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If you are a veteran, you may be able to receive support for living independently at home through the Veteran Directed Care program.
The Veteran Directed Care (VDC) program empowers qualified veterans to hire and supervise personal care aides to help with daily needs. The VA determines the eligibility of the veteran and qualification is based on the veteran’s level of need. Participants work with a dedicated MAS Care Coordinator to create a plan that fits their individual situation.
Veteran Directed Care is available to veterans who meet these three criteria:
Because this program is self-directed, participants must also be able to coordinate their own care, or designate an individual to manage services on their behalf.
Each participant (or their representative) is responsible for hiring, training, scheduling and managing their Personal Care Aide (PCA). Participants may hire family members or friends to be their PCA, or may advertise in the community.
Personal Care Aides can help with various everyday tasks:
MAS staff check in regularly to provide support, and manage payroll for the PCA through 406 Financial Services.
Are you interested in the VDC program and already enrolled with the VA Health Care System? Follow these steps to get started:
If you need to enroll with the VA Health Care System first, find out how to enroll here.
Click the link below for further details about the VDC program:
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Guiding Principles of MAS include Respect, Accountability and Integrity. For this reason, Missoula Aging Services makes a strong effort to respect and protect the privacy of all online visitors, volunteers, donors, board members and staff. We do not share your personal information with any vendors for direct marketing purposes. We do not share your personal information with third parties without your permission. This includes name, address, financial information, phone number and email address. We never trade or sell lists of donor names or contact information to third parties. Please note that MAS is a mandatory reporter and some trained staff are required to report suspected abuse to the appropriate partner agency.
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You will note the letter “s” in the “https” indicator in our web address on our donation pages along with a small padlock icon. When processing financial transactions we use high-grade encryption and security protocols (Secure Socket Layer-SSL). All communications initiated by the donation form are transmitted via Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). The SSL protocol is the industry standard best method for creating an encrypted, secure connection between your web browser and a web server. This is the industry standard security protocol that makes it difficult for anyone to intercept the information you send us. One-time and/or recurring fees are processed through a credit card processing company. This company does not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes. Internally, within the physical Missoula Aging Services building, data is stored on firewall and password-protected servers, secured by up to date security technology. Well-trained IT staff ensure the security of your data. All Missoula Aging Services staff and appropriate volunteers must sign a Confidentiality Agreement and are educated about the importance of safeguarding your information. Such precautions do not guarantee that our web site or databases are invulnerable to all security breaches. Missoula Aging Services makes no warranty, guarantee or representation that our web site is protected from all viruses, security threats or other vulnerabilities, or that your information will always be secure.
Information you voluntarily provide to subscribe to our services, such as newsletters, will be used only as needed to provide that service. Subscribers may choose to unsubscribe at any time and unsubscribe information is located at the bottom of each e-Newsletter or email communication. We do not enter any other information gathered from the MAS website into any other external databases with the purpose of identifying individual website users, or for any other secondary purpose. We do not track IP addresses or deposit any “cookies” in an attempt to gain information about website users. With regard to Social Media, if you use the social sharing features on the website or electronic forms to tell a friend about our website or services, you will be asked for the friend’s name and email address. Missoula Aging Services stores this information temporarily for the sole purpose of sending a one-time email and will not add your friend to our mailing list.
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Our Privacy Statement applies only to your use of the Missoula Aging Services web site. Our website contains links to other web sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these sites. Links to other sites do not imply an endorsement of the material or policies of those web sites. When visiting links to other sites, we encourage you to review the privacy policies and statements of each site you visit.
This Privacy Statement applies only to our online practices and does not fully encompass other areas of the organization. By accessing or using the web site, you agree to be bound by all terms and conditions of the Missoula Aging Services Privacy Statement as posted at the time of your access or use. You may contact us to review personal information collected and request corrections. If you have any questions about our policies or compliance, you may email info@missoulaagingservices.org or write to:
Missoula Aging Services
337 Stephens Avenue
Missoula, MT 59801
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We are thankful for your donation and support of older adults, and those who care for them, in Missoula County. If you have made an error in making your donation or change your mind about contributing to Missoula Aging Services please contact Kathryn at (406) 728-7682. If you made your donation by credit card, your refund will be credited to that same credit card.
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