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  • Tampa Veterans bring home the gold from Golden Age Games

    Tampa Veterans bring home the gold from Golden Age Games

    Veterans who receive their care at VA Tampa brought home medals and memories from the 39th National Veterans Golden Age Games.

  • Older Americans 2024: Key Indicators of Well-Being report

    Older Americans 2024: Key Indicators of Well-Being report

    The "Older Americans 2024: Key Indicators of Well-Being" report aims to help us better understand the areas of well-being that are improving for older Americans as well as the areas that require more attention.

  • Promoting healthy aging for older adults

    Promoting healthy aging for older adults

    VA marks Older Americans Month as we celebrate their contributions and recommit to serving older Veterans.

  • Veterans in their 80s stay active with home exercise program

    Veterans in their 80s stay active with home exercise program

    Multidisciplinary team launched home exercise program combining strength-based training with education on the benefits of physical activity.

  • Hear Veterans’ stories of late-life PTSD

    Hear Veterans’ stories of late-life PTSD

    This Talking Later podcast is about late-life PTSD and resilience, connection and making meaning. Hear Veterans share how they coped.

  • Physical therapy important for aging Veteran population

    Physical therapy important for aging Veteran population

    Physical therapy is an alternative to surgery, prevents injury, reduces pain and restores independence, especially for older Veterans.

  • Homeless and Community Residential Care programs help older Veterans

    Homeless and Community Residential Care programs help older Veterans

    When this Marine Veteran was homeless, VA found him a home. After a house fire, VA was there again with programs for senior Veterans.

  • How VA connected with older Veterans during the pandemic

    How VA connected with older Veterans during the pandemic

    How did VA respond to the needs of older Veterans during the COVID-19 pandemic? Like so many, we started by expanding communications.

  • Physical therapy program reduces chronic pain for older Veterans

    Physical therapy program reduces chronic pain for older Veterans

    California VA physical therapy program combines exercises with instruction on the neuroscience of pain to help older Veterans increase mobility, reduce chronic pain and improve quality of life.

  • Expanding Advanced Care Planning for Veterans

    Expanding Advanced Care Planning for Veterans

    Life Sustaining Treatment Orders let Veterans tell their families their wishes for care at the end of life. Have these conversations in non-crisis times when patients have decision-making capacity.

  • Students’ nonprofit increases Veterans’ access to telehealth

    Students’ nonprofit increases Veterans’ access to telehealth

    When four young adults heard their parents describe barriers older patients face with virtual appointments, they created a nonprofit to donate iPhones and iPads to help older Veterans access telehealth services.

  • Veterans: Exercise online at your pace on your schedule

    Veterans: Exercise online at your pace on your schedule

    Gerofit is a personalized exercise program developed specifically for older Veterans. It’s available free, 24/7. It’s on the VA YouTube page. Here’s all the information you need to add some healthy active time to your day.

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Last updated January 18, 2026

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