There are two convenient ways to become a Supporting Member of the WSA.

Register Online: Using our secured credit card processing, you can join our membership online. Don't forget to fill out Step 2 of the membership process.  You choose your username, and a password will be sent to you from the office to access the Supporting Members Only items on the website, as well as the WSA Online Forum.  Forum accounts are part of supporting membership.  Please allow a 24 hour activation period for your WSA account before you access the Website and Forum for the first time.

Register By Mail: If you prefer, please print out the membership form, fill it in and send it to us by postal service mail.

Military Spousal Caregivers are invited to Join the WSA, and the WSA Forum -- at no cost!  Details below, and for more info, call the Office 1-800-838-0879, or send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

...Here's what one military spousal caregiver, a WSA member has to say:

"I am a well-spouse taking care of my husband, a veteran, now for over ten years. He has PTSD, fibromyalgia, knee damage and arthritis, as well as depression and other issue resulting from being an elite soldier to fully disabled at age 35.

I am very lucky to have found Well-Spouse online when our marriage counselor urged me to join a support group. You have a super web presence and were very visible -- an easy option to visit. Everyone is so welcoming, and many services are very accessible." --Alwynne
 

Military Spouses caring for Wounded Warriors, you are invited to Join the WSA, and the WSA Forum
The Well Spouse™ Association is reaching out to spouses or partners of wounded warriors. We have created a Military Spouses section in the WSA Forum, with a military spousal caregiver as moderator. Registration in the Forum is free to all, whatever their spousal caregiving situation.

...listen to what two  more WSA members who are military spousal caregivers have to say:
"I encourage you all with a military WS/IS situation to share and try to get through your special challenges. Having served during the Vietnam era, I have a special compassion for you here. And I believe that as time goes on we will see more WS's landing here from our more recent wars."

"Living with the physical disability is one thing I can handle, but the deeper-seated disability is one that I never will truly understand because I wasn't there....or at least that is what I am told every time I ask a question. No, he still doesn't let me in. Thanks for allowing us to have a place to voice our feelings."

Free Supporting membership in the WSA

And in addition, for military spouses, the WSA Board recently voted to offer a special arrangement for the next year,  to allow them to become supporting members of the WSA at no cost, and have access to all areas of the website, not just the Forum. Supporting members normally pay $30 a year and for this receive the newsletter Mainstay, and can join local area support groups, as well as other membership benefits such as  attending respite weekends or the national conference.

Brochure for Military Spousal Caregivers here:  Side 1   Side 2 

Call the Office 1-800-838-0879, or send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with your name, email and a short summary of your military spousal caregiving situation, to take advantage of this offer.
We invite you to make the WSA forum the place to discuss how caregiving for a spouse or partner in the military affects you. We hope that the peer-to-peer support that WSA encourages, here and in local area support groups will help lighten your load, and help you to feel less alone in your situation.
We have also added a subsection on Military Spousal Caregiving in our Resources section.