VA MEDICAL CENTER

Veterans Addiction Recovery Center VARC program at the VA Medical center

Veterans Addiction Recovery Center VARC program at the VA Medical center

Introduction

The aim of the rehabilitation program is to change the spiritual (personal recovery: restoring a man of spiritual, moral and ethical values), and physical level. It's no secret that drug addiction - is primarily a spiritual problem. In view of this, in the center of great importance is attached to the spiritual care and education. The resulting experience of living in a group is to resolve conflicts peacefully and contribute to the further successful adaptation in society (Jill, John, 2000). In spare time, the VARC offers a variety of activities for joint rest, watching videos, sports, communication. Shepard found that moderate physical activity results in the person feel better, which leads to better intellectual and psychomotor development, this rebound boosts self-esteem, body image and lower levels of anxiety, stress and depression. Only when a sufficient measure for non-hospital is taken, a rehabilitation hospital is indicated. Also in the veterinary rehabilitation methods are used (Jill, John, 2000).

Discussion

The Department of Veterans Affairs report recommends the Cheyenne VA Medical Center cut back on patient services. The proposal is that inpatient surgery be moved to the Denver VA Medical Center or to a local hospital and then convert the Cheyenne facility to a critical- access hospital.

Whether that will happen is anyone's guess. But veterans across Wyoming, northern Colorado and western Nebraska who use the Cheyenne facility need to ready to accept a compromise. In a perfect world, it would be nice if the commission reversed the recommendation of the Department of Veterans Affairs and left the Cheyenne VA Medical Center untouched (Jill, John, 2000). This is not a perfect world. Veterans need to understand that the federal deficit is growing and that the Department of Veteran Affairs, like other federal agencies, will need to make some savings. If in-patient surgery is going to be cut, it makes no sense to send it 100 miles to the south. The Department of Veteran Affairs hardly can expect an 85-year-old veteran to drive to Denver to seek treatment when the same procedure could be handled locally at United Medical Center (Jill, John, 2000).

Our fear is that once the surgery treatments are moved to Denver there would be little to prevent the administration from taking the next step and closing the VA Medical Center here. No one likes change, especially veterans, when it comes to health care. Still, they must be willing to compromise. They need to convince the commission to keep the VA Medical Center here, with surgical treatments at United Medical Center under contract agreement (Glenn, 2006). If they demand that everything remain the same, they may get nothing. Moving the in-patient surgery to the Denver VA Medical Center is not in the best interests of veterans in the region. At the same time, standing pat is not what is best for the nation. Moving the services to the local hospital is a fair compromise ...