{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-216b.230","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 216B.230","heading":"Definitions for KRS 216B.230 to 216B.239.","body":"As used in KRS 216B.230 to 216B.239:\n(1) \"After-care\" means assistance with self -care tasks to be provided by a lay caregiver\nto a patient in the patient's residence after the patient's discharge from a hospital and\nmay include but is not limited to:\n(a) Assisting with basic or instrumental activities of daily living; and\n(b) Carrying out self -care tasks such as managing wound care, assisting in the\nadministration of medications, and utilizing home medical supplies;\n(2) \"Discharge\" means a patient's exit or  release from a hospital to the patient's\nresidence following an inpatient stay;\n(3) \"Hospital\" means a health facility as defined in KRS 216B.015 that provides\ninpatient care;\n(4) \"Lay caregiver\" means a nonmedical individual, eighteen (18) years of age o r older,\nwho takes care of a patient and is designated as a lay caregiver by that patient to\nprovide after -care assistance to the patient living in his or her residence. \"Lay\ncaregiver\" includes but is not limited to a relative, partner, friend, or neighbo r who\nhas a significant relationship with the patient; and\n(5) \"Residence\" means a dwelling that the patient considers to be his or her home.\n\"Residence\" does not include any health facility licensed or certified by the\nCommonwealth.","path":["KRS Chapter 216B"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=45867","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:23Z","sha256":"c12f6d8d39010c115684a2c72b1df766d7d00c54f5179ca5799a836a1bdbce7f","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-216b.210","next":"us-ky/krs-216b.231"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}