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Give VA BENEFITS Veterans & Help Stop School Shootings on Memorial Day-

May 25, 2021

On this coming Memorial Day and every day, geriatric care managers can be a huge help to older veterans to get VA benefits.

With nearly 10 million veterans in the U.S. who are over the age of 65, older vets are usually good candidates for geriatric care management services both now and in the future.

Unfortunately, navigating the services supports, and  VA benefits available to older veterans can be a challenge for geriatric care managers and clients alike. Services and supports for this population are available at the federal, state and local level addition to the service navigation complexity. The configuration of services received by veterans and their families is likely to consist of federal services provided by the Veterans Administration in addition to more localized services for older adults in general like those provided by senior centers, area agencies on aging, etc.

VA Benefits available to veterans and their families range from federal VA home improvement grants, burial benefits, medical care, respite, housing programs, pension, and even local benefits like business loans and discount programs.

 Like most clients served by geriatric care managers, this population will need both VA Benefits and personalized assistance in meeting their care needs. For this reason, it is important to note that services and supports designed for older adults, in general, are also key resources for veterans.

While the VA is a great resource, don’t overlook the value and expertise in VA Benefits offered by local organizations like local healthcare centers, senior centers, and Area Agencies on Aging, among others.

Find the many ways care managers can access hard-to-find VA services and serve retired vets.

This memorial Day remember “More Americans have died from guns in the United States since 1968 than on battlefields of all the wars in American history.”

In the US there have been 2,032 school shootings since 1970 and these numbers are increasing. In the US  948 school shootings have taken place since the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012. 

Yesterday the shooting death of 19 3rd,4th, and 5th graders-  at Robb Elementary School in Uvale Texas added another slaughter of US children in their schools.  

As President Biden said “As a nation, we have to ask, when in God’s name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby?” Mr. Biden said. “When in God’s name will we do what we all know in our gut needs to be done?” 

So on this memorial day stand up for common sense gun laws. Call your Congressperson  and state senatorand ask them to pass Backgound Checks for purchasing guns.

A House-passed bill, HR 1446, backed by Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina, would close what’s known as the “Charleston loophole,” which allows some licensed gun sales to go through before a required background check is donehttps://www.cnn.com/2022/05/25/politics/gun-laws-us-congress/index.html.But the legislation is stalled in the Senate. Write or call your State Senator and ask them to pass this bill. On this memorial day make the death school children ( your kids , your grandkids , now dying more than people who go to war, less likely by a background check that 90% of Americans believe in

/Handbook of Geriatric Care Management 4th edition includes a new chapter that will help you help vets  Maximizing the Health and Well-Being of Older Veterans by Dr. Lenard Kaye, director of the Center for Aging at the University of Maine and Glenn Osbourne, director of the National Veterans Legal Aid Group . As an aging life or geriatric care manager, or senior advocate, learn how to to get elder veteran’s VA benefits they so deserve.

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Honor the War Dead on Memorial Day-While Geriatric Care Managers Can Help the Living Get Va Benefits

May 22, 2017

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Memorial Day is not simply a time to have a Monday off and fire up the barbie. It also a day to remember veterans who died in all American wars . If you are a geriatric care manager or aging professional, you actually memorialize those 600,000 men and women vets who died in battle by helping the older  living veterans who survived in the last 5 wars ( WW II, Korea, Vietnam, Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan.)

They all need the VA benefits they deserve but and all too many never get them.Geriatric care managers can be a huge help to older veterans to get VA benefits. With nearly 10 million veterans in the U.S. who over the age of 65, older vets are usually good candidates for geriatric care management services both now and in the future.

Unfortunately, navigating the services, supports, and benefits available to older veterans can be a  titanic challenge for geriatric care managers and clients alike. Services and supports for this population are available at the federal, state and local level addition to the service navigation complexity. The configuration of services received by veterans and their families is likely to consist of federal services provided by the Veterans Administration in addition to more localized services for older adults in general like those provided by senior centers, area agencies on aging, etc.

 Benefits available to veterans and their families range from federal VA home improvement grants, burial benefits, medical care, respite, housing programs, pension, and even local benefits like business loans and discount programs.

 Like most clients served by geriatric care managers, this population will need personalized assistance in meeting their care needs. For this reason, it is important to note that services and supports designed for older adults, in general, are also key resources for veterans.

