Veterans Affairs committee  Housekeeping and grounds maintenance are very successful in keeping veterans at home, and it often takes the burden off the caregiver by providing those benefits so that they're able to actually provide the personal care themselves. In that way it's quite successful in providing the overall support that a veteran would need in order to stay in their home.

Veterans Affairs committee  With respect to the payment aspect of your question, what we've been able to do with our contractor, Medavie Blue Cross, is to have providers register with the provider. The person who's accessing the benefit, say the veterans independence program, won't be paying out of his own pocket if he's using a registered provider.

Veterans Affairs committee  For all the programs. We have criteria that are in place to support veterans with the VIP and the long-term care, and the treatment benefits that we provide support that care in their homes or in the long-term care facility. If they are eligible for the VIP and the long-term care, the treatment benefits come along with it.

Veterans Affairs committee  With respect to the treatment benefits program?

Veterans Affairs committee  There are three slides left, and I'll speak to them relatively quickly.

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm just here to give you a brief overview of our health care benefits program, more commonly known as the treatment program. Basically, our veterans who are receiving VIP and long-term care support do have access to our health care benefits or treatment program.