As the number of Veterans with dementia has grown along with the aging Veteran population, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has placed dementia care among its top priorities in patient care strategic planning. VHA currently provides a ...
PDC was delivered via a partnership between Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Centers (VAMCs) and Alzheimer's Association chapters, for caregivers of veterans with dementia living in the community and receiving primary care from the VA. The initial sample was 486 caregivers of 508 veterans with ...
"Partners in Dementia Care" (PDC) tested a care-coordination program based on partnerships between Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers and Alzheimer's Association chapters. The hypothesis posited PDC would reduce the likelihood and number of veterans' hospital admissions and emergency department (ED...
The Department of Veterans Affairs provides benefits and services to meet the needs of veterans… Health & Wellness Veteran Triumph: Finding Hope and Healing at the Wheelchair Games By USVMSeptember, 2024 By Mike Richman Roy Wilkins was a football and basketball star at his… Health & Wellness...
This study's main objective was to examine care transition experiences of older veterans and their caregivers. Fifty patients age 65 years and older, discharged from a Veterans Affairs Medical Center hospital, completed the Care Transitions Measure-15TM survey three to four weeks postdischarge. Seven...
Use of Medicare and Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care by Veterans with Dementia: A Longitudinal Analysis The objectives of this study were to examine longitudinal patterns of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)鈥搊nly use, dual VA and Medicare use, and Medicar... CW Zhu,JD Penrod,JS...
Eight home health aides, 6 home health agency administrators, and 9 primary care team members (3 RNs, 3 social workers, 3 MDs) serving veterans at a large, urban, Veterans Affairs medical center. Approach Combined deductive and inductive analysis to identify a priori concepts (aide roles; chan...
VHA Directive 2003-008: Palliative Care Consult Teams. Department of Veterans Affairs; 2003. 7. Edes T, Shreve S, Casarett D. Increasing access and quality in Department of Veterans Affairs care at the end of life: a lesson in change. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007;55(10):1645...
All study procedures were approved by institutional review boards at the University of California, San Francisco; San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System; and US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Office of Research Protections, Human Research Protection Office. Informed consent was wa...
A review of medical records of 575 veterans who had received services from the Veteran's Affairs Geriatric Outpatient Clinic in Los Angeles during a three-year period found 31 veterans (5.4%) who had an elder abuse report filed on their behalf. Prevalence of elder abuse/neglect was higher ...