care and help that they need when returning home from war. While the majority of the 22 million living veterans in the US have a positive view about their military service, only one in five of them feels that the government treats them well (Villatte et al. 2). Data indicates that only 38 percent of the veterans felt that the government had supported them adequately. The US supports war veterans through offering them job training, counseling, healthcare, finding apartments, and integrating into civilian
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Department of Veterans Affairs duties are to provide vital services to veterans. VA (Department of Veterans Affairs) provides health care services, benefits programs and access to national cemeteries for vets and their dependents (VA.gov). There are three main administrative divisions that assist in carrying out its duties: Veterans Benefits Administration, Veterans Health Administration, and National Cemetery Administration. The Department of Veterans Affairs is to assist military veterans to assure
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The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) was established in 1930 with the purpose of serving those who have fought in the military and the beneficiaries. The VA has been criticized by most people for being financial wasteful and inefficient in some areas of health care. Many regard veterans as the most important citizens, and therefore deserving of the best care possible, however the VA’s actions do not reflect this respect. The organization mishandles billions of United States tax dollars
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SUMMARY OF JOURNAL ARTICLES ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS FOR EACH ARTICLE: 1. What is the complete citation of the article? a)Title of the article Suicidal Ideation and Mental Distress among Adults with Military Service History: Results From 5 US States, 2010 b)Journal name, volume, and issue number American Journal of Public Health. Sep2014 Supplement 4, Vol. 104 Issue S4 c)Date the article was written 2013 d)Author(s) name Blosnich, John R.; Gordon, Adam J.; Bossarte, Robert
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Homeless Veterans a Vulnerable Population Vulnerable populations are often used to characterize groups whose needs are not fully addressed by traditional service providers (Blue-Howells, J., McGuire, J., & Nakashima, J., 2008). These people believe they cannot comfortably or safely access and use the standard resources offered. They include physical or mental disabilities, limited or non-English speaking, geographic or cultural isolation, medical or chemical dependent, homeless, frail/elderly
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Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has forgone such challenges in the process of reinventing itself (United States Department of Veteran Affairs, 2011). The VA fought internal and external factors that impacted areas in globalization, technology, innovation, diversity, and ethics. As the United States continues to fight against terrorism, members of the military continue to come home broken and disabled. Some disabilities require long-term recovery. The Department of Veteran Affairs makes every
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nations veterans. I will also discuss how the Veteran’s Administration has been plagued with many scandals throughout its existence, from when it was known as the Veterans Bureau during the early 1920’s and also the many issues that the Veterans Administration has dealt with over the years to include those that were involved and their official capacity in wrong doings. This paper will look at how the Veterans administration has tried to make changes to support the increased number of Veterans after
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individuals in a community. Veterans living in rural areas are no exception and in particular make up an extraordinary demographic that often have specialized mental and health care needs due to various war traumas. (Rural Health, 2016) states that “there are 22 million Veterans nationwide, with 5.3 million who live in rural communities.” (Rural Health, 2016) continues that “fifty-seven percent of these rural Veterans are enrolled in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system
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GOOD FOR VETERANS Novack, S. (2014) Congress plans Obama care exemption to boost veteran employment. NationalJurnal.com. Retrieved from http://www.nationaljournal.com/health-care/congress-1 plans-obamacare-exemption-to-boost-veteran-employment-20140512 The author describes Congress plan to allow employers to hire more veterans. Hiring veterans will reduce the threshold on the employers mandated 50 or more employees. As long as the veteran is enrolled in Tricare or enrolled in the Veterans Affairs
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Junger conveys an emotional message to change the traditional view that society needs to help the veterans into a view of society itself. Junger is the best to speak on this issue. He was a war reporter and a civilian. He lived through the horrors of war and went through the transition from a military life to a civilian life in our society. Junger has first-hand experience of the trauma endured by military experiences and has received help. Junger has done a lot of research about this subject using
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