Veteran’s Families Seek Aid for Caregiver Role—As the number of seriously injured veterans increases, more and more family members of the wounded are choosing to become full-time caregivers for their loved ones.  But in taking on the role of a full-time caregiver, the family member often has to quit another full-time job and give up important source of the family’s income.  So a growing group of veteran’s families is asking the government to compensate them in place of an outside caregiver.

While the government pays for families to hire outside caregivers, in some cases the companies that provide the care do not meet all of a family’s needs.  Regulations might prohibit contracted caregivers from taking the injured veteran outside the house, or the number of daily hours of care might not be enough to cover the time that a working spouse is away from home.  In some cases the contracted caregivers simply do not provide the quality of care that the family expects.  Legislation has been introduced to congress that would allow families of veterans with traumatic brain injury to be paid for their caretaker roles after receiving training and certification.Click here to see full “New York Times” article.

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