Caregivers ensure care for our Veteran’s doesn’t stop when they leave a VA medical center.
VA’s Caregiver Support program offers clinical services to caregivers of eligible and covered Veterans enrolled in the VA health care system.
VA Caregiver Support Program conducts CPR classes at local VA facilities, plans to develop national training video.
Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) decision letters issued as of September 28, 2021, include a notice of updated review and appeal rights, VA Form 10-305: Your Rights to Seek Further Review of Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) Decisions.
Charlie Kohler, 101, is a participant in the Program of Comprehensive for Family Caregivers. His son Keith tells their story.
103-year-old Army Veteran and former caregiver Ellis Allen was drafted into the Army on July 25, 1942. His Army service included 33 months as a POW.
VA's Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers will provide an additional year for eligibility and reassessment of certain participants.
Caregivers have been overlooked by VA over the years, but those days are over, VA Secretary Denis McDonough said Oct. 29. Speaking at the Elizabeth Dole Foundation’s Sixth Annual National Convening, McDonough said one of VA’s most important jobs is to support caregivers.
Bree Shields hopes her story encourages other military caregivers and Veterans to get the help they need through shared resources
A caregiver of a Vietnam-era Veteran says the newly expanded Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers makes in-home care sustainable. Eva and Stanley are part of new caregiver population.
Veteran Bill Schenker received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in his home. He is enrolled in VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System’s Home-Based Primary Care program. As caregiver, his wife qualified also.
VA and Vietnam Veterans of American hosted a Facebook Live event about the recent expansion of VA’s Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers to WWII, Korean and Vietnam Veterans.
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