The Department of Veterans Affairs will extend benefits through 2025 for veterans who joined its family caregiver program under the original eligibility criteria, it announced Thursday. The extension ...

Each year, millions of U.S. veterans and their families rely on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for vital services ...

Seventy-five percent to 80 percent of care received by community-dwelling older adults comes from family members or friends, most of whom are unpaid. On average, family caregivers provide 17 hours of ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) published the interim final rule for implementing the Family Caregiver Program of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs has delayed its deadline for announcing changes to its family caregiver program, giving longtime participants who faced possible dismissal up to three more years of ...

WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs will open eligibility for one of its caregiver programs to veterans starting Saturday. The Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers program is one ...

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., has been a strong advocate for expanding VA caregiver benefits to more generations of veterans. "When someone is injured in war, we say ‘We’re going to take care of them ...

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 ...

Local caregivers can welcome veterans into their homes as family members to improve veterans’ quality of life and health through a Veterans Affairs program that’s new to the area. The Cheyenne VA ...

Veterans Affairs officals on Thursday announced plans to extend caregiver benefits for thousands of families until at least Sept. 30, 2025, as program rules are being updated. (Army) Veterans Affairs ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs is expected to announce Tuesday that it will temporarily stop dismissing veterans from its program that provides benefits and compensation to family members who ...