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Want to Age at Home? Start With a Plan
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Some ways home care for veterans can help:

VA programs that may help support home care for veterans include:
Every veteran's story is different. Every care plan should be too. Maybe you're recovering from a hospital stay. Maybe arthritis is making the daily stuff harder. Maybe your family caregivers need a break. Whatever brings you to us, we start by listening, learning about your routines, your goals, and what matters most to you. Then our Home Instead Omaha team builds a veterans care plan that actually fits your life and grows with you as your needs change.
Our approach to veterans care at home includes services like:


Yes. Veteran Care is an important service in our area, which has a large veteran population.
Care can be based on the veteran’s individual needs and authorized services. Our team also regularly brings in Veteran Service Officers and Suicide Prevention Coordinators to speak with staff, often for approximately two hours twice a year.
We can work with the veteran’s broader care team when circumstances change.
One local veteran living alone in an RV had her VA-authorized hours reduced from 55 per week to 13. Her Care Pro—also a veteran—worked with her physician and people within the VA system to make sure her needs were understood.
Her authorized care ultimately increased to 30 hours per week, improving her access to personal care and ability to remain independent.
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