Va caregiver support program expands eligibility to veterans of all eras | va hines health care | veterans affairs
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Hines , IL — The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced the expansion of the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) to all eras. Expansion rolls out in two
phases beginning with eligible Veterans who served on or before May 7, 1975, and phase two, beginning October 1, 2022, which will include eligible Veterans who served between May 7, 1975,
and September 11, 2001. PCAFC, which prior to this expansion was only available for eligible Post-9/11 Veterans who incurred or aggravated a serious injury in the line of duty, provides
resources, education, support, a financial stipend, health insurance and beneficiary travel to caregivers of eligible Veterans. Veterans with a 70 percent service-connected disability who
served either on or after September 11, 2001, or on or before May 7, 1975, and need caregiver support should contact the Hines VA Hospital Caregivers Support Coordinator at 708-202-8131 or
visit https://www.caregiver.va.gov/ for more information. ABOUT EDWARD HINES, JR. VA HOSPITAL Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital, located 12 miles west of downtown Chicago on a 147-acre
campus, offers primary, extended and specialty care to veteran patients in the Chicagoland area. Hines VA Hospital is the largest VA hospital in the state of Illinois, where more than a
million veterans reside. The hospital treats more than 56,000 veterans from World War II through the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.