Provides support services for caregivers caring for veterans, including a support line, peer support, and respite care.   
Provides additional assistance to primary family caregivers of eligible post-9/11 veterans and servicemembers. 
Services include: 
-  Monthly stipend 
-  Travel expenses (including lodging and per diem while accompanying Veterans undergoing care) 
-  Access to health care insurance (if the caregiver is not already entitled to care or services under a health care plan) 
-  Mental health services and counseling 
-  Comprehensive VA caregiver training provided by Easter Seals

Veterans Caregiver Support offered by U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs at Regional Office

Provides support services for caregivers caring for veterans, including a support line, peer support, and respite care. Offers additional services to primary family caregivers of eligible post-9/11 veterans.

Programs that use federal, state, local and/or other funding to provide financial assistance for family members (or other persons such as neighbors) who are serving as informal primary caregivers for frail elderly individuals or, in some cases, for adults with disabilities; for grandparents caring for grandchildren; or, in some jurisdictions, for families caring for children with severe disabilities. Age and other eligibility criteria may vary by area. Assistance may be provided in the form of cash to the consumer/caregiver, vouchers which can be redeemed with approved service providers or through pro bono services donated by local service providers to a service bank for family caregivers. The objective of the program is to make it possible for primary caregivers to obtain the assistance they need in order to continue in their caregiving role which, in turn, enables the frail elderly individual or person with a disability to remain in the community.

Family Caregiver Subsidies

Programs that provide information, guidance and assistance that supports the ability of family members and other informal caregivers to make decisions and solve problems relating to their caregiving role. The service helps the caregiver find practical solutions to concerns about the health and wellbeing of the care recipient; and may be provided via an advice line or an online chat service as well as in in-person settings.

Caregiver Consultation and Support

Programs that provide emotional support, information and guidance in individual and/or group settings for family members, friends, significant others, non-familial caregivers or attendants who are caring for someone who has a serious illness or disability or who is elderly and increasingly unable to provide for his or her own care, and are feeling overwhelmed by their responsibilities and the effect that their caregiving role has had on their lives.

Caregiver Counseling

Programs that cover all or a portion of the cost of respite care in the home or in community settings/facilities in situations where family members, guardians or others who are the regular caregivers for dependent adults or children with disabilities need a brief period of rest or relief from their care giving responsibilities. Families generally select their own provider, negotiate their own rates and set their own schedules.

Respite Care Subsidies

Programs that provide a brief period of rest or relief for family members, guardians or others who are regular caregivers for dependent adults by offering temporary or intermittent care for the adult in their own home.

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Veterans Caregiver Support offered by U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs at Regional Office