{"id":24273,"date":"2025-04-17T08:51:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T12:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24273"},"modified":"2025-04-17T08:51:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T12:51:30","slug":"empowering-caregivers-through-connection-and-peer-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24273","title":{"rendered":"Empowering caregivers through connection and peer support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Caregiving can be a deeply rewarding journey, but it also can be overwhelming and isolating. That\u2019s why support and connection can make all the difference. For Dr. Kelli Tharpe, the Caregiver Peer Support Mentoring Program gave her a lifeline that allowed her to feel seen and heard. Now, she\u2019s using her experience to offer that same comfort and guidance to others.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/139536\/empowering-caregivers-connection-peer-support\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/139536\/empowering-caregivers-connection-peer-support\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"54\" class=\"wp-image-20064\" style=\"width: 225px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png 418w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov) Caregiving can be a deeply rewarding journey, but it also can be overwhelming and isolating. That\u2019s why<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,7],"tags":[956,987,87,245],"class_list":["post-24273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-caregiver","category-veterans-benefits","tag-caregiver","tag-caregiver-peer-support-mentoring","tag-veterans","tag-veterans-health-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24273"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24274,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24273\/revisions\/24274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}