The 6 services in VA non-institutinal long term care for veterans

The Veterans Administration offers 6 non-institutional services related to long term health care.

1. Adult day health care An outpatient day program, which provides health maintenance and rehabilitative services to frail elderly and functionally impaired veterans.

2. Geriatric evaluation An inpatient or outpatient program where an interdisciplinary health care team performs multidimensional evaluations on a targeted group of elderly patients.

3. Respite care A program with the unique purpose of providing temporary relief for unpaid caregivers from routine care giving tasks, thus supporting caregivers in maintaining the chronically ill veteran in the home.


4. Home-based primary care Primary health care in the home directed to severely disabled, chronically ill patients.

5. Homemaker/home health aide Pays for homemaker and home health aide assistance for veterans.

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6. skilled home health care. In-home professional services that include: skilled nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, social work services, clinical assessment, treatment planning, treatment provision, patient and/or family education, health status monitoring, reassessment, referral, and follow-up.

These services are not offered at every VA region and in many cases there is a waiting list.