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We've Redesigned Our Website- Our new look is designed to help you easily and quickly access information with intuitive and easy-to-use navigation. We know that you consider this website our front door. And we want you to feel welcome.
New Guide to Long Term Care- Each and every program provides services tailored to the specific needs of Veterans. The new Guide also offers tools for you to plan ahead and involve your family member or support person, social worker and care team in making plans and decisions that are best for you.
PAIRS- The Manchester VA Medical Center is offering grants to Couples/Partners interested in developing their relationship skills. These grants cover lodging, meals, and tuition for a weekend retreat.
PACT - Do you know what the acronym stands for?- PACT is seeing Veterans as partners in their health care, improved access to health care, including care delivered outside the traditional office visit, coordinating care among the health care team members, and team-based care, with Veterans at the center of their care.
Health Promotion Disease Prevention (HPDP)- The Health Promotion Disease Prevention Program (HPDP) at the VAMC Manchester provides Veterans with comprehensive health education, clinical services and support for health-related behaviors.
Back in the Family- Marti Jones has spent a good part of her professional life working on behalf of veterans, as an aide to two congressmen and in her current position as a patient advocate at the Manchester VA Medical Center. A lucky find at an auction returns the long lost dog tags her father wore stateside during the Korean War.
Toshiba Titan, Our In-House MRI Is Here!- Manchester’s new MRI Suite in Radiology will be available for examinations on June 6th.
Our New CLC Director- Dr. Ritamarie Moscola brings a gentle, caring and holistic approach to the management of patient care in Community Living Center and Palliative Care.
Conway Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) Relocated- A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the relocated Conway Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) was held on Sept. 29, 2010.
From the Veterans Health Administration
Memorial Day - When America Remembers- Memorial Day — a time for the nation to pause and remember the service of deceased Veterans and military members who died on active duty, a time when Americans honor the fallen.
VA Launches Hotline for Women Veterans- The Department of Veterans Affairs has a new hotline to respond to questions from Veterans, their families and caregivers about the many VA services and resources available to women Veterans.
VA Medical Centers Named for Presidents- Can you name the three VA medical centers named for United States presidents? Here’s a story on the Franklin Delano Roosevelt campus of the Hudson Valley Healthcare System in Montrose, New York.
Research Today Means Healthier Tomorrow- May 13-17 is National VA Research Week with the theme “VA Research Inspires.” VA Research has been part of advances in treating heart disease, diabetes, spinal cord injury and mental health disorders.
PTSD Help: With You When You Need It Most- VA is making it possible for Veterans to access PTSD information in mobile friendly formats. Check out the mobile self-help apps and “treatment companion” apps. Find “Where to Get Help for PTSD.”
VA Nurses: Quality and Innovation in Patient Care- VA salutes our 80,000 nurses during National Nurses Week…and every week. Every day, VA’s nurses provide state-of-the-art, cost-effective nursing care to America’s Veterans and their families.
Stress? Problems? Here is Free Online Help!- Moving Forward is an online program that helps overcome life’s challenges. Designed specifically for Veterans and Military Service Members, but can anyone can use it to make problems more manageable.
An Easier-to-Understand Billing Statement- VA, with help from Veterans, has created a more patient-friendly statement that is easier to understand. The improved statement has a concise layout and several new features that Veterans wanted.
Two Volunteers at Erie VA Team Up to Save a Veteran's Life- When a Veteran’s life hung in the balance, two volunteers worked together calmly and efficiently to render aid. Their efforts may have made the difference between life and death.
PTSD Study: Men Versus Women- In an effort to develop PTSD treatments that are geared more precisely to the unique needs of men and women, VA researchers have begun to investigate how men and women learn to fear.
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