The VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System hosted their third annual baby shower, this year as a drive-through event. Staff, volunteers and families were near tears. A special gift from their VA family.
In Bill Van Aken’s eight years in the prosthetics department, he has seen a lot of changes. A change that directly impacted him? Doorknobs.
Homeless Veterans discover the deep bonds humans and horses form through a unique form of interaction. The language of touch. Here’s how the basic emotion of trust helped these heroes.
Fourteen Veterans with disabilities completed a six-week golf program through their VA Recreational Therapy service. Thanks to the Professional Golf Association Helping Our Patriots Everywhere program.
Reno VA has held its Homeless Veteran Stand Down for 12 years. This year, restrictions and unhealthy smoke required some quick changes.175 homeless Veterans were served and most received flu shots.
Hundreds of VA staff members of the Reno VA gathered in front of the hospital to memorialize and dedicate a monument to three fallen colleagues who passed away early in the coronavirus pandemic.
Five nurses from VA Nevada volunteered to go to New Jersey to assist medical staff in nursing homes caring for their high-risk senior population. A Navy Veteran describes their departure.
“I call upon all citizens to observe November 11 as Veterans Day. Let us solemnly remember the sacrifices of those who fought so valiantly to preserve our heritage of freedom.” Dwight D. Eisenhower
From Virtual Reality to a bike-share program, innovators from across […]
Larry Hillson, VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System’s Environmental Management Services (EMS) chief, is VHA's Innovator of the Month.
Reno judge praises graduating Veterans for overcoming adversity and having enough faith in themselves and the program to make it to graduation day. Hard for the marshal to hold back the tears.
To help keep Veterans, VA staff, and others safe, VA is challenging innovators engineers, designers, academia, the private sector and VA to create new ways to help health care staff do their jobs.