Surveys are essential to future health care policy for Veterans. Three current surveys focus on Vietnam-era Army, Gulf War, and OEF/OIF Vets. When you complete the survey, you are helping yourself and your fellow Veterans. Read the full story
Telehealth: A better way than the highway
For Veterans who live many miles from a VA medical center, Telehealth is the answer. With telecommunications and videoconferencing, Vets have greater access to healthcare without having to spend an entire day on the road. Read the full story
Vets describe the PTSD Experience
Veterans tell what it’s like to live with PTSD and how VA treatment turned their lives around. Website features candid videos of Vets sharing their PTSD experiences and how they dealt with them. It’s raw but it’s real. Read the full story
Milestone For The VRAP Program
We hit 45,000 approved applications for the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP)! We’re excited so many Veterans have taken the opportunity to achieve their educational goals. Help us continue the momentum. We are still accepting applications for VRAP. If your application is approved, you will be eligible for VRAP benefits beginning October 1, 2012. Do you know anyone who might qualify? If so, let them know about this great program and our website.
Veterans learn about sports…and themselves
VA’s National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic in San Diego promotes life-changing, year round healing. It encourages Vets to be active and continue to participate in many activities they enjoyed in the past. Read the full story
Blind Golfers: Time to TEE it Up!
VA’s annual TEE Tournament, held every year in Iowa City, Iowa, lets eligible Veterans participate in therapeutic adaptive sporting activities demonstrating that a disability is not an obstacle to an active, rewarding life. Read the full story
Stand by Them: Help a Veteran
It’s Suicide Prevention Month. Get involved and help Vets who think there is no help. We are asking you to “Stand by Them: Help a Veteran.” Read how you can help make more people aware of this crisis. Read the full story
PTSD? You are not alone
Veterans tell what it’s like to live with PTSD and how VA treatment turned their lives around. Website features candid videos of Vets sharing their PTSD experiences and how they dealt with them. It’s raw but it’s real. Read the full story
Prepared? It’s about your pills…and much more.
September is National Preparedness Month, reminding us that knowing what to do during an emergency is an important part of being prepared and makes all the difference when seconds count. Do you have an emergency supply kit? Read the full story
VA Exploring the Use of Motivational Phone Calls to Vets
VA has discovered that a brief therapeutic phone conversation called motivational interviewing is an effective way to convince Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans with mental health diagnoses to begin getting treatment. Read the full story
