Source: militarytimes.com | Repost Duerson Fund 3/7/2022 –
Since suffering traumatic brain injury in an explosion in Iraq in 2007, Army veteran Brad Blazek has had trouble remembering when to feed himself, when to take his medications, and sometimes even who he is married to.
So it came as a shock to Terri, his wife and full-time caretaker, when she received word from the Department of Veterans Affairs last fall that they were being dropped from the department’s caregiver program because Brad no longer needed around-the-clock help.
“He has tried to cook in the past, but he burns himself because he forgets to protect himself and use potholders,” she said. “So we don’t do that anymore. And there’s the possibility of him leaving on the stove, or the gas. It’s not worth those chances.
“So when [VA] told me that he doesn’t qualify for continuous care, I don’t know. It just didn’t make any sense.”