Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 40 > Chapter 11 > Part II-G - Adult Brain Injury Facilities

• Acquired brain injury: means an injury to the brain that has occurred after birth and is not hereditary, congenital, or degenerative. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2120.33
• Adult: means an individual eighteen years of age or older. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2120.33
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Behavioral services: means services that identify maladaptive behaviors which interfere with the persons safe integration into the community and the formulation of an inclusive behavior management program to decrease identified maladaptive behaviors. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2120.33
• Brain injury: means an acquired or traumatic injury to the brain. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2120.33
• Client: means an individual receiving care from an adult brain injury facility and shall include only individuals who are medically stable and do not require an IV, feeding tube, or other artificial or mechanical supports for life sustaining processes. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2120.33
• Cognitive rehabilitation: means a systematic, functionally oriented service of therapeutic cognitive activities based on an assessment and an understanding of the behavior of a client. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2120.33
• Community integration: means the participation in the mainstream of community life and maintaining social relationships with family members, peers, and others in the community who do not have brain injuries. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2120.33
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Department: means the Louisiana Department of Health. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2120.33
• Functional limitations: means actual behaviors or mental or physical disabilities exhibited by adults with brain injuries or conditions presented by their environments, or both, that shall be modified or minimized in order for clients to fulfill their potential or maximize their functioning. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2120.33
• Impairment: means any loss or abnormality of psychological, cognitive, physiological, or anatomical structure or functioning. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2120.33
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Medication management program: means a systematic, functionally oriented program formulated in consultation with the client's primary provider, and implemented by staff trained by a nursing director. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2120.33
• Nursing director: means a person who meets the legal requirement of a registered nurse in Louisiana. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2120.33
• person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
• Personal care: means services and supports including but not limited to:

              (a) Bathing, hair care, skin care, shaving, nail care, oral hygiene, overall hygiene, and activities of daily living. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2120.33

• Primary provider: means a provider board certified in his specialty who currently holds a valid license in Louisiana. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2120.33
• Rehabilitation: means the process of providing those comprehensive services deemed appropriate to the needs of a client in a coordinated manner in a program designed to achieve functional objectives of improved health, welfare, maximum physical, cognitive, social, psychological, and community functioning. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2120.33
• Rehabilitative treatment environment: means a rehabilitation setting that provides for all of the following:

              (a) A provision of a range of choices, with personal preference, self-determination, and dignity of risk receiving full respect and consideration. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2120.33

• Support: means activities, materials, equipment, or other services designed and implemented to assist the client with a brain injury. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2120.33
• Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
• Therapeutic recreational services: means services that identify leisure activities and assistance in modifying and adapting identified leisure activities to allow safe participation by the client as a means to improve quality of life and aid in integration into the community. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2120.33
• Vocational services: means services provided directly or through cooperating agencies to a client in accordance with his individualized plan and designed to improve or enhance skills and behaviors necessary for successful placement in a volunteer or work setting. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2120.33