“I think veterans have earned these benefits and they shouldn’t have to pay someone to help them get them,”Joshua Jacobs, the White House’s pick to lead the Veterans Benefits Administration, told senators during his confirmation hearing before theSenate Veterans’ Affairs Committee...
Elderly Veterans With Dual Eligibility for VA and Medicare Services: Where Do They Obtain a Colonoscopy?Objectives: To examine the receipt of colonoscopy through the Veterans Health Administration (VA) or through Medicare by older veterans who are dually enrolled.Malhotra, Ashish...
The move could givethousands of dollarsin stipends each month to caregivers who for years have assisted elderly and infirm veterans without any financial assistance. Prior to today, only caregivers of veterans injured after Sept. 11, 2001, were eligible for ...
It is estimated that 1 in 10 military veterans have suffered some form of abuse in one of VA’s assisted living or nursing facilities. Elderly abuse includes any action or inaction that leads to the harm or distress of an older adult by an individual or organization in a setting where “...
We help veterans & their families in California understand how to obtain long-term care benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs. It's astounding that roughly 1/3 of all seniors can qualify for up to $2,300 monthly in additional income through Pension under the right conditions. Pensio...
Trying to make the program work for the general public was the goal oflegislationthat advanced this year but may or may not help. As passed, the compromise language offers an opportunity to expand the program a little bit and to take the argument about the minimum bill back to the SCC wit...
Three decades ago, the Veterans Administration was mired in criticism over substandard care and there were widespread calls for “mainstreaming” Veterans into the private sector. In response, Congress converted VA into cabinet department and VA undertook a massive transformation that included dozens of...
Basically, a poor veteran who's 65 or older and served during a war, in combat or not, is eligible for the program. Hatton's team, however, discovered that a majority of the poor elderly veterans in Reno had never heard of the program. Working with researchers from the Sanford Center ...
To examine the long-term reliance on outpatient care at the population (i.e., system) level among fee-for-service Medicare-enrolled elderly veterans in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system and Medicare from 2003 to 2014. Data Sources/Study Setting. We analyzed a 5 ...
Depending on your friend’s income, he may also be eligible for the Veterans Pension, or Aid and Attendance Benefit, which provides care for low income, elderly veterans. The application and approval process for the Aid and Attendance Benefit is more complicated and it is recommended to have ...