Veterans Affairs officials on Thursday unveiled plans to expand caregiver support services to thousands more families in coming years, while also easing program rules to minimize disruptions for ...
SALT LAKE CITY — Being a caregiver for a military veteran is a whole lot easier with the local Caregiver Support Program provided by Veterans Affairs. The support program was started by the United ...
The Department of Veterans Affairs has delayed its deadline for announcing changes to its family caregiver program, giving longtime participants who faced possible dismissal up to three more years of ...
Ron Anderson quit his job to become a caregiver for his father, Lee, a World War II veteran. He candidly shared that, after his mother, Lee’s wife, died, he had a very challenging, yet extremely ...
TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Sighing as he got up, Navy Veteran Samba Jargu realized it was another day that it would be hard to get around his house. “I’ll be walking and then all of a sudden it feels like ...
Seventy-five percent to 80 percent of care received by community-dwelling older adults comes from family members or friends, most of whom are unpaid. On average, family caregivers provide 17 hours of ...
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court has rejected a claim by the Department of Veterans Affairs that would block the right of hundreds of thousands of disabled veterans from challenging decisions of a ...
GoodRx reports all states offer Medicaid programs to pay family caregivers, with varying rules and rates based on state and care needs.
Hundreds of current and former VA doctors, nurses and other caregivers have issued a warning to the Department of Veterans ...
Vietnam veteran Jerry King holds onto his wife, Pauline, as she lifts him into his wheel chair at their home in Anna, Illinois. (Stephen Lance Dennee/AP) Veterans Affairs officials on Thursday ...