Medical Foster Program to Offer Alternative Living to Veterans
By: Alexandra Stone
Updated: January 21, 2013
The national medical foster care program started back in 2004, and now the Amarillo VA Hospital is working to bring this program to the Panhandle.
"To give them more of a home environment, without the institution, without the institution food, a place where they can have their own pet," Teresa Maib, Coorindator for the local Medical Foster Care Program said.
Maib has been working to put veterans into medical foster homes since September of 2012, and she hopes to have five veterans placed by this fall.
But the process in lenghty, including paperwork, medical releases, and interviews.
The veterans wants are always the main concern however,
Right now Maib says they really need volunteers to get the program started, and they look for people with some kind of adult care experience.
If you're interested in getting involved with the medical foster care program, contact Teresa Maib at (806) 355-9703 or learn more about the national initiative here.
"To give them more of a home environment, without the institution, without the institution food, a place where they can have their own pet," Teresa Maib, Coorindator for the local Medical Foster Care Program said.
Maib has been working to put veterans into medical foster homes since September of 2012, and she hopes to have five veterans placed by this fall.
But the process in lenghty, including paperwork, medical releases, and interviews.
The veterans wants are always the main concern however,
Right now Maib says they really need volunteers to get the program started, and they look for people with some kind of adult care experience.
If you're interested in getting involved with the medical foster care program, contact Teresa Maib at (806) 355-9703 or learn more about the national initiative here.
