CARE OF OLDER ADULTS WITH COMPLEX NEEDS - Emerging Strategies in the Veterans Health Administration - Abstract

Sep 28, 2026

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is tasked with providing long-term care to eligible Veterans, including older adults with increasingly complex needs and barriers to access, such as rural residence. This symposium reviews emerging, team-based, person-centered strategies that expand home health access, build trust to increase uptake of aide services, and support family caregivers through targeted education and outreach. It also highlights how primary care nurses coordinate complex care and how effective billing practices can improve access to advanced care planning.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryHealthcare

FormatPDF

Pages1

Reading Time3 min

AccessFree to download

Session overview

Home health access strategies

Trust-building for aide services

Supporting family caregivers

Care coordination by primary care nurses

Billing practices and advanced care planning

FAQs

What is the symposium’s main focus?

It focuses on emerging strategies within the Veterans Health Administration to support team-based, person-centered long-term care for older Veterans with complex care needs.

How does the symposium address access to home health services?

It highlights approaches to ensuring Veterans can access home health, including a pilot program providing VHA-delivered home health rather than contracted services for high-need rural Veterans.

What role do family caregivers and care coordination play?

The symposium discusses strengthening education and outreach so family caregivers can access VHA and community resources, and it describes how primary care nurses coordinate complex care with family caregivers.

Sep 28, 2026

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