ArticleHealthcare (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2020
Supporting family caregivers of Veterans: Participant perceptions of a federally-mandated caregiver support program.
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- Type and efficacy of online training for informal carers: a narrative review.Frontiers in public health · 2025Review
- Conceptualizing care partners' burden, stress, and support for reintegrating Veterans: a mixed methods study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Engaging Veterans, caregivers, and system stakeholders to improve VA home and community-based services.Health services research · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo understand patients' and caregivers' experiences with and perceptions of a federally-mandated program within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that provides educational and monetary support to family caregivers of post-9/11 Veterans.
methodsTwenty-six Veterans and their family caregivers were recruited to participate in individual and dyadic interviews. Interviews lasted between 60 and 90 min and took place between August 2016 and July 2018 in Oregon and Louisiana. Interviews were recorded, transcribed and coded by multiple team members. Recurrent themes and categories were identified through close examination of coded text and comparison within and across transcripts.
resultsThree main themes emerged in the data: 1) appreciation of the caregiver program for validating and compensating family caregiver work; 2) perception that some caregiving activities are less visible, and thus go unrecognized and uncompensated; 3) concern about loss of benefits.
conclusionsImplications and policy recommendations for programs to support family caregivers, both within the VA and in the context of the broader national movement to support family caregivers, are discussed.
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