The VA has the following resources on hearing loss:
Hearing Aids Information Bulletin 90-3, which addresses the evaluation of hearing aids by the Veterans Administration
VA Handbook 1173.7, Audiology and Speech Devices
Directive VHA DIR 2002-039,07/05/02, Prescribing hearing aids and eyeglasses
Network Memorandum 10N2-98-00, "Network 2 Provision of Hearing Aids and Other Assistive Listening Devices"
VHA DIRECTIVE 96-069 concerns itself with prosthetic services
In addition, the VA has an advisory committee on prosthetics and special disabilities programs that considers hearing aids.
For more information, contact the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Monday, December 1, 2008
The Blinded Veterans Association (BVA)
The Blinded Veterans Association (BVA) is an organization of blinded veterans helping blinded veterans. Through our service programs, regional groups, resources, and advocacy before the legislative and executive branches of government, we hope to make life better for blinded veterans. We also hope to be there with encouragement and support. There is no charge for any BVA service and membership is not a prerequisite to obtain help. All legally blinded veterans are also eligible for BVA’s assistance whether they become blind during or after active duty military service.
Health Care Benefits from the VA
Notice to Beneficiaries of the Veterans Health Administration: For questions pertaining to Health Care Benefits, please visit http://www.va.gov/Health_Benefits/. Questions pertaining to your drug therapy or other medical questions should be referred directly to your Health Care Providers located at the VA facilities where you receive care.
For questions pertaining to prescription renewal, please visit MyHealtheVet at https://www.myhealth.va.gov/. MyHealtheVet provides access to trusted health information, links to Federal and VA benefits and resources, the Personal Health Journal, and now online VA prescription refill.
Mission: To improve the health status of veterans by encouraging the appropriate use of medications in a comprehensive medical care setting.
For questions pertaining to prescription renewal, please visit MyHealtheVet at https://www.myhealth.va.gov/. MyHealtheVet provides access to trusted health information, links to Federal and VA benefits and resources, the Personal Health Journal, and now online VA prescription refill.
Mission: To improve the health status of veterans by encouraging the appropriate use of medications in a comprehensive medical care setting.
GI Bill Website
GI Bill Website
The GI Bill (the generic term comprising various education assistance programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs) provides benefits to veterans, servicemembers, and some dependents of disabled or deceased veterans wishing to pursue an education.
In Fiscal Year 2007 over 500,000 personnel utilized their GI Bill benefits.
The GI Bill (the generic term comprising various education assistance programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs) provides benefits to veterans, servicemembers, and some dependents of disabled or deceased veterans wishing to pursue an education.
In Fiscal Year 2007 over 500,000 personnel utilized their GI Bill benefits.
Information about the GI Bill
The Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 or “New GI Bill” has been enacted into law. Click here for a pamphlet explaining this new benefit.
Friday, November 28, 2008
Goals and Objectives of Our Veterans with Disabilities Advocacy Project
Thank you for visiting the Veterans with Disabilities Blog of the Center for Independent Living of South Florida. I thought it would be helpful to set forth some of the goals and objectives of our project. We welcome your participation. Please feel free to contact us at mdubin@pobox.com.
Goals and Objectives:
1. To educate veterans with disabilities about their rights under the ADA and other federal civil rights laws;
2. To advocate for improvements to delivery of services to veterans with disabilities;
3. To identify issues of concern to veterans with disabilities;
4. To identify resources and allies in the community serving veterans, and to increase collaboration among those individuals and organizations and the Center for Independent Living of South Florida;
5. To create a Blog,Listerv, Newsletter and Speakers Bureau;
6. To train veterans with disabilities about their rights under title I of the ADA (employment), and help them address employment discrimination on the basis of disability;
7. To communicate with the Obama Administration about ways to improve services to veterans with disabilities;
8. To identify those organizations and individuals engaging in advocacy on behalf of veterans, and enhance their work on behalf of veterans with disabilities;
9. To work with homeless organizations serving veterans;
10. To work with veterans with disabilities to address voting issues;
11. To work with spouses and children of veterans with disabilities;
12. To improve ADA compliance of organizations and agencies serving veterans with disabilities;
13. To identify funding sources to help veterans with disabilities;
14. To work with faith-based organizations serving veterans, to enhance their services to veterans with disabilities.
Please join us.
Marc
mdubin@pobox.com
305-896-3000
Goals and Objectives:
1. To educate veterans with disabilities about their rights under the ADA and other federal civil rights laws;
2. To advocate for improvements to delivery of services to veterans with disabilities;
3. To identify issues of concern to veterans with disabilities;
4. To identify resources and allies in the community serving veterans, and to increase collaboration among those individuals and organizations and the Center for Independent Living of South Florida;
5. To create a Blog,Listerv, Newsletter and Speakers Bureau;
6. To train veterans with disabilities about their rights under title I of the ADA (employment), and help them address employment discrimination on the basis of disability;
7. To communicate with the Obama Administration about ways to improve services to veterans with disabilities;
8. To identify those organizations and individuals engaging in advocacy on behalf of veterans, and enhance their work on behalf of veterans with disabilities;
9. To work with homeless organizations serving veterans;
10. To work with veterans with disabilities to address voting issues;
11. To work with spouses and children of veterans with disabilities;
12. To improve ADA compliance of organizations and agencies serving veterans with disabilities;
13. To identify funding sources to help veterans with disabilities;
14. To work with faith-based organizations serving veterans, to enhance their services to veterans with disabilities.
Please join us.
