Meet Beth Olson, a responder with the National Veterans Suicide Prevention Hotline as she helps veterans in distress get the help they need. Read the full story
Behind the Scenes with a Veterans Suicide Hotline Responder
Category Archives: VA News
Giving Access to Care for Those Veterans Who Need It Now: The Suicide Prevention Hotline
Since its launch 3 years ago, the National Veterans Suicide Prevention Hotline has been a lifeline for Veterans in emotional crisis across the nation and the world. It began with 4 phone lines but today has more than 19 lines. Read the full story
VA is Prepared for Hurricane Season. Are You?
Taking care of Veterans during hurricane season requires year-round planning and education across medical centers nationwide. Check and see if you are prepared as well. Read the full story
Just Don’t Call It a Nursing Home
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
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
“Hall of Honor” Distinctive Feature of Ohio VA Clinic
When Veterans visit the VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Youngstown, Ohio, they look forward to taking a stroll down the “Hall of Honor” and locating a medal they received while in uniform. Hundreds of military medals and badges in framed shadow boxes line the main hall, one of the most unique displays of military memorabilia among VA clinics in the country. Read the full story
VA Psychiatrist Named One of America’s Top Doctors for Fifth Time
For the fifth year in a row a physician at the Houston VA Medical Center has been named one of ‘America’s Top Doctors’ by a leading health care company that rates physicians nationally. For his work in treating drug addiction, Dr. Thomas R. Kosten, senior advisor on substance abuse at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, was recently named one of ‘America’s Top Doctors’ for the fifth time by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. Read the full story
Female Veterans of Today Facing Vastly Different Health Issues Than Their Predecessors
Veteran Celebrates 100th Birthday
Sam Domino, 100-year-old Marine veteran who served as valet to Admiral Chester W. Nimitz,”loved the Corps.” He spent 27 years in the Marine Corps including five years on Okinawa. Read the full story
