§ 3022. Definitions

For the purpose of this subchapter—

• (1) The term “comprehensive and coordinated system” means a system for providing all necessary supportive services, including nutrition services, in a manner designed to—
  • (A) facilitate accessibility to, and utilization of, all supportive services and nutrition services provided within the geographic area served by such system by any public or private agency or organization;
  • (B) develop and make the most efficient use of supportive services and nutrition services in meeting the needs of older individuals;
  • (C) use available resources efficiently and with a minimum of duplication; and
  • (D) encourage and assist public and private entities that have unrealized potential for meeting the service needs of older individuals to assist the older individuals on a voluntary basis.
• (2) The term “education and training service” means a supportive service designed to assist older individuals to better cope with their economic, health, and personal needs through services such as consumer education, continuing education, health education, pre­retirement education, financial planning, and other education and training services which will advance the objectives of this chapter.
• (3) The term “family caregiver” means an adult family member, or another individual, who is an informal provider of in-home and community care to an older individual or to an individual of any age with Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder with neurological and organic brain dysfunction.
• (4) The term “unit of general purpose local government” means—
  • (A) a political subdivision of the State whose authority is general and not limited to only one function or combination of related functions; or
  • (B) an Indian tribal organization.