in loco parentis, who is under the age of 12, or (B) a child, grandchild, niece, or nephew (of such individual or such individual’s spouse or domestic partner), a child to which the individual or the individual’s spouse or domestic partner is standing in loco parentis, a parent, aunt, or uncle (of such individual or his or her spouse or domestic partner), or such individual’s spouse or domestic partner, if such child, grandchild, niece, nephew, parent, aunt, uncle, spouse, or domestic partner is a chronically dependent individual. (3) (A) The term chronically dependent individual means an individual who— (i) is dependent on a daily basis on verbal reminding, physical cueing, supervision, or other assistance provided to the individual by another person in the performance of at least two of the activities of daily living (described in subparagraph (B)), and (ii) without the assistance described in clause (i), could not perform such activities of daily living. (B) The activities of daily living referred to in subparagraph (A) are the following: (i) Eating. (ii) Bathing. (iii) Dressing. (iv) Toileting. (v) Transferring in and out of a bed or in and out of a chair. (b) Deemed Wages of Caregiver (1) (A) For purposes of determining entitlement to and the amount of any monthly benefit for any month after December 2018, or entitlement to and the amount of any lump-sum death payment in the case of a death after such month, payable under this title on the basis of the wages and self-employment income of any individual, and for purposes of section 216(i)(3), such individual shall be deemed to have been paid during each qualifying month (in addition to wages or self-employment income actually paid to or derived by such individual during such month) at an amount per month equal to— (i) in the case of a qualifying month during which no wages or self-employment income were actually paid to or derived by such individual, 50 percent of the national average wage index (as defined in section 209(k)(1)) for the second calendar year