Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 42-66.8 - Rhode Island Assisted Housing Living Waiver

• assisted living facility: means a publicly or privately operated residential development (including a designated wing or section of that development) certified and financed by the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation that provides lodging, meals and assisted living supportive services to two (2) or more adults and which is licensed by the state pursuant to chapter 17. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-66.8-3
• Assisted living supportive services: means : Personal care and services, homemaker, chore, attendant care, companion services, medication oversight (to the extent permitted under state law), therapeutic social and recreational programming, provided in a home-like environment in a licensed assisted living facility, in conjunction with residing in the facility. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-66.8-3
• assisted living unit: means an apartment, condominium, bed or other dwelling quarters in an assisted living facility as defined by this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-66.8-3
• Certified: means the assisted living facility has been determined by Rhode Island housing to comply with its rules, regulations and guidelines for assisted living. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-66.8-3
• 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.
• Government funds: means funds provided under the provisions of chapter 8 of Title 40. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-66.8-3
• 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.
• Long-term care assessment: means a program, approved by the directors of human services and elderly affairs, that provides a uniform health, social and functional assessment of persons in need of long-term care services due to chronic impairment or disability. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-66.8-3
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
• Rhode Island housing: means that public corporation authorized and created by §?42-55-4. See Rhode Island General Laws 42-66.8-3