📋 Navigate Challenges With AARP's Military Caregiving Guide (AARP Article)

[Winter2024]

FROM THE ARTICLE - SEE ARTICLE FOR MORE!!!

AARP's New Military Caregiving Guide: Essential Resources for Veteran Caregivers.

Navigate challenges and find resources, step-by-step.

By Amy Goyer, AARP. Published November 12, 2024.

In the 1980s, I cared for my grandfather, C. V. Goyer, a veteran of World War I, World War II and the Korean War, and more than 20 years later, I cared for my dad, Robert Goyer, a WWII and Korean War veteran. Throughout both experiences, I often struggled to find support.

When caring for my grandfather, resources were limited. By the time I was caring for my dad, there was more support, especially from the VA, but I spent countless hours navigating his benefits, applying for them and managing them — often an arduous and frustrating process. Since Dad’s passing in 2018, support for veterans and their caregivers has expanded even further. That’s why I felt so passionate about updating AARP’s Military Caregiving Guide for Veterans, Service Members and Their Families. I want today’s military and veteran caregivers to have an easier time than I did.

https://www.aarp.org/home-family/voices/veterans/info-2024/military-veteran-caregiving-guide.html

[Winter2024]

Amy @agoyer , so glad you wrote this for our military!!!

They have kept us safe and now so many of them (and their families) are dealing with health issues.

I know your article will help with figuring out the best way to take care of luv ones.

Take care,

Nicole

[agoyer]

@Winter2024 Thank you for sharing the article and the new Military Caregiving Guide! I hope that it will be helpful to millions for family caregivers caring for our veterans!!! 

Take care,

Amy