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VA establishes new research center focused on caregivers
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WASHINGTON — Veterans Affairs officials are launching a new center of excellence focused on caregivers, a move that advocates say could significantly boost research and support for families caring for ailing veterans.
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This change could make it easier to use military spouse preference to apply for DoD civilian jobs
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Military spouses will find it easier to apply for Department of Defense civilian jobs using military spouse preference, under new procedures being finalized now, according to DoD officials.
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An Unlikely Bond Between Chicago Teens and Veterans Is Saving Lives In The City
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A YMCA-hemled program found that partnering at-risk youth with former service members lowered rates of violence while boosting self esteem.
“How many people have you killed?”
Former Marine Julio Cortes looked into the face of the curious teen interrogating him.
“Next question,” Cortes replied.
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Veterans’ Families Also Suffer From The Wounds Of War
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Growing up, Mary Louise Montini, 13, has often been angry, upset and on edge, just like her father, a veteran with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Her experience isn’t unique. Children can develop their own mental illnesses as a result of their parents’ struggles with PTSD and other mental health disorders associated with their military service, professionals say. And there are few resources and programs targeted to veterans’ children, compared to children of active military.
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VA turns to foster care for veterans instead of putting them in nursing homes
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Ralph Stepney’s home on a quiet street in north Baltimore has a welcoming front porch and large rooms, with plenty of space for his comfortable recliner and vast collection of action movies. The house is owned by Joann West, a licensed caregiver who shares it with Stepney and his fellow Vietnam War veteran Frank Hundt.
“There is no place that I’d rather be. . . . I love the quiet of living here, the help we get. I thank the Lord every year that I am here,” Stepney, 73, said.
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‘Innovative’ program allows disabled veterans to live at home
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MECHANICSVILLE, Va. -- Local veterans, their families, and federal leaders came together at the Mechanical American Legion Post Thursday to celebrate an "innovative" program that gives disabled veterans the ability to control their own care. The Veterans-Directed Home and Community Based Services (VDHCBS) program allows disabled veterans to live in their own homes instead of nursing homes.
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Advocates for military caregivers shift focus from awareness to action
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WASHINGTON — Veterans advocates believe they have made impressive strides in recent years in raising awareness about the struggles of military caregivers. Now they’re shifting their focus to ways to fix them.
On Monday, officials from the Elizabeth Dole Foundation and Department of Veterans Affairs hosted their second annual Military Caregivers summit, announcing a series of new plans to better connect those families with support services.
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VA standardizing caregiver plan before opening to older vets
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VA Secretary David Shulkin has told congressional committees in recent weeks he supports a change in law to expand the post-9/11 caregiver program so that its cash stipend and menu of support services can benefit caregivers to severely injured veterans from earlier generations.
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Army scaling back respite care program
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SOUTHERN PINES — For nearly the past year, Lorraine Weber has welcomed the calming presence of a respite care provider into her home to help with her son Robbie, who has moderate autism.
Robbie commands attention, yelling for his mom and tugging on her while he plays with his dinosaurs and Legos. She does her best to split her attention between Robbie, his sister Madeleine and her husband Robert, a major in the Army who is out of the state for training over the next two months.
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Survey: Veteran caregivers feel isolated, need more support
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WASHINGTON — Most caregivers of injured veterans feel isolated from friends, unsupported by the government and less healthy because of the demands of their responsibilities, according to a new survey released by Disabled American Veterans on Monday.
But the vast majority are also overwhelmingly proud of the service they provide to their loved ones.
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