Connecticut Administrative Code
Title 27 - Armed Forces and Veterans
102ld - Administration, Programs, and Patient Rights and Obligations
Article I - GENERAL
Part A - Agency Description
Section 27-102l(d)-6 - Residential programs

(a) The Veterans' Home consists of a Health Care Facility and a Residential Facility. A variety of rehabilitation programs and services aimed at assisting individual residents to achieve their highest level of functioning are provided to veterans in both settings. The Health Care Facility is licensed by the Connecticut Department of Public Health as a chronic disease hospital. The facility (or portions thereof) is also certified to participate in the Medicaid and Medicare programs in accordance with the Connecticut Department of Social Services' criteria.

(b) In addition to providing a Health Care Facility, a variety of specialized programs and services may be offered at the Department's discretion at the facility depending on need and funding. These specialized programs may include such programs as respite care, special treatment units for persons with dementia disorders including Alzheimer's, a hospice program and a substance abuse treatment program.

(c) The Residential Facility: provides room and board and programs for ambulatory veterans who reside in the Home. Programs shall be administered to encourage all veterans living in the Residential Facility, who are able to perform daily living activities to participate in programs targeted towards returning the veterans back into the community. The Veterans Home Director of the Residential Facility or designee shall be administratively responsible for the operation of the Residential Facility, which includes support and rehabilitation programs.