Geriatrics

As our population of older and aging Veterans continues to increase, the skills provided by geriatric mental health professionals are uniquely suited to VA.

Through the Medical Foster Home Program, caregivers can open their homes and their hearts to Veterans who need assistance with daily activities.

As VA looks to expand resources for aging Veterans, Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) careers offer opportunities to serve Veterans where they live.

Specialty Education Loan Repayment Program offers aid to new VA physicians with a VA residency and a commitment.

Army Veteran lived with no heat in Buffalo for two decades after home flooded. HUD-VASH program found her a home. “VA very open for helping.”

With VA planning to expand several programs that allow aging [...]

Your expertise as a physician assistant can be applied to numerous specialties within VA, all of them helping Veterans find the care they need.

Over half our nation’s Veterans are over 65. VA’s Geriatric and Extended Care website has been refreshed and updated. It is a one-stop resource for Veterans and their caregivers.

COVID Bereavement Response seeks to help families cope with grief and bereavement or when general support is needed. “We treat the whole Veteran, which includes the family.”

Veterans enrolled in VA’s Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) Program receive in-home care because of severe illness or because mobility restrictions prevent them from travelling to VA health care facilities.

GeriPACTs: traditional health care services and community-based services with the goal of streamlining the health care experience of Veterans with geriatric needs. More than 60,000 patients in 2015.

Since 2000, the number of veterans getting home-based primary care has quadrupled and every VA medical center across the country has added a palliative care program.