Mar 2, 2021 | News
PRS Newshour — The leaders of the House Veterans Affairs Committee are facing a number of challenges in the year ahead, when they will try to set new priorities for addressing a department riddled with years of leadership challenges. In separate interviews, Veterans...
Feb 23, 2021 | News
NPR — Peter Prater’s family wasn’t thinking about COVID-19 when the call came that he had been taken to the hospital with a fever. It was April, and the Tallahassee Developmental Center, where Prater lives, hadn’t yet had any COVID-19 diagnoses....
Feb 16, 2021 | News
Genworth.com — All long-term care costs rose sharply in 2020, but assisted living facility costs increased the most, according to Genworth’s latest annual Cost of Care Survey. The across-the-board rises were due in part to increased costs brought on by the...
Feb 9, 2021 | News
The VAntage Point blog/US Dept. of Veterans Affairs — Vietnam Army Veteran Donnie Acklin says he’s lived a great life, despite a few challenges. The oldest of seven children, Acklin was born on Thanksgiving Day in his grandmother’s house in the small Missouri town of...
Feb 2, 2021 | News
The VAntage Point blog/US Dept. of Veterans Affairs — With two COVID-19 vaccines available for emergency use and deliveries starting at VA health care facilities, many Veterans are wondering when they can receive the vaccine. Facilities will notify Vets at high risk...
