Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 71-415

• Adult day service: means a person or any legal entity which provides care and an array of social, medical, or other support services for a period of less than twenty-four consecutive hours in a community-based group program to four or more persons who require or request such services due to age or functional impairment. See Nebraska Statutes 71-404
• Care: means the exercise of concern or responsibility for the comfort, welfare, and habilitation of persons, including a minimum amount of supervision and assistance with or the provision of personal care, activities of daily living, health maintenance activities, or other supportive services. See Nebraska Statutes 71-407
• Health care service: means an adult day service, a children's day health service, a home health agency, a hospice or hospice service, a PACE center, or a respite care service. See Nebraska Statutes 71-415
• Home health agency: means a person or any legal entity which provides skilled nursing care or a minimum of one other therapeutic service as defined by the department on a full-time, part-time, or intermittent basis to persons in a place of temporary or permanent residence used as the person's home. See Nebraska Statutes 71-417
• Hospice or hospice service: means a person or any legal entity which provides home care, palliative care, or other supportive services to terminally ill persons and their families. See Nebraska Statutes 71-418
• PACE center: means a facility from which a PACE provider offers services within the scope of a PACE program pursuant to a written agreement between the provider, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, and the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. See Nebraska Statutes 71-424.01
• Respite care service: means (a) a person or any legal entity that provides short-term temporary care on an intermittent basis to persons with special needs when the person's primary caregiver is unavailable to provide such care or (b) a residential facility that provides short-term housing with supportive medical services to homeless individuals as described in section Nebraska Statutes 71-428