Nobody at VA says ‘nursing home’ anymore; they are called Community Living Centers, where elderly Veterans will find employees taking a new approach to taking care of those men and women who served our country in the military. Read the full story
Monthly Archives: August 2010
Patient Advocates Work to Resolve Problems
Eddie Dusick is a 100% disabled Veteran, and he had a problem with some of the arrangements for Vets who attend special events, like the 2010 National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic last April in Colorado. So, he went to see Bernadette Kern, a patient advocate at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System in West Haven. Read the full story
VA Surgeon Uses 3D Imaging to Tailor Brain Tumor Surgery
Gulf War Army Veteran and former legal secretary Sandy Kemp had severe headaches for years. She also had blurry vision. Yet she put off going to the doctor — until one day she found she could no longer read. Read the full story