Marc
mdubin@pobox.com
305-896-3000
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Obama and Veterans
The Obama-Biden Plan
As a member of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Barack Obama has fought to end benefit disparities, bring homeless veterans in off the street, strengthen mental health care, add billions of dollars in additional Department of Veterans Affairs funding, and reform a system that often places barriers between veterans and the benefits they have earned. Obama and Joe Biden will ensure we honor the sacred trust to care for our nation’s veterans.
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As a member of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Barack Obama has fought to end benefit disparities, bring homeless veterans in off the street, strengthen mental health care, add billions of dollars in additional Department of Veterans Affairs funding, and reform a system that often places barriers between veterans and the benefits they have earned. Obama and Joe Biden will ensure we honor the sacred trust to care for our nation’s veterans.
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Friday, November 14, 2008
James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital
13000 Bruce B. Downs Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33612
Phone: (813) 972-2000 or (888) 716-7787 (in State)
Fax: (813) 972-7673
The James A. Haley VA Medical Center is a 327 bed tertiary care teaching hospital, with 300 authorized nursing home care beds (180 in Tampa, and 120 beds in Orlando) and is dedicated to providing the highest quality of patient care and services to veterans in Central Florida. The full range of inpatient and outpatient care is provided including Medicine (111 beds), Surgical (61 beds), Psychiatry (50 beds), Neurology (7 beds), as well as a 60-bed Spinal Cord Injury Service, a 38 bed Comprehensive Rehabilitation Center. Tampa is also responsible for one major Satellite Outpatient Clinic in New Port Richey, as well as one Readjustment Counseling Center in Tampa. Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) are located in various counties throughout Central Florida such as; Lakeland (Polk), Brooksville (Hernando); and Zephyrhills (Pasco).The Tampa VAMC and its facilities serves veterans in four counties of Central Florida: Hernando, Hillsborough, Polk and Pasco.
AFFILIATIONS
The hospital is affiliated with the University of South Florida College of Medicine in North Tampa, developing a unique and very close professional relationship. Residency training programs are provided to 130 residents in most of the medical and surgical subspecialties, as well as Pathology, Psychiatry, and Radiology. An active teaching role has been developed through our formal affiliation with the College of Medicine at the University of South Florida. To accomplish the hospital's mission of patient care, medical education and research, a complete range of medical, surgical and psychiatric subspecialty services are provided. Residency training programs approved by the American Medical Association are provided in the following specialties: Internal Medicine, Orthopedics, Hematology, Pathology, Radiosurgery, Ophthalmology, Dermatology, Podiatry, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Urology, Nephrology, General Surgery, Otolaryngology, Psychiatry, Radiology
AUTHORIZED BEDS
358 Authorized
300 Authorized/180 Operating Tampa, 118 Operating Orlando NHCU
60 Authorized/30 Operating Orlando Domiciliary
TYPE OF FACILITY
The hospital was activated in 1972 and is affiliated with the University of South Florida College of Medicine in North Tampa. The hospital is staffed and equipped to perform many highly specialized procedures required by the professional staff.
Tampa, FL 33612
Phone: (813) 972-2000 or (888) 716-7787 (in State)
Fax: (813) 972-7673
The James A. Haley VA Medical Center is a 327 bed tertiary care teaching hospital, with 300 authorized nursing home care beds (180 in Tampa, and 120 beds in Orlando) and is dedicated to providing the highest quality of patient care and services to veterans in Central Florida. The full range of inpatient and outpatient care is provided including Medicine (111 beds), Surgical (61 beds), Psychiatry (50 beds), Neurology (7 beds), as well as a 60-bed Spinal Cord Injury Service, a 38 bed Comprehensive Rehabilitation Center. Tampa is also responsible for one major Satellite Outpatient Clinic in New Port Richey, as well as one Readjustment Counseling Center in Tampa. Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) are located in various counties throughout Central Florida such as; Lakeland (Polk), Brooksville (Hernando); and Zephyrhills (Pasco).The Tampa VAMC and its facilities serves veterans in four counties of Central Florida: Hernando, Hillsborough, Polk and Pasco.
AFFILIATIONS
The hospital is affiliated with the University of South Florida College of Medicine in North Tampa, developing a unique and very close professional relationship. Residency training programs are provided to 130 residents in most of the medical and surgical subspecialties, as well as Pathology, Psychiatry, and Radiology. An active teaching role has been developed through our formal affiliation with the College of Medicine at the University of South Florida. To accomplish the hospital's mission of patient care, medical education and research, a complete range of medical, surgical and psychiatric subspecialty services are provided. Residency training programs approved by the American Medical Association are provided in the following specialties: Internal Medicine, Orthopedics, Hematology, Pathology, Radiosurgery, Ophthalmology, Dermatology, Podiatry, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Urology, Nephrology, General Surgery, Otolaryngology, Psychiatry, Radiology
AUTHORIZED BEDS
358 Authorized
300 Authorized/180 Operating Tampa, 118 Operating Orlando NHCU
60 Authorized/30 Operating Orlando Domiciliary
TYPE OF FACILITY
The hospital was activated in 1972 and is affiliated with the University of South Florida College of Medicine in North Tampa. The hospital is staffed and equipped to perform many highly specialized procedures required by the professional staff.
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