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Photo of iBOT® Personal Mobility DeviceiBOT® Personal Mobility Device Donation
Twenty-five iBOT® Personal Mobility Devices will be donated to VA's Spinal Cord Injuries and Disorders Centers (SCI/D Center). Three VA Medical Centers in NY/NJ VA Health Care Network to receive an iBOT®.
Dr. Veronica Ades and Dr. Joanna Dognin of VA New York Harbor Healthcare System.Safe Place to Discuss Fears
A interdisciplinary team of experts will be offering group sessions to encourage open and safe dialogue for women Veterans whose trauma histories often prevent them from accessing care.
Duffy Violante exercises on a recumbent bike. Violante has used the clinic to rehab a wrist and is now using it to get his heart in shape. (Photo by Jason Tudor)Vets Welcome Remodeled Clinic
Duffy Violante climbs onto a an exercise cycle, looking at the newly expanded and remodeled physical rehab clinic at VA Hudson Valley Health Care System’s Castle Point campus. His first reaction was a simple one.
Veteran Leonard Englebrook and VA New Jersey Health Care System Nurse Margaret Hogan, RN, review the use of a cell phone for Telehealth.Technology Empowering Health
Veterans no longer have to worry about traffic or bad weather to see their health care providers for a face-to-face visit. There is another option, "TeleResponse," an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) technology.
Marge Rogan, Planetree Coordinator, walks the grounds of Northport VA Medical Center as she explains the role of Planetree standards in large hospitals.Planetree
“There are several things that my team and I try to keep in mind as we are reworking an area,” Rogan said. “We ask a lot of questions like; does lighting create a calm and cooling environment?"
Ann M. Spungen, Ph.D, & William A. Bauman, M.D., Awarded ‘Sammies.’VA Scientists Honored for Groundbreaking Work
Thanks to the groundbreaking efforts and work of two Department of Veterans Affairs scientists and researchers, many paralyzed Veterans now have a reason for hope and a way to live.

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