Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010

20 In this schedule, unless the context otherwise requires—

• “someone who cares for” (or “a person who cares for”) a person, means someone who, being an individual, provides on a regular basis a substantial amount of care for that person, not having contracted to do so and not doing so for payment or in the course of providing a care service;

• “vulnerability or need”, in relation to a person, means vulnerability or need arising by reason of that person—

  (a)

  being affected by infirmity or ageing;

  (b)

  being, or having been, affected by disability, illness or mental disorder;

  (c)

  being, or having been, dependent on alcohol or drugs; or

  (d)

  being of a young age;

• “personal care” means care which relates to the day to day physical tasks and needs of the person cared for (as for example, but without prejudice to that generality, to eating and washing) and to mental processes related to those tasks and needs (as for example, but without prejudice to that generality, to remembering to eat and wash); and

• “personal support” means counselling, or other help, provided as part of a planned programme of care.