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The Virginia Veterans Care Center (VVCC), located adjacent
to the Salem VAMC, provides state-of-the-art care for up to 240
veterans, with 180 skilled nursing beds (including 60 dedicated to
Alzheimer’s/memory care) and 60 assisted-living (domiciliary care)
beds. The VVCC provides on-site physical therapy, occupational
and speech therapies, and podiatry care, as well as many other
ancillary health care services. VVCC also offers amenities such
as a wheelchair accessible nature trail and deck, library, chapel,
solariums, and barbershop.
Both facilities are certified for both Medicare and Medicaid and
by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
To meet the growing demand for specialized veterans health
care, Governor Terry McAuliffe and the Virginia General Assembly
have approved funding to construct new veterans care centers. The
Puller Veterans Care Center will be built in the Vint Hill area of
Fauquier County, while the Hampton Road Veterans Care Center
will be built in the Princess Anne area of Virginia Beach. DVS will
break ground on the two new facilities in late 2017, with both slated
to open in late 2019. Each of these care centers will feature 120
private rooms and offer a homelike neighborhood atmosphere. Both
care centers will also feature dedicated neighborhoods to serve those
with Alzheimer’s/memory care needs.
The Virginia Department of Veterans Services works diligently
to provide Virginia veterans with the care and resources needed,
and with these two new care centers, more Virginia veterans will be
able to receive top-notch care they have earned through service and
sacrifice. To learn more about Virginia’s veterans care centers and all
the veteran services provided by DVS, visit
www.dvs.virginia.gov
.
Robyn Jennings is the administrator, Sitter & Barfoot Veterans
Care Center in Richmond.
The Virginia Department of Veterans Services (DVS) operates
two veterans care centers—in Richmond and in Roanoke—that
provide affordable, high-quality care to Virginia’s veterans in a
caring and dignified setting appropriate for those men and women
who have served our nation with honor.
The Sitter & Barfoot Veterans Care Center (SBVCC) is located
on the campus of the Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Affairs
Medical Center (VAMC) in Richmond. It is named for two Medal of
Honor recipients with ties to the Richmond area—Colonel Carl L.
Sitter of the United States Marine Corps and Colonel Van T. Barfoot
of the United States Army. SBVCC has 200 single-occupancy
rooms organized into four skilled nursing care units, including a
dedicated 40-bed Alzheimer’s/memory care unit. SBVCC provides
exceptional nursing, physical, occupational, and speech therapy, as
well as therapeutic recreation, social and spiritual activities, and
other amenities such as an on-site pharmacy, a fully equipped barber
and beauty shop, activity and game rooms, resident lounges in each
nursing unit, courtyards, and an outdoor walking trail. Veterans
may be admitted as long-term residents or on a short-term basis for
rehabilitation as they transition from hospital care to home.
Virginia’s Veterans Care Center Provide
Top-Notch Care To Veterans
New facilities to be built in Fauquier County
and the City of Virginia Beach will complement
existing facilities in Richmond and Roanoke
By Robyn Jennings
And Bernie Henderson, the 1960s legislative aide, has been
looking up to Fergie Reid ever since their first meeting. Over these
years, he’s continually been struck by his optimism and resilience.
Henderson said, “My grandfather was in politics as a progressive
in the Deep South, so he frequently got beat up politically. He told
me that ‘you don’t lose until you stop trying to win.’ Fergie embodies
that; he won’t stop trying, so he’ll never lose.”
Lydia Freeman is a graduate of Bluefield College, former intern
at David Bailey Associates, and currently Teach for America fifth
grade teacher in Northampton County, NC.
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Rendering of the Forthcoming Puller Veterans Care Center, Fauquier County.