Aging Veterans with Disabilities: A Cross-National Study of Policies and Challenges
Welfare and warfare and policies toward veterans with disabilities in the United Kingdom, the United States, and IsraelThe warfare-welfare nexus: introductionWarfare and social welfare policies in the United KingdomPolicy toward veterans with disabilities in the United KingdomUK current schemes for veterans and veterans with disabilitiesCompensation schemes for veterans with disabilitiesWar and welfare policy in the United StatesPolicies toward veterans with disabilities in the United States: historical reviewUS current benefits and services for veterans with disabilitiesCompensationPensionVA health careVA nursing home careOther VA benefitsEducation and trainingLife insuranceOther federal benefitsPolicy concerns and future directionWarfare and welfare policy in IsraelThe development of policy toward veterans with disabilities in IsraelCurrent provisions for veterans with disabilities and core issuesConclusionNoteReferencesAging with disability“Successful aging”: core selective theoriesActivity, disengagement, and continuity theoriesLifespan theories on successful agingRowe and Kahn’s model of successful aging‘Successful aging’ of persons with disabilitiesProposition 1: Stable and Substantial Prevalence of Disability and Care NeedsProposition 2: Aging in Good Health and Aging with Care Needs as Consecutive Phases in the Life CourseProposition 3: Expanding the Concept of Successful Aging toward Aging with Disability and Care NeedsProposition 4: Individual Strategies and Resources for Successful Aging When Facing Disability and Care NeedsProposition 5: Environmental Strategies and Resources for Successful Aging When Facing Disability' and Care NeedsProposition 6: Care-Related Strategies and Resources for Successful Aging When Facing Disability' and Care NeedsProposition 7: Visionary Component for Successful Aging Including Individuals with Disability and Care NeedsDisability, secondary conditions, and ‘premature aging’Persons with spinal cord injury (SCI): aging and secondary conditionsEvidence of “accelerated aging”Persons with post-traumatic stress disor der (PTSD): comorbidity and agingPTSD and secondary physical health conditions“Accelerated aging” and PTSDConclusionReferencesHealth and psychosocial concerns of aging veterans with disabilitiesThe unique needs of veterans aging with disabilitiesEx-servicemen and women and veterans with disabilities in the United Kingdom: an overviewAging veterans with disabilities in the United States: an overviewMid-life and aging IDF veterans with disabilities in Israel: an overviewResearch on health and psychosocial concerns of aging veterans with disabilities: core findings from the United Kingdom, the United States, and IsraelCore findings and lessons from the United KingdomCore findings from the United StatesThe Israeli study on aging veter ans with disabilities and PTSD longitudinal studiesConclusion: unmet needs of older veter ans with disabilitiesNoteReferencesGovernment policies towards aging veterans with disabilitiesUnited KingdomHealth and social carePriority services in the NHSPersonalized careDedicated health care servicesThe Aged Veterans FundThe role of armed forces charitiesCharities serving aging veteransUnited StatesBenefits and pension provided to veterans with disability, particularly aging disability benefits for ex-servicemen and women or veter ans with disabilitiesThe Department of Defense (DoD) disability retirement policyService-connected disability compensationVA disability pensionAging veterans special provisionsThe interaction of Department of Defense (DoD) pension, VA benefits and pension, and Social Security provisionsThe health and long-term care policy toward aging veteransThe current VHA Geriatric and Extended Care (GEC) programsNon-institutional careInstitutional careConcerns in provision of long-term careIsraelConclusion: differences in policies toward aging veterans with disabilitiesReferencesProposed policy to address unmet needs of older veterans with disabilities in IsraelIntroductionProblems reported by aging veter ans with disabilitiesMapping regulatory infrastructure for aging veterans with disabilitiesMoD infrastructure and servicesCore health services and benefits for senior citizensCommittee of Experts’ approach toward aging veterans’ assumptionsEvaluation of the MoD’s provisions for aging veteransThe need for establishing quality of indicators for community careCommittee of Experts’ recommendations on target subpopulationThe proposed package of serviceThe proposed planPlanning and follow upCoordination and controlThe pilot phaseConclusionsReferencesClosing remarks: insights regarding cross-national policies towards aging veterans with disabilities
