New Jersey Statutes 45:11-24a. Standards, curricula for homemaker-home health aide education and training programs relative to Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 45:11-24a
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
(1) the causes and progression of Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders; and
(2) the methods to deal with the specific problems encountered in the care of patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders, including, but not limited to: communicating with patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders; the psychological, social, and physical needs of patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders; and safety measures which need to be taken for patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders.
b. Any person who is certified or who applies for certification as a homemaker-home health aide may complete a training and education program in the specialized care of patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders established pursuant to subsection a. of this section.
c. As used in this section, “Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders” means forms of dementia characterized by a general loss of intellectual abilities of sufficient severity to interfere with social or occupational functioning.
L.2015, c.245, s.1.