and last updated 2021-05-12 10:31:49-04
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) â Jack Ford is 90-years-old and on the move. For more than two decades, Ford has been walking the halls of the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System as a Red Coat Ambassador.
âI probably get on average between 12 to 15,000 steps a day, depending again on how long I volunteer that day,â said Ford.
He helps guide veterans around the facility.
âOur job is to do whatever we can to make the veteran s experience a little bit more pleasant here,â Ford said. âIf they come in and they don t know where they re going, we help them get to wherever their appointment is. If they have a problem, we try to do our best to solve it.â
VASNHS now offering vaccines for spouses, all Veterans under SAVE LIVES Act
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Posted at 1:59 PM, Apr 09, 2021
and last updated 2021-04-09 17:05:01-04
VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System is now providing COVID-19 vaccinations to anyone who served in the military, regardless of age, as well as spouses, caregivers and other beneficiaries under the authority granted by the SAVE LIVES Act, signed by President Joe Biden on March 24.
Veterans, caregivers, spouses, and CHAMPVA beneficiaries newly eligible under the law can go online to sign up to receive a vaccine from VA.
Registering will also give users regular updates about VAâs vaccine rollout process. After registering through this site, users are also eligible for a walk-in vaccine at the North Las Vegas VA Medical Center.
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For VA recruiter, “best care anywhere” has whole new meaning
After being an inpatient at a VA COVID unit, VA National Healthcare Recruitment Consultant Dave Aragon shares a new perspective on VA health care.
“Best care anywhere” is a mantra for Dave Aragon, who uses the phrase frequently in his role as a national healthcare recruitment consultant for the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). But those words have taken on a much greater and more personal significance since his battle with the coronavirus (COVID-19) and pneumonia complications – and the care he experienced firsthand in a VA COVID unit.
Aragon was no stranger to the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System in Las Vegas. He has supported VA recruitment efforts for the facility since joining VA and continues to help them attract “hard-to-recruit” health care providers for positions considered critical to Veteran patient care. In fact, Aragon had recruited one of the physicians who recently atte