Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes > Nebraska Community Aging Services Act

• Action: shall include any proceeding in any court of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• 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.
• Area agency on aging: shall mean the agency formed or eligible pursuant to the Nebraska Community Aging Services Act which is designated by the department as responsible for the administration of the area program plan in each planning-and-service area. See Nebraska Statutes 81-2208
• Area program plan: shall mean the document submitted to the department by an area agency on aging in order to receive funds under the Nebraska Community Aging Services Act and under the Older Americans Act, as now or hereafter amended, which details the area agency on aging's plan for a comprehensive, coordinated program of community aging services for such area. See Nebraska Statutes 81-2209
• Committee: shall mean the Division of Medicaid and Long-Term Care Advisory Committee on Aging. See Nebraska Statutes 81-2205
• Community aging services: means those activities and services which fulfill the goals of the Nebraska Community Aging Services Act, which are necessary to promote, restore, or support self-sufficiency and independence for older persons, and which include: (1) Congregate activities, including, but not limited to, senior centers, group meals, volunteerism, adult day services, and recreation. See Nebraska Statutes 81-2210
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Department: shall mean the Division of Medicaid and Long-Term Care of the Department of Health and Human Services. See Nebraska Statutes 81-2206
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Greatest economic need: shall mean the need resulting from an income level at or below the poverty level as established by the Office of Management and Budget. See Nebraska Statutes 81-2211.01
• Greatest social need: shall mean the need caused by noneconomic factors, including physical and mental disabilities, language barriers, and cultural, social, or geographic isolation including that caused by racial or ethnic status, which restricts an individual's ability to perform normal daily tasks, which threatens such individual's capacity to live independently, or which interferes with the exercise of rights and privileges. See Nebraska Statutes 81-2211.02
• Month: shall mean calendar month. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Older individual: shall mean any individual who is sixty years of age or older, the spouse of an individual who is sixty years of age or older, or, for purposes of employment services, any individual who is fifty-five years of age or older. See Nebraska Statutes 81-2211.03
• Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Senior service center: shall mean a senior center or other community facility that provides ready access to a broad range of community aging services. See Nebraska Statutes 81-2211
• State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801