"Personal Assistance" Defined

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  5. "Personal Assistance" Defined

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As used in this chapter, the term "personal assistance" means assistance which is required by a person with severe disabilities to achieve greater independence and which includes, but is not limited to, assistance with:

  1. Routine bodily functions such as bowel or bladder care;
  2. Dressing;
  3. Household management, including, but not limited to, housecleaning and personal correspondence;
  4. Preparation and consumption of food;
  5. Moving in and out of bed;
  6. Routine bathing;
  7. Transportation, community errands, and activities; and
  8. Any other similar activity of daily living.

(Code 1981, §30-6-3, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1355, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 399, § 1.)


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