WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs will open eligibility for one of its caregiver programs to veterans starting Saturday. The Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers program is one ...

Vietnam veteran Jerry King holds onto his wife, Pauline, as she lifts him into his wheel chair at their home in Anna, Illinois. (Stephen Lance Dennee/AP) Veterans Affairs officials on Thursday ...

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Advocates for family members and friends who support severely ill or injured veterans who need daily care are pushing the Biden administration for answers on the future of a Department of Veterans ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs has a very popular program that pays a stipend to those who care for post-9/11 veterans, often family members. In 2018, Congress revamped it to include Vietnam-era ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs needs to step up outreach and coordination to caregivers of disabled veterans to ensure that they are aware of available programs and they understand the eligibility ...

Beginning Saturday, caregivers of combat veterans who served from the mid-1970s to late 2001 can apply for health care and benefits under the Department of Veterans Affairs program for families. The ...

Tuesday, staff at the Department of Veterans Affairs published the interim final rule for implementing the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act 2010. This new rule will provide ...

President Joe Biden (center) smiles after signing an executive order regarding expanded support for caregivers in the Rose Garden of the White House on April 18. (Susan Walsh/AP) President Joe Biden ...

A planned expansion of the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers is still scheduled to happen this fall (Army photo). With about two months left until a congressional deadline, ...

Veterans and their caregivers who are part of a popular Department of Veterans Affairs program are breathing easier after a three-year grace period on unenrollment was announced. For now, veterans and ...