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Department of Veteran Affairs Options for LTC

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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has developed many options for long-term care that include traditional institutional care as well as innovative programs for community-based long-term and post-acute care. Not unlike The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the VA is also focused on the provision of cost-effective care through community based services aimed at reducing hospitalizations and preventing long-term institutionalization. Services that the VA offers to community dwelling veterans include: Hospital in Home, Home Based Primary Care, Telehealth, and Aide and Attendance. End-of-life care is also available to veterans with eligibility based on clinical need. Veterans can receive nursing facility (NF) care, either at a community NF or at a community living center (CLC) if they meet service-connected status, level of disability, and income requirements.

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  1. Department of Palliative Care, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, 3900 Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    Deborah Way

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  1. School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Pamela A. Fenstemacher

  2. Department of Family and Preventive Medi, University of Oklahoma Department of Family and Preventive Medi, OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, USA

    Peter Winn

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Way, D. (2016). Department of Veteran Affairs Options for LTC. In: Fenstemacher, P., Winn, P. (eds) Post-Acute and Long-Term Medicine. Current Clinical Practice. Humana Press, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16979-8_4

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