Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough has named a longtime figure in the department's caregiver community as the VA's new chief of staff. Margaret "Meg" Kabat was sworn in Wednesday to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vietnam veteran Jerry King holds onto his wife, Pauline, as she lifts him into his wheel chair at their home in Anna, Illinois.

Caring for a family member with a health condition that prevents them from caring for themselves is not only exhausting, it often prevents the caregiver from having a paid job. That's why the ...

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WASHINGTON, June 5 (UPI) --On the eve of the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Senate committees on aging and veterans' affairs examined vets' services and questioned the quality of U.S. Department of ...

In the latest episode of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ weekly show The BLUF, Marine Corps veteran Sarah Kallassy discusses the department’s Caregiver Support Program. She explains the meanings ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs has a very popular program that pays a stipend to those who care for post-9/11 veterans, often family members. In 2018, Congress revamped it to include Vietnam-era ...

An NPR investigation last year revealed that a number of VA centers were ejecting hundreds of caregivers from the program. The VA promised reform,... VA's Caregiver Program Still Dropping Veterans ...

Veterans are warning that the Department of Veterans Affairs has not resolved serious flaws in the way the program is administered. Veterans Urge Changes Before Expansion Of VA Caregivers Program ...

Two survivors of veterans who died from military-related illnesses are challenging the Department of Veterans Affairs' practice of dropping family caregiver application appeals once a veteran passes ...

“We cannot claim to be the greatest country in the world if we do not have the greatest caregiving in the world, and that includes supporting the military families and their paid caregivers,” Sen. Bob ...

TULSA, Okla. — The Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System Caregiver Support Program (CSP) launched its annual celebration of National Family Caregivers Month with the 2024 theme, 'Year of the ...