VA psychologist brings her perspective on aging to Congress

VA Palo Alto psychologist Dr. Ana Alfaro has been detailed to the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging. She advises the committee on issues related to the care of aging Americans.

“I realized pairing my love for older adults and helping to change policy could impact the lives of people in my community who don’t often get the attention they need,” said Dr. Alfaro.  Read more.

Video of the Day

Supporting Our Elderly Veterans

The VA’s geriatric care unit was made to provide long-term care and rehabilitation to veterans, whether they’re 50 or 95. For some, physical therapy, occupational therapy, or a simple change of medication is enough to restore their independence. Those with chronic conditions, however, remain at the care center. There, the VA team works to meet all their care needs and helps them to live the fullest life possible.

Acronym of the Day

FOIA The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) states that any person has a right of access to all federal agency records, except for records that are protected from release by a FOIA exemption or a special law enforcement record exclusion.

Chats with the Chief

"Making the world more accessible for disabled Veterans," with Dr. Rory Cooper, founding director of the VA Human Engineering Research Laboratories (HERL).

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Link of the Day

Woman Veteran led the Navy in many firsts

VADM Nora Wingfield Tyson (USN Ret) was the first women to lead a U.S. Navy ship fleet.  Read here.

Factoid of the Day

The percentage of women serving our country—and joining our Veteran population—never has been higher. And it’s no coincidence our military never has been stronger. Today, women comprise roughly 10% of the total Veteran population. Unfortunately, women Veterans also account for 10% of the Veterans in America experiencing homelessness. Read why..

Today in History

1893 USS Indiana (BB-1) is launched as the first true battleship of the U.S. Navy.

1979 The worst accident in the history of the U.S. nuclear power industry begins when a pressure valve in the Unit-2 reactor at Three Mile Island fails to close. The China Syndrome movie had premiered just 12 days earlier.

1984 The Baltimore Colts football team is moved to Indianapolis in the middle of the night, while the City of Baltimore slept.

1990 President George H.W. Bush posthumously awards famous Olympian Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.

Joke (?) of the Day

A sports spectator is a person who sits forty rows up in the stands and wonders why a seventeen-year-old kid can't hit a blazing curveball from another seventeen-year-old from 60 feet away...and then goes out to the parking lot and can't find his car. —  Chuck Mills