Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 1426 - SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM
Section 17-1426-1 - Definitions

For the purpose of this chapter:

"ACTION" means the federal agency authorized to provide opportunities for individuals to serve the communities through volunteer programs administered by the agency.

"Care plan" means a written plan integrating the senior companion into a comprehensive program covering the health and social service needs of a client.

"Client" means a frail elderly person who is mentally, emotionally, or physically impaired, or who is suffering sudden illness, injury, or trauma, and is determined by the volunteer station or senior companion program staff as needing the service of a senior companion.

"Grantee" means the agency which has been awarded a grant by ACTION to operate a senior companion program in a specified locale and for a specified budget period.

"Memorandum of understanding" means an agreement prepared by the grantee and signed by the administrator of the grantee agency and the volunteer station which identifies program requirements, working relationships, and mutual responsibilities.

"Senior companion program" means a volunteer program which provides low-income persons aged sixty or older part-time opportunities with stipends to give person-to-person supportive services and companionship to clients to assist them to live as independently as possible in the clients' own homes.

"Stipend" is an hourly payment to senior companions to enable them to serve without cost to themselves. The stipend is non-taxable and not considered as income.

"Volunteer station" means a public or private nonprofit social service or health care agency or organization qualified or licensed to provide services for clients that has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the grantee.