

(A) Who is hired directly by an elderly person or a person with a physical disability or by a parent or guardian of an elderly person or a person with a physical disability;

(B) Who receives moneys from the Department of Human Services for the purpose of providing care to the elderly person or the person with a physical disability;

(C) Whose compensation is funded in whole or in part by the department, an area agency or other public agency; and

(D) Who provides either hourly or live-in home care services; or

(b) A personal support worker.

(9) Person with a disability means a person with a physical disability, developmental disability or mental illness.

(10) Personal support worker means a person:

(a) Who is hired by a person with a developmental disability or mental illness or a parent or guardian of a person with a developmental disability or mental illness;

(b) Who receives moneys from the department for the purpose of providing care to the person with a developmental disability or mental illness;

(c) Whose compensation is provided in whole or in part through the department, a support services brokerage or other public agency; and

(d) Who provides home care services in the home or community.

(11) Self-management includes but is not limited to the following activities, other than activities of daily living, required by an individual to continue living independently in the individual s own home:

(a) Medication and oxygen management;

(b) Transportation;

(c) Meal preparation;

(d) Shopping; and

(e) Client-focused general household work.

(12) Support services brokerage means an entity that performs the functions associated with the planning and implementation of adult support services, including the provision of services and the arrangement of activities and purchases, for the purpose of maximizing individual choice and self-determination for persons with developmental disabilities or mental illnesses. [2001 c.901 1; 2003 c.14 177; 2007 c.70 178; 2010 c.100 6]