The CareGiver Partnership is pleased to work with The National Alliance for Caregiving in helping them find family caregivers of veterans for a new study. If you fall into this category, we encourage you to read on and consider participating.

This study will provide an opportunity for caregivers of veterans to be heard and improve services for caregivers and veterans now and in the future.

If you are a family caregiver of a veteran or know of one, and wish to take part in this study, please sign up. We will also be happy to mail you a paper copy of the sign up form as well.

The National Alliance for Caregiving is seeking participants for a new study of family caregivers of veterans. This study is intended to determine how caregivers of veterans are coping and what community and VA services, resources, and programs would support and assist them with their caregiving activities.

Caregivers are defined as those providing unpaid assistance, such as personal care, bathing, dressing, feeding, help with medications and other treatments, transportation to the doctors’ appointments, and arranging for services, and assisting persons with PTSD and TBI. Caregivers of veterans from World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War through the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan will be included in the study. Caregivers include relatives and friends.

If you live in San Diego, San Antonio, and Washington, DC you could be asked to participate in a focus group for which you would be paid. The study will also include telephone interviews and an on-line survey of caregivers of veterans. For more information, please call us at 800-985-1353.

All information will be held in the strictest of confidence.

Thank you for your consideration to participate in a study that could make a difference in the lives of caregivers of veterans. Please contact Kathy Cameron at kathleen56@caregiving.org for more information. This project is funded by a grant from the United Health Foundation.