| Literature DB >> 25757513 |
Pamela Wright1, Cari Malcolm, Bret Hicken, Rand Rupper.
Abstract
In passing the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010, Congress created a legislative mandate for the Veterans Administration (VA) to strengthen its program of support services for caregivers of veterans. As part of this expansion, the VA implemented a nationwide toll-free telephone Caregiver Support Line (CSL). The CSL is a single point of entry system to link caregivers to national and local services to support care of a veteran. This article describes the CSL and its role in supporting aging veterans and their caregivers, discusses social workers' contributions to its development and implementation, and reports utilization data.Keywords: caregivers; telephone support lines; veterans
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Year: 2015 PMID： 25757513 DOI： 10.1080/01634372.2015.1019168
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Gerontol Soc Work ISSN： 0163-4372