Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00744:front:0:p12
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00744
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 30585–33457

paragraph is relevant to the provision of limited VHC‑type services to partners of               entitled veterans receiving the Veterans' Home Care services of Domestic Assistance and               Home and Garden Maintenance.  See also Determination 7/2001.

(g) a person with a DRCA disability.

     "entitled veteran" means:

         (a) a person who is eligible for treatment under section 85 of the Act, but not a person who is eligible only under subsection 85(9) of the Act; or
         (b) subject to the terms of any determination under section 88A or 88B of the Act, a veteran who is eligible for treatment in accordance with a determination under section 88A or 88B of the Act.
         Note 1: subsection 85(9) concerns Vietnam veterans requiring urgent treatment for any disease or injury, whether war‑caused or not.  See also principle 2.5.
         Note 2: section 88A of the Act enables the Commission to determine a class of veterans to be eligible for specified treatment.
         Note 3: section 88B of the Act enables the Commission to determine a class of persons to be eligible for treatment, being treatment that is the provision of services under the program established by the Commonwealth and known as the Veteran Suicide Prevention pilot.

(c) a person with a SRCA disability.

     "entitled widow" or "entitled widower" means a person who is eligible for treatment under subsection 86(1) or 86(2) of the Act or, subject to the terms of any determination under section 88A of the Act, a person who is a widow or widower who is eligible for treatment in accordance with a determination under section 88A of the Act.

    Note: section 88A of the Act enables the Commission to determine a class of veterans, or current or former dependants of veterans, to be eligible for specified treatment.

"episode of care" means services provided to a patient by a health provider that:

 (a) have been detailed in a patient care plan;

 (b) are characterised by continuity of treatment or provision of service;

 and an episode of care arises:

 (c) every time a service provider sees a new patient; or

      (d) where a service provider has not seen a patient for some time and therefore no continuity of service can be provided, and the original patient care plan is no longer applicable or appropriate.

    "exceptional case process" means the process whereby the Commission may accept financial liability for community nursing services provided to an entitled person who, due to dependency or complex needs, requires community nursing services which, in the opinion of the Commission, fall significantly outside those referred to in any arrangement between the Commission and a DVA‑contracted community nursing provider.

    Note: paragraph 3.5.1 (after paragraph (f)) enables the Commission, in exceptional circumstances to, among other things,