To
provide the least intensive level of inpatient care for ambulatory
veterans disabled by age or illness who are not in need of more
acute hospitalization and who do not need the skilled nursing services
provided in nursing homes. To rehabilitate the veteran in anticipation
of his/her return to the community in a self-sustaining and independent
or semi-independent living situation, or to assist the veteran to
reach his/her optimal level of functioning in a protective environment.
TYPES
OF ASSISTANCE:
Provision of Specialized Services. Place Cursor Here for Definition
USES
AND USE RESTRICTIONS:
VA
and State Home Domiciliary care provides necessary inpatient medical
care and physical, social and psychological support services in
a therapeutic environment. It also includes a program to prepare
veterans who have the potential to function more independently to
return to community living.
ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS:
Applicant
Eligibility: Veterans of the various military
services who were discharged for a disability or are in receipt
of disability compensation and suffering from a permanent disability,
have no adequate means of support, are incapacitated from earning
a living and meet certain other requirements. Veterans with nonservice-connected
disabilities that incapacitate them from earning a living, but which
are not so severe as to require hospitalization, are also eligible
if they are unable to defray the expense of domiciliary care and
if they meet certain other requirements for care in a domiciliary.
An income limitation criterion is applied to all applicants.
Beneficiary
Eligibility: Disabled veterans meeting the
above requirements.
Credentials/Documentation:
Military discharge papers.
In fiscal year 2001, 49,987 patients were provided care in this
program with an average daily census of 10,662. In fiscal years
2002 and 2003, it is estimated that 60,307 and 65,295 patients,
respectively, will be provided care with an average daily census
of 11,360 in 2001, and 11,586 in 2002.
REGULATIONS,
GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE:
VA Manual M-5, Part IV "Domiciliary Program, Extended Care"; VA
IS-1 Fact Sheet "Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents,"
available from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing
Office, Washington, DC 20402.
INFORMATION
CONTACTS:
Regional
or Local Office: See Appendix IV, of the Catalog
under Veterans Health Administration for Veterans Hospital Facilities.
Headquarters
Office: Chief Consultant, Geriatrics and Extended
Care Strategic Healthcare Group (114A), Department of Veterans
Affairs, Washington, DC 20420. VA Domiciliary Care Program Chief.
Telephone: (202) 273-8543/8545.
