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.
Surviving single spouse of a veteran with housebound allowance -- $0 to $864 per month. Surviving single spouse of a veteran with aid and attendance allowance -- $0 to $1,149/m. Here are some examples of calculating the Pension award based on three different application categories. Example #1 -- Surviving spouse receiving paid home care with aid and attendance allowance. Annual income is $11,000. Unreimbursed medical expenses include prescription drugs, Medicare premiums, Medicare supplement premiums, and 12 months of prospective home health aide monthly costs.