Posts Tagged ‘Aging veterans’
Honor the Living Vets, Not Just The Dead ? My Personal Story With the VA, My Dad and PTSD
My father was World War II navigator shot down in Poland and transferred to Stalag-VII-A Moosburg Bavaria. He returned home a broken man with PTSD, He never took a bus, drove a car or flew on a plane again for 50 years. His disability, went untreated 50 years. He worked as an advertising agent ala Mad Men and drank like Don Draper.
Read MoreWhat Do You Use For Aging Vets? My Personal Story
On Memorial Day, we honor those who died in American wars. But let me tell you a story about vets who lived – with the the mental and physical…
Read MoreWhat Started the Geriatrics Field in The US.
If you are in the Geriatric field in the US thank the VA for creating geriatrics and geriatric research in the US. In the early 1970s, leadership of the…
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