An internal system in organisms that influences behavior in a rhythmic manner. Functions such as growth, feeding, secretion of hormones, the rate of drug action, the wake-sleep cycle, the menstrual cycle, and reproduction coincide with certain external events such as day and night, the tides, and the seasons.
State Veterans Homes Per Diem Program. The Veterans Administration pays the state veterans homes an annually adjusted rate per day for each veteran in the home. This is called the per diem. The 2008 nursing per diem amount is $74.42 and for domiciliary care it is $34.40. Adult Day Health Care â up to one-half of the cost of care â cannot exceed $66.82 per day. The goal of state veterans homes is to get Congress to increase the per diem rate for nursing care to 75% of the state private nursing rates.
Paying for LongÂ­Term Care Without private insurance or public program coverage, the high cost of longÂ­term care is unaffordable for most Americans. The average private pay cost of a nursing home stay in 2012 was about $88,000 per year and exceeded $100,000 in 10 states.The base rate for assisted living facilities averaged $41,000 per year in 2012, and adult day services averaged $66 per day. In 2010, 95 percent of the policies provided coverage for longÂ­term care services in a range of settings, including nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and in the home. Typically, policies reimburse the insured for longÂ­term care expenses up to a fixed benefit amount, such as $100, $150, or $200 per day.