DHS 68.02(2)(a)(a) A home certified by a county department of social services established under s. 46.215 or 46.22, Stats., or a county department of human services established under s. 46.23, Stats., in which one or 2 adults unrelated to the operator reside and which provides a structured living arrangement for residents whose physical, developmental and emotional functioning is likely to be maximized in this family-type living arrangement; or

DHS 68.02(4)(4) “Caregiver” means any person other than a paid provider who provides care for a person with dementia.

DHS 68.02(5)(5) “Community-based residential facility” or “CBRF” means a facility licensed under ch. DHS 83 in which 3 [5] or more unrelated adults reside and receive care and treatment or services above the level of room and board but not including nursing care.

DHS 68.02(6)(6) “County agency” means an agency designated by a county board under s. 46.87 (3) (c), Stats., to administer the program, namely, a county department of social services created under s. 46.215 or 46.22, Stats., a county department of human services created under s. 46.23, Stats., a county aging unit, or a resource center authorized under s. 46.283, Stats., and ch. DHS 10.

DHS 68.02(6m)(6m) “Dementia” means a degenerative disease of the central nervous system characterized especially by premature cognitive deterioration. This includes Alzheimer’s disease and related diagnoses which are similarly marked by irreversible deterioration of intellectual faculties with concomitant emotional disturbance resulting from organic brain disorder, such as:

DHS 68.02(7)(7) “Department” means the Wisconsin department of health services.

DHS 68.02(8)(8) “Expand services” means to expand the staffing, size of physical plant, or programming for an existing service offered by a service provider and included in a category listed under s. DHS 68.06 (2) (b) in order to increase by at least 10% over the number served prior to expansion the number of persons with dementia or their caregivers who are served by the provider, or to significantly improve, in the judgment of the administering agency contracting with the provider, the quality of services or service delivery for persons with dementia or for their caregivers. A service is no longer defined as “expanded” 3 years after the starting date of its expansion.

DHS 68.02(9)(9) “Goods and services” means, unless otherwise qualified, goods and services purchased or provided under any of the categories listed under s. DHS 68.06 (2) (b).

DHS 68.02(10)(10) “Household” means a person with dementia living alone or a person with dementia and the caregiver or caregivers with whom he or she lives, except that for purposes of determining financial eligibility under s. DHS 68.07 (3) and for purposes of determining ability to pay for the cost of program goods and services under s. DHS 68.08, “household” means only the person with dementia and spouse.

DHS 68.02(11)(11) “Income” means gross earnings including money, wages or salary, net income from non-farm self-employment and net income from farm self-employment, and unearned income including social security, dividends, interest on savings or on money loaned, income from estates or trusts, net rental income or royalties, public assistance, pensions or annuities, unemployment compensation, worker’s compensation, maintenance payments under s. 767.56, Stats., child support, family support, veterans’ pensions, and educational grants given for living expenses.

DHS 68.02 NoteNote: “Public assistance” includes but is not limited to programs such as aid to families with dependent children (AFDC) and supplemental security income (SSI).

DHS 68.02(12)(12) “Medical assistance” means the assistance program operated by the department under ss. 49.43 to 49.497, Stats.

DHS 68.02(13)(13) “New program” means any goods or services under one or more of the categories listed under s. DHS 68.06 (2) developed or offered for the first time by a service provider under contract with an administering agency, to clients or beneficiaries, at least half of whom are persons with dementia or their caregivers. A program is no longer defined as “new” 3 years after its starting date.

DHS 68.02(14)(14) “Private nonprofit organization” has the meaning prescribed for“nonprofit organization” in s. 108.02 (19), Stats.

DHS 68.02(15)(15) “Program” means, unless otherwise qualified, the Alzheimer’s family and caregiver support program under s. 46.87, Stats.

DHS 68.02(16)(16) “Residential facility” means an adult family home or a community-based residential facility.

DHS 68.02(17)(17) “Respite” means temporary relief from caregiving responsibilities.

DHS 68.02(18)(18) “Respite services” means any service granting respite, which is provided at home, such as assisting services, help with household chores, assistance with providing personal care, medication management or wound care for the person with dementia, or provided by an adult day center or short-term in an institutional setting. Respite services may also include expenses related to caregivers attending support groups, receiving individual counseling, activities related to maintaining the caregiver’s physical or psychological well-being, or other services approved by the administering agency.