CHAPTER 1. General Provisions
Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13.
§§ 9000–9023 · 26 sections
- § 9000 This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the Mello-Granlund Older Californians Act, that reflects the policy mandates and directives of the Older…
- § 9001 The Legislature hereby finds and recognizes all of the following: (a) Older adults constitute a fundamental resource of the state that previously has been…
- § 9002 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Programs shall be initiated, promoted, and developed through all of the following: (1) Volunteers…
- § 9002.5 The deliverables identified in Section 9002 shall be informed by data from validated sources, which may include, but shall not be limited to, the following:…
- § 9003 (a) If any section of this code relating to aging cannot be given effect without causing this state’s plan to be out of conformity with federal requirements,…
- § 9004 Unless the context otherwise indicates, the definitions of the terms set forth in this chapter apply for purposes of this division.
- § 9004.5 “Adult day health care” means an organized day program of therapeutic, social, and health activities and services provided pursuant to this division to elderly…
- § 9005 “Advisory council” means a specific representative body of laypersons and service providers that represent the interests of older individuals within the…
- § 9006 “Area agency on aging” means a private nonprofit or public agency designated by the department that works for the interests of older Californians within a…
- § 9007 “Care or case management services” means: (a) Client assessment, in conjunction with the development of a service plan with the participant and appropriate…
- § 9008 “Commission” means the California Commission on Aging.
- § 9009 (a) “Elder Economic Security Standard Index” means an index, available on the Internet, that quantifies the costs in the private market for meeting the basic…
- § 9010 “Comprehensive and coordinated system” means a program of interrelated social and nutrition services designed to meet the needs of older individuals in a…
- § 9011 “Department” means the California Department of Aging.
- § 9012 “Director” means the Director of the California Department of Aging.
- § 9013 “Frail elderly” means a person having those chronic physical or mental limitations that restrict individual ability to carry out normal activities of daily…
- § 9014 “Greatest economic need” means the need resulting from an income level at or below the poverty threshold established by the Bureau of the Census.
- § 9015 “Greatest social need” means the need caused by noneconomic factors that restrict an individual’s ability to perform normal daily tasks or that threaten an…
- § 9016 “Long-term care” means a coordinated continuum of preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, supportive, and maintenance services that address the…
- § 9017 “Older Americans Act” means Chapter 35 (commencing with Section 3001) of Title 42 of the United States Code.
- § 9018 “Older individual” or “elderly” means a person 60 years of age or older, except where this provision is inconsistent with federal requirements.
- § 9019 “Personal and community support networks” means families, friends, neighbors, church groups and community organizations to which the elderly turn naturally to…
- § 9020 “Planning and service area” means an area specified by the department as directed by the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended.
- § 9021 “Preventive services” means services that avoid dependency and assist older persons in maintaining their good health, well-being, and growth.
- § 9022 “Supportive services” means services that maintain individuals in home environments and avoid institutional care.
- § 9023 “Systems of home and community based services” means an integrated continuum of service options available locally to older individuals and functionally…