U-Haul teamed up with Gold Star Mother and founder Kathryn Cross to print, pack, and distribute greeting cards celebrating veterans. Leading up to Memorial Day, they visited veterans in Connecticut and New York.
The Tribute Journey, founded by Cross, creates custom cards with her poetic verses, printed out of the U-Haul Phoenix headquarters.
On May 4, Gold and Blue Star families packed and sent over 20,000 Tribute Journey cards to 81 hospitals in 45 states, thanking veterans in VA medical centers, clinics, and nursing homes.
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Exploring Non-Traditional Therapies and Benefits for Disabled Veterans
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For many veterans, traditional medical treatments may not fully address the physical and psychological challenges they face. Non-traditional therapies and benefits are emerging as valuable complements to conventional care, offering holistic approaches to improve the well-being of disabled veterans. This article delves into various non-traditional therapies and benefits available to veterans, highlighting their potential benefits and how to access them.
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Today, we recognize all #Veterans, many of whom face unique #healthcare challenges upon completion of their service. Philips has proudly worked with VA for more than 50 years to connect Veterans to quality care, when and where they need it most – whether in the hospital or at home. Learn more about our work with VA: https://lnkd.in/dp9U4Ypf#VeteransDay
"Consider the more than 100 military veterans residing in St. Ann's Community—the architects of our infrastructure, the educators shaping generations, and the professionals who built the foundation of our society. We owe a debt of gratitude to these seniors who have given so much to us."
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Dr. Qwynn Galloway-Salazar brings her experience as a veteran and spouse of a combat veteran straight into her work as a death doula and educator. She sees the value of a multi-layered approach, believing that:
1. We can best companion veterans who are dying by understanding their unique end-of-life needs.
2. We can better support the caregivers of veterans through education and practical resources.
3. We can offer insights to the medical team that is supporting an individual, to help them understand the unique facets of a veteran's life experience and how those may play out at the end.
Qwynn and I dive into these questions and more, but at the heart of this conversation is the question: What would it look like to truly honor veterans as they come to the end of their lives?
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In our Congress Convo with Rep. Miller-Meeks, she discusses the importance of community and community care for veterans.
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Development Leader | Technical Services Contractor | Problem Solver | Energy Sector | Building Partnerships | Creating Solutions | Staffing and Technical Support | Navy Veteran | Post-Service Community Advocate
VA (Big Govt) serves itself first - ALWAYS
#VETERANS know they are merely subjects of PITY
Fear Policy (Big Govt) can’t even deliver PITY.
Big Government is not the answer!
#RespectNotPity Be #TheEagle instead!
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🛑 Why so many Veterans meet their end in VA parking lots 🛑
Today, the VA canceled my appointment with 28 hours' notice, an appointment that took me months to work up the courage to make.
This launched me into a bureaucratic nightmare. What followed was a maddening loop of transfers—from a nurse advice line (who couldn't make me an appointment anywhere else because of policy) to eligibility offices(who couldn't make the doctor change because of policy), and finally bounced between clinics without any resolution.
This chaos is why we hear heartbreaking stories of veterans committing suicide in U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs parking lots. It's unacceptable. Our veterans deserve dignity and respect, not endless red tape and incompetence. We need a complete overhaul of the VA system—now. Our heroes can't wait.
Tanya Bradsher, Shereef Elnahal, Kimberly J., Steven Lieberman, Michael Missal is this the legacy you all want to leave behind when you stop SERVING the Veterans who utilize the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs?
#VeteransAffairs#VAHealthcare#SystemFail#DemandChange
For my fellow veterans, struggling with the VA, please reach out.
You can contact the Veteran's Crisis Line by calling 988, and then pressing 1. Also, if you know a veteran in crisis, you can call that line and give them his or her number, and they will call the veteran directly.
Depression, anxiety, and PTSD can be enough without canceled appointments, administrative dead-ends, and all the difficulties that accompany working with a government agency.
For administrative dead-ends, I know a magic question that resolves things faster than you ever thought possible!
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🛑 Why so many Veterans meet their end in VA parking lots 🛑
Today, the VA canceled my appointment with 28 hours' notice, an appointment that took me months to work up the courage to make.
This launched me into a bureaucratic nightmare. What followed was a maddening loop of transfers—from a nurse advice line (who couldn't make me an appointment anywhere else because of policy) to eligibility offices(who couldn't make the doctor change because of policy), and finally bounced between clinics without any resolution.
This chaos is why we hear heartbreaking stories of veterans committing suicide in U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs parking lots. It's unacceptable. Our veterans deserve dignity and respect, not endless red tape and incompetence. We need a complete overhaul of the VA system—now. Our heroes can't wait.
Tanya Bradsher, Shereef Elnahal, Kimberly J., Steven Lieberman, Michael Missal is this the legacy you all want to leave behind when you stop SERVING the Veterans who utilize the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs?
#VeteransAffairs#VAHealthcare#SystemFail#DemandChange
Aging Specialist | Community Connector and Educator | Senior Housing Advisor and Nationwide Speaker~ NAHB Certified Aging in Place Specialist (CAPS) | SE Florida National Aging in Place Chairman
Thank you to all of our #Veterans for your service! #VeteransDay#Aging veterans, especially those over 65, are facing unique challenges. As they grow older, their needs evolve, and they require a wide range of care. The Yountville Veterans #Home in California, is undergoing renovations to cater to this changing demographic. With a growing number of #female veterans and increased racial #diversity, there's a need for #personalized care. Health programs, predictive analytics, and #aginginplace services are being expanded to meet these evolving #needs. The focus is on creating veteran-centric spaces, that will ensure comfort, #independence, and a sense of home for our aging #heroes.
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This is UNSAT and infuriates me. Trying to schedule an appointment is sometimes so difficult it’s easier to just deal with the issue. And to be honest Tricare is just as bad. The difficulty in scheduling or rescheduling an appointment has to change. These are my experiences with both VA and Tricare as they pertain to appointments:
1. There’s no appointments for over a month or two and they’re more than likely video appointments before in-person.
2. The website doesn’t allow for scheduling or rescheduling based upon the specialty.
3. You wait on hold for sometimes as long as an hour or more before someone answers the call, and even then, sometimes after waiting, I’m asked to hold or transferred or I get the answer germane to point 1 above.
Is it inadequate staffing or inadequate technology? Is it updating systems without proper staff training before roll out?
We need to do better. Reach out to your Representatives and Senators and let them know, repeatedly, that this is a problem.
WI soda manufacturer - US Army veteran - TAMU EBV 2021
🛑 Why so many Veterans meet their end in VA parking lots 🛑
Today, the VA canceled my appointment with 28 hours' notice, an appointment that took me months to work up the courage to make.
This launched me into a bureaucratic nightmare. What followed was a maddening loop of transfers—from a nurse advice line (who couldn't make me an appointment anywhere else because of policy) to eligibility offices(who couldn't make the doctor change because of policy), and finally bounced between clinics without any resolution.
This chaos is why we hear heartbreaking stories of veterans committing suicide in U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs parking lots. It's unacceptable. Our veterans deserve dignity and respect, not endless red tape and incompetence. We need a complete overhaul of the VA system—now. Our heroes can't wait.
Tanya Bradsher, Shereef Elnahal, Kimberly J., Steven Lieberman, Michael Missal is this the legacy you all want to leave behind when you stop SERVING the Veterans who utilize the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs?
#VeteransAffairs#VAHealthcare#SystemFail#DemandChange
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2moFantastic update!