Stuti Dang, Sandra Garcia-Davis, Polly H Noël, Jared Hansen, Benjamin J Brintz, Richard Munoz, Willy Marcos Valencia Rodrigo, Rand Rupper, Erin D Bouldin, Ranak Trivedi, Lauren S Penney, Mary Jo Pugh, Bruce Kinosian, Orna Intrator, Luci K Leykum
BACKGROUND: Empowering Veterans to age in place is a Department of Veterans Affairs priority. Family or unpaid caregivers play an important role in supporting Veterans to achieve this goal. Effectively meeting the needs of Veterans and caregivers requires identifying unmet needs and relevant gaps in resources to address those needs. METHODS: Using a modified Socio-Ecological Model, we developed a prospective longitudinal panel design survey. We randomly selected 20,000 community-dwelling Veterans enrolled in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), across five VHA sites...
September 12, 2023: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society