Terms Used In Idaho Code > Title 39 > Chapter 98 - Essential Caregivers

• Assistance: means aid in meeting daily living needs. See Idaho Code 39-9801
• Essential caregiver: means a person or persons designated by a patient or resident to visit the patient or resident in person at a facility. See Idaho Code 39-9801
• Facility: means an institution providing health care services, a health care setting, or a setting in which to receive assistance, including but not limited to hospitals and other licensed inpatient centers, ambulatory surgical or treatment centers, nursing facilities, skilled nursing centers, residential treatment centers, rehabilitation and other therapeutic health settings, or assisted living facilities. See Idaho Code 39-9801
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Health care services: means services for the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, cure, or relief of a health condition, illness, injury, or disease. See Idaho Code 39-9801
• Patient: means a person receiving health care services at a facility. See Idaho Code 39-9801
• person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;