[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 38CFR59.2]

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            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
          CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (CONTINUED)
 
PART 59--GRANTS TO STATES FOR CONSTRUCTION OR ACQUISITION OF STATE HOMES--
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Sec. 59.2  Definitions.

    For the purpose of this part:
    Acquisition means the purchase of a facility in which to establish a 
State home for the provision of domiciliary and/or nursing home care to 
veterans.
    Adult day health care is a therapeutically-oriented outpatient day 
program, which provides health maintenance and rehabilitative services 
to participants. The program must provide individualized care delivered 
by an interdisciplinary health care team and support staff, with an 
emphasis on helping participants and their caregivers to develop the 
knowledge and skills necessary to manage care requirements in the home. 
Adult day health care is principally targeted for complex medical and/or 
functional needs of elderly veterans.
    Construction means the construction of new domiciliary or nursing 
home buildings, the expansion, remodeling, or alteration of existing 
buildings for the provision of domiciliary, nursing home, or adult day 
health care, or hospital care in State homes, and the provision of 
initial equipment for any such buildings.
    Domiciliary care means providing shelter, food, and necessary 
medical care on an ambulatory self-care basis (this is more than room 
and board). It assists eligible veterans who are suffering from a 
disability, disease, or defect of such a degree that incapacitates 
veterans from earning a living, but who are not in need of 
hospitalization or nursing care services. It assists in attaining 
physical, mental, and social well-being through special rehabilitative 
programs to restore residents to their highest level of functioning.
    Nursing home care means the accommodation of convalescents or other 
persons who are not acutely ill and not in need of hospital care, but 
who require skilled nursing care and related medical services.
    Secretary means the Secretary of the United States Department of 
Veterans Affairs.
    State means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, 
the Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
    State representative means the official designated in accordance 
with State authority with responsibility for matters relating to the 
request for a grant under this part.

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    VA means the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 101, 501, 1710, 1742, 8105, 8131-8137)