Levy Cari, Haverhals Leah, Gilman Carrie, Manheim Chelsea
VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System in Denver, Colorado.
VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System.
Generations. 2018 Sep;43(3):47-50.
The Veterans Health Administration's Medical Foster Home (MFH) program is a long-term-care model in which veterans requiring personalized nursing home-level care live in the homes of private caregivers, who are recruited and screened by a VA MFH program coordinator. Often, these caregivers are older adults who are nearer to or older than retirement age. Seven years of research into the program has shown benefits in building community and improving quality of life for veterans, caregivers, and family members of veterans living in MFHs across the United States.
退伍军人健康管理局的医疗寄养家庭(MFH)项目是一种长期护理模式,在此模式下,需要个性化疗养院级护理的退伍军人居住在私人护理人员家中,这些护理人员由退伍军人事务部MFH项目协调员招募和筛选。通常,这些护理人员是接近或已超过退休年龄的老年人。对该项目长达七年的研究表明,它对于在美国各地医疗寄养家庭中生活的退伍军人、护理人员以及退伍军人的家庭成员而言,在建立社区联系和改善生活质量方面都有诸多益处。