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Caregiver Compensation

A group of U.S. Army veterans sit in a circle. One is looking down, his elbows on his knees, looking serious.

Many veterans’ caregivers qualify for compensation with a little-known Veterans Affairs program. When Kathy Parker became the primary caregiver for her husband, an Army veteran with stage-four kidney failure, she felt confused, scared, and alone. She didn’t know exactly how to take care of him and felt she wasn’t getting the help they needed from […]