Aquatic therapy helps Veterans overcome physical and cognitive challenges. Sixty-minute sessions are offered for patients in a heated swimming pool at Malcom Randall VA Medical Center in Gainesville Florida.
VA trains more psychology profession trainees than any health care system in the nation. The nation’s leading provider of treatments for PTSD, VA offers hope of healing for the silent wounds of war.
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VA researchers are studying many different cognitive training programs to determine which programs are best for which Veterans and why.
A therapeutic sensory device at VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System’s Community Living Center uses lights and sounds to either stimulate or calm Veterans. Nurses report it helps with dementia population.
At the Center for Visual and Neurocognitive Rehabilitation, based at the Atlanta VA Medical Center, VA is pursuing a number of innovative projects aimed at finding solutions to Veterans’ vision problems.
Tara Pipia, a Veteran of the Army National Guard, discovered the PAWS pilot program and found purpose and connection.
Post-Vietnam VHA hospitals introduced new treatments for addiction, addressing the challenges faced by Veterans.
VA’s Office of Research and Development recently published three News Briefs highlighting research finding on suicide prevention, blast exposure and a potential new lymphoma treatment.
The Veterans Garden in West LA is reviving with community support, offering job training and therapeutic benefits to Veterans, showcasing food as medicine.
This week, VA's Office of Research and Development published three News Briefs highlighting research advances for Veterans in caregiver training, Alzheimer's disease and toxic exposure.











