Terms Used In Indiana Code 12-10-17.1-15

• attendant care services: means those basic and ancillary services that the individual chooses to direct and supervise a personal services attendant to perform and that enable an individual in need of self-directed in-home care to live in the individual's home and community rather than in an institution and to carry out functions of daily living, self-care, and mobility. See Indiana Code 12-10-17.1-3
• 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.
• individual in need of self-directed in-home care: means an individual with a disability, or person responsible for making health related decisions for the individual with a disability, who:

  Indiana Code 12-10-17.1-6

• personal services attendant: means an individual who is registered to provide attendant care services under this chapter and who has entered into a contract with an individual and acts under the individual's direction to provide attendant care services that could be performed by the individual if the individual were physically capable. See Indiana Code 12-10-17.1-8
• Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. ^{Source: OCC}