Trajectories and Transitions in Service Use Among Older Veterans at High Risk of Long-Term Institutional Care.

Background: We aimed to identify combinations of long-term services and supports (LTSS) Veterans use, describe transitions between groups, and identify factors influencing transition.

Methods: We explored LTSS across a continuum from home to institutional care. Analyses included 104,837 Veterans Health Administration (VHA) patients 66 years and older at high-risk of long-term institutional care (LTIC).

Measuring the unmet needs of American military Veterans and their caregivers: Survey protocol of the HERO CARE survey.

Background: Empowering Veterans to age in place is a Department of Veterans Affairs priority. Family or unpaid caregivers play an important role in supporting Veterans to achieve this goal. Effectively meeting the needs of Veterans and caregivers requires identifying unmet needs and relevant gaps in resources to address those needs.

Patient-centered care and the electronic health record: exploring functionality and gaps.

Objective: Healthcare systems have adopted electronic health records (EHRs) to support clinical care. Providing patient-centered care (PCC) is a goal of many healthcare systems. In this study, we sought to explore how existing EHR systems support PCC; defined as understanding the patient as a whole person, building relational connections between the clinician and patient, and supporting patients in health self-management.

COVER to COVER: Connecting Older Veterans (Especially Rural) to Community or Veteran-Eligible Resources.

A demonstration project trained community counselors to become veteran benefits specialists to improve access to benefits for veterans who are unaware of their eligibility.

The VA Caregiver Support Line: A Gateway of Support for Caregivers of Veterans.

In passing the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010, Congress created a legislative mandate for the Veterans Administration (VA) to strengthen its program of support services for caregivers of veterans. As part of this expansion, the VA implemented a nationwide toll-free telephone Caregiver Support Line (CSL). The CSL is a single point of entry system to link caregivers to national and local services to support care of a veteran.