"This shift in VA health care funding from a discretionary to a mandatory mechanism would guarantee adequate resources
to care for sick and disabled veterans," said Violante, "That's because the current system of discretionary funding has failed to provide adequate resources to meet the growing demand for VA health care."
The fixed and disposable assets are usually immediately available
to care for patients.
If your organization contracts with a hospice provider
to care for the terminally ill, keep in mind the following areas of potential abuse:
While the more fortunate elderly had families
to care for them in their homes--or were, perhaps, members of ethnic or religious communities that provided food and shelter to their aged in a private setting--the less fortunate might very well have found themselves in the proverbial poorhouse.
Eligible dependents include: children under age 13 who are exemptions on the employee's tax return and adult dependents who spend at least 8 hr in the employee's home each day and are unable
to care for themselves because of a disability.
Minnesota passed legislation allowing unlicensed providers
to care for as many as five children at home, and Michigan lowered the minimum age requirement for at-home caregivers to 16.
Although a major payor of home health services, lower Medicaid reimbursement levels make many home health providers reluctant
to care for Medicaid recipients.
Child care leave is available
to care for a child with a serious health condition who is under the age of 18 or, if older, is "incapable of self care because of physical or mental disability."(13)
However, there are only 80,000 day-care centers or preschools
to care for the 13 million children six years and under.
VA needs adequate funds to hire health care professionals
to care for veterans in a timely manner, to effectively manage its health care programs, and to prepare for contingencies, such as the War on Terror and the Iraq War.
We need find innovative ways
to care for a larger and sicker population.
Home care can be brought on to help with the transition, to have a plan
to care for the person at home until the preliminary processing is complete and the new apartment is ready.