{"id":8200,"date":"2024-06-26T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itsveterans.com\/?p=8200"},"modified":"2024-06-26T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T14:30:00","slug":"rural-health-care-for-native-american-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsveterans.com\/?p=8200","title":{"rendered":"Rural health care for Native American Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tni-source-date\"><strong>Originally published:<\/strong> 2024-06-26T14:30:00+00:00. Historical source article: benefits, rules, amounts and deadlines may have changed. Check the official source for current information.<\/p>\n<p>VA is bringing health care and other benefits to Native American Veterans living in the highly rural areas of the Grand Canyon State.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua Wear, a Rural Health coordinator with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.va.gov\/northern-arizona-health-care\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Northern Arizona VA<\/a>, which provides services to about 34,000 Veterans over an area of more than 65,000 square miles, leads a team of VA personnel who frequently travel to remote areas to provide rural and Native Veterans VA resources that are normally harder for them to access.<\/p>\n<p>Since May, Wear\u2019s team has coordinated events in Tuba City, LeChee, Shonto, Rock Point, Hard Rock and Many Farms. At each event, Veterans were able to speak directly with VA representatives, enroll in VA health care, file disability claims and apply for tribal Veteran copayment exemptions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe biggest challenge is getting the word out to the Veterans and their families. Cell phone reception and internet connectivity is only so effective due to the rural nature of the communities, but we believe the more we are in the region and can talk to Veterans, the further word travels,\u201d Wear shared.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mobile medical clinic<\/h2>\n<p>Veterans were able to receive immediate medical attention for a wide range of conditions via a mobile medical clinic, which Northern Arizona VA has recently been deploying for events throughout Navajo Nation. Manned by a nurse practitioner and other clinical staff, the unit has nearly all the same capabilities as a brick-and-mortar clinic, including drawing blood, taking X-rays and prescribing medication.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of the Veterans that came to the event who took advantage of the medical services had not seen a medical provider in many years and were highly complex cases,\u201d Wear said.<\/p>\n<p>Native American Marine Corps Veteran Ned Dan was glad to physically sit down with VA representatives to go over their health care records and pending disability claims without having to commute to areas where these services are more readily available.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s great. I don\u2019t have to travel to Prescott or Flagstaff and in the wintertime it\u2019s tough to drive down. All the staff that are here are more than accommodating in answering questions and being helpful,\u201d Dan said. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cWe\u2019re happy to bring that personal attention.\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Wear said Dan\u2019s feedback is common among the Veterans he encounters at these events. \u201cA lot of Veterans would rather speak to someone face-to face, and we\u2019re happy to bring that personal attention. Our team takes the time to speak with each Veteran and their families, minimizing confusion on complex subjects.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The VA rural health team is coordinating more events this summer all over Navajo and Hopi nations to continue their mission of increasing access to VA health care and services. They\u2019ll next be bringing their services to Orayvi Village on July 9 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and the Village of Tewa on July 10 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After that, they\u2019ll be hosting a Veteran Resource Fair at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wihcc.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Dilkon Medical Center<\/a> July 19.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.va.gov\/northern-arizona-health-care\/events\/\" rel=\"noopener\">more information about these and other upcoming VA events<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p class=\"tni-attribution\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/132232\/rural-health-care-for-native-american-veterans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs<\/a>. 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