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The VA caregiver support line
— a gateway of support for caregivers of veterans | | Author(s) | Pamela Wright, Cari Malcolm, Bret Hicken, Rand Rupper |
| Journal title | Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 58, no 4, May-June 2015 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, May-June 2015 |
| Pages | pp 386-398 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Armed Forces ; War ; Informal care ; Family care ; Advisory services [elderly] ; Telephone services [domiciliary] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | In passing the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 in the United States, Congress created a legislative mandate for the Veterans Administration (VA) to strengthen its programme 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. This article describes the CSL and its role in supporting older veterans and their caregivers, discusses social workers' contributions to its development and implementation, and reports utilisation data. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150619219 A |
| Classmark | VMM: VMC: P6: P6:SJ: IT: OUA: 7T |
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