The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) operates the largest integrated health care system in the world (VA, 1989), with designated departments and programs designed to meet the long-term care needs of the aging veteran. Occupational therapy is an important intervention to maximize the quality of life of older persons. Because of the increasing number of aging veterans and the national shortage ...

LAY SUMMARY Previous research has shown that partners of Veterans with mental health difficulties can often struggle their own when supporting the Veteran. Despite this, many couples choose to remain in a relationship. The authors wanted know whether there are any positive aspects being relationship Veteran and have role play difficulties. Using semi-structured interviews, interviewer asked six...

PURPOSE This research examined the risk of disease-related mortality of the Army Chemical Corps (ACC) veterans who handled/sprayed herbicides in Vietnam in comparison with their non-Vietnam veteran peers or U.S. men. METHODS Vital status was determined through December 31, 2005. All-cause mortality and cause-specific mortality were compared for individuals who served in Vietnam (n = 2872) ver...

Purpose of Work . The aim of this project was to describe the progression of healing of foot wounds using total contact casting and to evaluate potential factors that might prolong that healing . Subjects/ Procedures . We enrolled 25 persons with foot wounds and casted them until healing using the total contact cast, which is a special type of casting that uses minimal padding in an effort to s...

Purpose of the Work. At least 600,000 strokes occur every year in the United States, and stroke is the leading cause of disability. Stroke-related motor deficits and disabilities result in compromised quality of life, lost independence, and enormous healthcare costs. Numerous studies have shown that Constraint-Induced Movement therapy, or CI therapy, increases the amount of use of the moreaffec...