The Nation's Promise of Care

Abstract

This Issue's Editorial is all about Veterans, written by Veterans. If you are an acute care case manager, the Veterans Administration (VA's) embrace of integrated case management affords excellent career opportunities. If you work in a health plan, transitions of care for veterans are seamless when you coordinate VA benefits and community resources. As a worker's compensation case manager, your skills are relevant for veterans who may benefit from vocational rehabilitation and work transition programs. If you are a life care planner, the VA has resources that address illness and wellness care throughout the life of a veteran, including mental health services. And when the end of life occurs, a veteran is honored with a dignified service in the national, or a state memorial cemetery. The resources are available and case managers must become aware of the plethora of services to address the rehabilitation, recovery and restoration of veterans. This Editorial addresses the resources that are available; case managers must become aware of the plethora of services to address the rehabilitation, recovery and restoration of veterans.