and noticeable phenomenon. Homeless veterans began to come to the attention of the public at the same time. News accounts chronicled the plight of veterans who had served their country but were living (and dying) on the streets. The Department of Veterans Affairs estimates about 250‚000 veterans are homeless on any given night. (2012‚ pg. 4) My research will examine how homelessness is impacting our veterans and what interventions are available to homeless veterans. Introduction Whether it is wartime
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Locally in Minnesota a resource that is available to veterans is Veteran Resilience Project (VRP). VRP works with veterans to turn their trauma they have been through into growth (Project‚ 2016). Through this resource veterans are offered 12 free sessions of EMDR (Project‚ 2016). This program offers 100% confidentiality to their patients‚ realizing that PTSD is very serious and life changing for the veterans‚ which they want to acknowledge and not take away from them. In knowing that this is very
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The novelty of this study comes from many facets. Prior research has been conducted on combat veterans and non combat veterans. However‚ in prior research‚ non combat veterans have been defined as veterans who were about to undergo war zone deployment. The level of stress in these soldiers are already going to be heightened at this point which already starts the study off with a major flaw. After experiencing war zone deployment‚ the subjects have then been tested again as a repeated measure to compare
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Difference of Vietnam Veterans There were approximately 536‚100 American soldiers that fought in the Vietnam War‚ and about 58‚220 were killed (Estimated n. pag.); this meant that there were many veterans of the war. The war in Vietnam was different than most‚ not because of the way it was fought or what it was fought over‚ it was different because of the veterans. The war created many Vietnamese veterans‚ and they were different than those of almost every other war. They were different in almost
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of veterans committing suicide has been astoundingly high and worrisome for many years. According to information shared by Army Times on Thursday‚ new reports released by the Department of Veteran Affairs include in depth analysis using veteran records from 1979-2014. These records include more than 50 million veterans’ and are from every state‚ unlike previous studies. The analysis revealed that the viral “22 a day” videos and estimates were not far off from being fact. In 2014‚ 20 veterans took
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The Department of Veterans Affairs is continuing to have many problems with many of the services that they offer. The service that has been impacted the most is the healthcare division‚ others such as vocational rehabilitation and the Post 9/11 GI Bill are not providing the proper outlets and support that the veterans are in need of. In recent months the VA has had many accountability problems with regard to patients even dying from lack of services. When these problems first came to light the Federal
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial The Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall was built in 1984‚ after it got approved by congress in 1980. Describing this beautiful piece of art is a great joy for anyone who has seen it or not. The memorial wall was designed by an undergraduate student at Yale University‚ Maya Ying Lin. She was only 21 at that time and about to win the national design competition. The wall is a two black triangular granite that is sunk into the ground. Each wall is 250ft and both walls are 10
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IMPACTS OF HOMELESS VETERANS The definition of a homeless veteran is combining being homeless and having the status of being a veteran. In 2009 President Obama and Secretary Shinseki made a commitment to end homelessness amongst veterans in 5 years. This was in collaboration with the Veterans Administration (VA). Homeless within the ranks of our veterans has been around for decades. There are many explanations why some veterans are homeless. It could be due to not receiving benefits after leaving
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Assessing military veterans for posttraumatic stress disorder: A guide for primary care clinicians. Journal Of The American Academy Of Nurse Practitioners‚ 18(9)‚ 409-413. doi:10.1111/j.1745-7599.2006.00147.x What is the article about? Bringing awareness and educating doctors on how military veterans are apt to be exposed to (PTSD) posttraumatic stress disorder because of the turmoil and stress they encounter while being deployed. Also educating them on how to recognize if a military veteran is suffering
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Veterans are the individuals who have served so as to respect and ensure their nation. As these people intensely honed their convictions in flexibility‚ they coincidentally reworked history‚ and we as Americans honor these nationalists why should willing give a definitive penance. Veterans Day is the day that we put aside to respect the individuals who served‚ however one day does not cover all the gore. The day is insufficient to demonstrate the gratefulness which is because of the incalculable
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