While the VA is a great resource, don’t overlook the value and expertise offered by local organizations like local healthcare centers, senior centers, and Area Agencies on Aging, among others.

Handbook of Geriatric Care Management 4th edition, includes a new chapter that will help you help vets  Maximizing the Health and Wells-Being of Older Veterans by Dr. Lenard Kaye, director of the Center for Aging at the University of Maine and Glenn Osbourne, director of the National Veterans Legal Aid Group. As an aging life or geriatric care manager, or senior advocate, learn how to to get elder veteran’s the benefits they so deserve.

 

 

 

 

Filed Under: Aging, Aging Life Care, aging life care manager, Blog, care manager, case manager, elder care manager, Families, Geriatric Care Management Business, Geriatric Care Manager, nurse care manager Tagged With: aging family, aging life and geraitric care manager, aging parent care, care manager, case manager, geriatric care manager, nurse care manager, VA Benefits, VA Claims Denied, Veterans, Veterans Day

Honor the War Dead on Memorial Day-While Geriatric Care Managers Can Help the Living Get Va Benefits

May 29, 2016

Memorial Day is not simply a time to have a Monday off and fire up the barbie. It also a day to remember veterans who died in  all American wars . If you are a geriatric or aging life care manager, you actually memorialize those 600,000 men and women vets who died in battle by helping the older  living veterans who survived in the last 5 wars ( WW II, Korea, Vietnam, Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan.)

They all need the VA benefits they deserve but and all too many never get them .Geriatric care managers can be a huge help to older veterans to get VA benefits. With nearly 10 million veterans in the U.S. who over the age of 65, older vets are usually good candidates for geriatric care management services both now and into the future.

Unfortunately, navigating the services, supports, and benefits available to older veterans can be a  titanic challenge for geriatric care managers and clients alike. Services and supports for this population are available at the federal, state and local level addition to the service navigation complexity. The configuration of services received by veterans and their families is likely to consist of federal services provided by the Veterans Administration in addition to more localized services for older adults in general like those provided by senior centers, area agencies on aging, etc.

 Benefits available to veterans and their families range from federal VA home improvement grants, burial benefits, medical care, respite, housing programs, pension, and even local benefits like business loans and discount programs.

 Like most clients served by geriatric care managers, this population will need personalized assistance in meeting their care needs. For this reason, it is important to note that services and supports designed for older adults in general are also key resources for veterans.

While the VA is a great resource, don’t overlook the value and expertise offered by local organizations like local healthcare centers, senior centers, and Area Agencies on Aging, among others.

Handbook of Geriatric Care Management 4th edition  , includes a new chapter that will  help you help vets  Maximizing the Health and Wells-Being of Older Veterans by Dr. Lenard Kaye, director of the Center for Aging at the University of Maine and  Glenn Osbourne, director of the National Veterans Legal Aide Group. As an aging life or geriatric care manager, or senior advocate , learn how to to get elder veteran’s the benefits they so deserve.

 

 

Filed Under: Aging Tagged With: aging life and geraitric care manager, geriatric care manager, VA Benefits, VA Claims Denied, Veterans

VA Service Offices–Help With Claims- Great to Not So Hot

August 29, 2015

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Veterans Service Offices: The single largest category of VA help, by far, is county veteran’s service officers (“CVSOs.”) Nearly every county in the nation has at least one local veteran’s service office. These offices are not owned or operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

They are local county government offices staffed by county-paid employees who hold VA accreditation through organizations such as the American Legion, VFW, Vietnam Veterans, or that particular state’s department of veteran’s affairs. More benefit claims originate through local CVSOs than any other source. Unfortunately, these offices often suffer from a number of fairly glaring deficits when assisting veterans. The main one is lack of consistency. The level of knowledge concerning benefits varies tremendously from individual to individual and office to office.

Again, simply because an individual is VA-accredited does not mean they are knowledgeable or particularly effective as advisors or advocates. In many cases, the written test for accreditation is a twenty-five question, open book test with a passing grade of nineteen correct answers.

Filed Under: Aging Tagged With: geriatric care manager, Getting VA Benefits, VA Benefits, VA Claims Denied, VA Service Offices

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