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Home Based Primary Care

  • High need for geriatrics professionals as number of aging Veterans rises

    High need for geriatrics professionals as number of aging Veterans rises

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

  • VA amplifies access to home, community-based services

    VA amplifies access to home, community-based services

    Home, community-based services let eligible Veterans age-in-place, avoid or delay nursing home placement and choose their preferences.

  • Five unique ways to serve Veterans as a physician assistant

    Five unique ways to serve Veterans as a physician assistant

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

  • Team approach helps older Veterans reduce risk of falls at home

    Team approach helps older Veterans reduce risk of falls at home

    Idaho VA physical therapist and multidisciplinary Home-Based Primary Care team work together to provide treatment for older rural Veterans.

  • Home Based Primary Care offers Veterans unique services

    Home Based Primary Care offers Veterans unique services

    For Veterans who may not be able to visit VA facilities directly, Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) provides solutions.

  • No Veteran Left Behind: Texas VA on the road to rural, elderly Veterans

    No Veteran Left Behind: Texas VA on the road to rural, elderly Veterans

    The South Texas VA hit the road with its No Veteran Left Behind Tour. A caravan of specialists brought information on VA services to over 2,000 senior Veterans.

  • Why I get my health care at VA: Air Force Veteran Ken

    Why I get my health care at VA: Air Force Veteran Ken

    Air Force Veteran Ken and his wife had retirement all planned out, until a stroke rocked their world. A VA program gave them the resources to stay in their home, despite Ken needing 24/7 care.

  • Homebound Pittsburgh Veterans receive COVID-19 vaccine at home

    Homebound Pittsburgh Veterans receive COVID-19 vaccine at home

    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’s Compassionate Contact Corps

    VA’s Compassionate Contact Corps

    VA Voluntary Service has a new social prescription program: The Compassionate Contact Corps. Trained volunteers call Veterans who are lonely, socially isolated or would simply like to talk to someone.

  • Veteran gets VA health care at home

    Veteran gets VA health care at home

    Even though he can’t drive, Marine Veteran Kenneth Schmitt receives VA primary care through home-based primary care, which allows Veterans to remain at home as they face aging and chronic disease.

  • VA Home Based Primary Care improves quality of care for Veterans

    VA Home Based Primary Care improves quality of care for Veterans

    Home Based Primary Care, or HBPC, is a health care program unique to VA that offers primary care to patients in their home.

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Last updated March 12, 2012

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