·State program
Massachusetts VA Caregiver Support
Massachusetts caregivers of Veterans can access VA caregiver support through Boston, Central Western Massachusetts, and other VA caregiver support teams, including help finding VA caregiver assistance, matching with services and benefits, connecting with local resources and programs, and using national VA caregiver programs.
What it offers
Massachusetts caregivers of Veterans can access caregiver support through VA Boston health care, which offers assistance including caregiver benefits matching, local resources, support groups, and peer mentoring. Caregivers outside the Boston region can reach the VA Caregiver Support Line for nationwide support.
Questions that decide eligibility
GiveCare prepares the questions; the program makes the decision. Bring these to the call or the application:
- 01
Does the person receiving care live in Massachusetts?
Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.
- 02
Does your relationship to the person — spouse, parent, child, sibling, grandparent, other relative, or non relative — count for this program?
- 03
Does the veteran’s service history and discharge status fit this program’s rules?
- 04
Does the VA disability rating meet the program’s minimum (our record lists null%)?
- 05
Do the work hours meet the minimum (our record lists null hours)?
- 06
Is there a caregiver-specific department, coordinator, or support line? Ask for it by name.
Many agencies have one that isn’t advertised on the website.
- 07
What documents do you need from us to start an application?
- 08
Is there a waitlist right now, and how long is it?