Caregiver Resource Links - Veterans and Military

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1. Caregivers of Veterans – Serving on the Homefront
   In conducting this study, the National Alliance for Caregiving have led a first-of-its kind effort to assess the needs of caregivers of veterans from combat eras dating from World War II to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. While some of the challenges they face are shared by family caregivers in general, others are unique. The distinct nature of the veterans’ illnesses and injuries drives different caregiving needs, and the array of governmental and community resources that serve veterans and their caregivers also distinguish their situations from those of other caregivers. As one striking example, some of the newly injured are in their twenties, with caregivers who may be parents entering their 50s and 60s and facing decades in this role.
   
2. Center for Women Veterans
   
   
3. Coalition for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans
   
   
4. Department of Veterans Affairs
   Their goal is to provide excellence in patient care, veterans' benefits and customer satisfaction.
   
5. Deployment Health Clinical Center
   PDHealth.mil was designed to assist clinicians in the delivery of post-deployment healthcare for military men and women, veterans, their families, and their healthcare providers.
   
6. Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program
   This program offers information about the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program for active and retired members of the uniformed services, Federal and U.S. Postal Service employees.
   
7. Homewatch CareGivers
   They specialize in the area of in home senior care, but care for all ages and conditions. Veterans care, also.
   
8. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
   
   
9. My Senior Care
   Find credible and up-to-date information on home health care agencies, assisted living facilities, hospice nursing, and more.
   
10. National Center for PTSD
    
    
11. National Military Family Association
    
    
12. National Veterans Foundation
    
    
13. Paralyzed Veterans of America
    They have developed an expertise on a variety of issues involving the special needs of veterans of the armed forces who have experienced spinal cord injury or dysfunction. They seek quality health care for their members, research and education addressing spinal cord injury and dysfunction.
    
14. U.S. Veterans Network
    The US Veterans Network was established for the purpose of helping local veterans with employment.
    
15. US Army Public Health Command
    The U.S. Army Public Health Command integrates the missions of the U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine and the U.S. Army Veterinary Command. This integration is occurring in phases over a two-year period beginning with USACHPPM’s conversion to provisional status Oct. 1, 2009, and ending when the USAPHC reaches full operational capability, targeted for Oct. 1, 2011. The mission of this new organization is to promote health and prevent disease, injury, and disability of Soldiers and military retirees, their Families, and Department of the Army civilian employees; and assure effective execution of full spectrum veterinary service for Army and Department of Defense Veterinary missions.
    
16. Veterans For America
    They support service members, their families and veterans.
    
17. Veterans Help Network
    An organization dedicated to assisting people and doing research on Veteran's Issues.
    
18. Veterans Helping Veterans
    
    
19. Wounded Warrior Project
    The mission of Wounded Warrior Project is to honor and empower wounded warriors. Its purpose is to raise awareness and to enlist the public’s aid for the needs of injured service members, to help injured servicemen and women aid and assist each other, and to provide unique, direct programs and services to meet their needs.