Florida Administrative Code › 55 - DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS › 55 - Departmental › Chapter 55-11 - VETERANS' DOMICILIARY HOME OF FLORIDA › Section 55-11.003 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) "Administrator" means the person
				appointed to serve as the chief executive of the home.
(2) "Applicant" means a veteran with
				peacetime or wartime service as defined in subsections (11) and (16), herein,
				who is not in need of hospitalization or nursing home care.
(3) Assisted living facility has the meaning
				given to that term under the "Assisted Living Facilities Act, " Sections
				  429.01 -  429.55, F.S.
(4)
				"Comprehensive Care Plan" means the written plan which sets forth each
				resident's emotional, behavioral, social and physical goals and objectives to
				maintain an optimal level of self-care and independence as established by staff
				disciplines representing medical, nursing, dietetics, social service and
				rehabilitation. Due consideration shall be given to the resident care standards
				found in state and federal law, including but not limited to the standards of
				the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, except where the state's
				standards are more restrictive and require adherence to the state's standards
				pursuant to Section   296.17, F.S. These standards may be found but are not
				limited to the rules of   Title 38 C.F.R. Part 51  ; Chapter 429, Part I, F.S.;
				Assisted Living Facility Rule   59A-36.007, F.A.C.; and this rule Chapter 55-11,
				F.A.C.
(5) "Department" means the
				Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs.
(6) "Director" means the Executive Director
				of the Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs.
(7) "Domiciliary Care" means shelter,
				sustenance, and incidental medical care provided on an ambulatory self-care or
				temporarily assisted care basis for eligible veterans who are disabled by age
				or disease, but who are not in need of hospitalization or nursing home care
				services, and includes extended congregate care.
(8) "Extended Congregate Care" means acts in
				accordance with the definitions given in Sections   296.02 and   429.02,
				F.S.
(9) "Interdisciplinary
				Treatment Team" - A professional team consisting of the Executive Director of
				Nursing (END), Senior Registered Nurse Supervisor (SRNS), Physician/Advanced
				Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP)/Consultant, Social Services Program
				Manager, Food Services Director, Activities Director, and Senior Clerk/Recorder
				to develop a comprehensive plan of care for each resident, make recommendations
				to the Administrator for implementing the plan, and follow up to evaluate its
				effectiveness, and make adjustments as needed.
(10) "Mentally ill" means having an
				impairment as defined in Section   296.02(6), F.S.
(11) "Peacetime Service" means service as
				defined in Section   296.02(7), F.S.
(12) "Property" means equipment, fixtures and
				other tangible personal property of a nonconsumable and nonexpendable nature
				the value or cost of which is $500.00 or more and the normal expected life of
				which is one year or more, and hardback-covered bound books the value or cost
				of which is $100 or more, owned by the state.
(13) "Resident" means any eligible veteran
				admitted to live in the Veterans' Domiciliary Home of Florida.
(14) "VA" means the United States Department
				of Veterans' Affairs.
(15)
				"Veterans' Domiciliary Home of Florida" means a home established by the state
				under Chapter 296, Part I, F.S., and defined in Section   296.03, F.S.
(16) "Wartime Service" means service as
				defined in Section   296.02(11), F.S.
Rulemaking Authority  296.04(2)  FS. Law Implemented  296.02,
					  296.04(1),  296.06,  296.17 FS.
New 5-29-90, Amended 11-19-92, 3-31-94, 10-27-94, 12-27-98,
					 1-2-23.