Long-Term Care Services Act Article 3
The terms used in this Act are defined as follows:1. Long-term care (hereinafter “LTC”): Refers to the provision of assistance in daily living, social participation, care or relevant health services, and related health and nursing services to individuals whose physical or mental disabilities have lasted, or are expected to last, for six months or more, in accordance with the needs of the individual or their caregiver.2. Persons with physical or mental disabilities (hereinafter “persons with disabilities”): Refers to individuals who, due to partial or complete loss of physical or mental functions, require the assistance of others in their daily life.3. Family caregivers: Refers to primary relatives or family members who provide regular care to a person with disability within the household.4. Long-term care service personnel (hereinafter “LTC personnel”): Refers to a person who is certified through training and certification in accordance with this Act to provide long-term care services.5. Long-term care service institutions (hereinafter “LTC institutions”): Refers to institutions established in accordance with this Act for the purpose of providing long-term care services or conducting assessments of long-term care needs.6. Long-term care management centers (hereinafter “care management centers”): Refers to agencies or institutions designated by the central competent authority to provide LTC assessment and linking services for long-term care needs.7. Long-term care service system (hereinafter “LTC system”): Refers to the network composed of LTC personnel, LTC institutions, financial and related resources, and mechanisms for development, management, and service referral.8. Individual care workers: Refers to a person hired on an individual basis to provide care at the home of a person with disabilities.
中文原文 長期照顧服務法第3條
本法用詞，定義如下：
一、長期照顧（以下稱長照）：指身心失能持續已達或預期達六個月以上者，依其個人或其照顧者之需要，所提供之生活支持、協助、社會參與、照顧及相關之醫護服務。
二、身心失能者（以下稱失能者）：指身體或心智功能部分或全部喪失，致其日常生活需他人協助者。
三、家庭照顧者：指於家庭中對失能者提供規律性照顧之主要親屬或家人。
四、長照服務人員（以下稱長照人員）：指經本法所定之訓練、認證，領有證明得提供長照服務之人員。
五、長照服務機構（以下稱長照機構）：指以提供長照服務或長照需要之評估服務為目的，依本法規定設立之機構。
六、長期照顧管理中心（以下稱照管中心）：指由中央主管機關指定以提供長照需要之評估及連結服務為目的之機關（構）。
七、長照服務體系（以下稱長照體系）：指長照人員、長照機構、財務及相關資源之發展、管理、轉介機制等構成之網絡。
八、個人看護者：指以個人身分受僱，於失能者家庭從事看護工作者。
一、長期照顧（以下稱長照）：指身心失能持續已達或預期達六個月以上者，依其個人或其照顧者之需要，所提供之生活支持、協助、社會參與、照顧及相關之醫護服務。
二、身心失能者（以下稱失能者）：指身體或心智功能部分或全部喪失，致其日常生活需他人協助者。
三、家庭照顧者：指於家庭中對失能者提供規律性照顧之主要親屬或家人。
四、長照服務人員（以下稱長照人員）：指經本法所定之訓練、認證，領有證明得提供長照服務之人員。
五、長照服務機構（以下稱長照機構）：指以提供長照服務或長照需要之評估服務為目的，依本法規定設立之機構。
六、長期照顧管理中心（以下稱照管中心）：指由中央主管機關指定以提供長照需要之評估及連結服務為目的之機關（構）。
七、長照服務體系（以下稱長照體系）：指長照人員、長照機構、財務及相關資源之發展、管理、轉介機制等構成之網絡。
八、個人看護者：指以個人身分受僱，於失能者家庭從事看護工作者。