VA Resources

1. Maine Veterans: helping older vets

   Do you work with older adults? Please consider attending the 2013 UMaine Clinical Geriatrics Colloquium on serving older veterans. If helping older vets is part of your mission, this day-long program will give you fresh ideas and … Continue

2. VA Funding Gap

   Congress OKs veterans homes VA funding gap fix Kevin Miller, Washington bureau chief for Maine Today, wrote about the recent funding issues that have made long-term care hard to get in VA communities because of a VA funding … Continue

3. StatesideLegal.com Provides Veterans Legal Information

   Pine Tree Legal Assistance of Maine and Arkansas Legal Services Partnership have worked together to launch a new website to help veterans and military families with legal problems. It’s a national website with a focus on federal … Continue

4. Veteran’s Improved Benefits: Navigating the Application Process Part II

   Part I of this post discussed the application process for veterans pensions. In this posting, I will be talking some more about the service requirements behind the VA Improved Pension.   But before I get to that, you cannot apply … Continue

5. Veteran’s Improved Pensions: Navigating the Application Process Part I

   The process of applying to the VA for Pension benefits is like any other application process to a government agency.  It is confusing. There is so much information circulating online and yet it seems there are always … Continue

6. Maine Vets Get Increased Psychiatric Services

   Togus, the Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center near Augusta, has unveiled a renovated  18,000 square foot ward that triples the space dedicated at Togus to psychiatric care. The ward, which has expanded from 16 to 24 beds, … Continue