United States over 500‚000 people‚ almost a quarter of them children‚ were homeless this year. That’s over half a million-people living on streets‚ cars and or homeless shelters. 49‚933 people‚ veterans to be specific‚ were identified across the United States as homeless‚ 51% of these homeless veterans have disabilities‚ 50% have serious mental issues‚ 70% have a substance abuse problem. Nearly one-quarter‚ 23% of the homeless are children under the age of 18. 10% are between the ages of 18 and 24‚
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these homeless veterans. All they have to do is want the help. He or she does have to make sure that they have the paper work that they will need to process to make sure they are eligible for these programs. They want to know their income‚ how many people in the household. Most of all of these homeless can receive food stamps and other government assistance. In my previous assignment I wrote about Homeless Veterans. VA have many benefits and services to assist homeless veterans. They
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Ours Too many of those who once wore our nation’s uniform now sleep in our nation’s streets. Our work will not be finished until every veteran has a roof over their head‚ and every community has the tools in place to keep Veterans from sliding back into homelessness. (The White House) As a country we are facing a large problem: many war veterans are in a homeless state. It is a problem that we can merely push aside. These are people who fought for our liberty‚ and we‚ as a country‚ need to work to
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How would you feel if you were walking down the street and saw a homeless veteran? Someone who served our country‚ but is now suffering? For their services‚ they deserve so much better than what they have right now. They suffered for our country and may have lost limbs for our country‚ yet why should they continue to suffer even when they should be honored and living a decent life? In Stanislaus County‚ there are countless veterans who are in need of assistance and compensation for their services
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Veterans have done so much for us.They risk their lives for our country.We need to do something for them.We need to honor them for fighting for our county.If you have a family member that is a veteran you should call them and thank them for putting their life on the line. We have to show them appreciation and help them when they get back.Give them a ride‚donate money‚take them to dinner just do something to help them.War is a scaring thing when you see something bad there and you will it sticks with
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For Veterans with PTSD‚ A New Demon: Their Meds Threat of Addiction to Prescription Painkillers Heightened With Mental Illness By Thomas Catan @tomcatan Thomas.Catan@wsj.com Thomas Catan Biography Thomas Catan @tomcatan Thomas.Catan@wsj.com Thomas Catan Biography Updated Nov. 10‚ 2013 10:32 p.m. ET NEWPORT‚ N.H.—Desperation drove Timothy Fazio‚ a former Marine‚ to turn up around midnight at a veterans’ hospital near Boston. His post-traumatic stress disorder was causing
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treatment among homeless veterans because Veteran Affairs (V.A.) medical centers currently do not have services that are designed specifically for women and that there is limited sensitivity about or understanding of women’s needs at the V.A. medical centers (p. 60). At the time of this study‚ Selgado’s study (as cited in Benda‚ 2005) shows women only comprised 5 percent of veterans with access to health care services in the V.A.‚ or approximately 1.4 million of a total of 25.5 million veterans. The lack
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Homeless Veteran Essay We have many homeless veterans on the streets today. None of them deserve to be homeless for what they have done for this country. They gave their lives for our freedom. They are diligent‚ intrepid‚ and Incessant men and women. They spent their life in hard training‚ days and nights of hard work‚ the work they did was arduous. They were superfluous for what they have done for us. The did not have to go away from their family/friends. They chose to do that. They gave years
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Treatments of Combat Veterans with PTSD Treatments of Combat Veterans with PTS Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is classified as an emotional illness resulting from life-threatening or severely unsafe traumatic event. It involves personal experience witnessing deadly event‚ assaults‚ natural disasters‚ sexual abuse‚ extreme violence‚ terrorist attacks or military combat. PTSD victims tend to avoid places‚ events‚ people or circumstances that remind them of traumatic events responsible
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investigating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD) in veterans and how it can be treated. PTSD has been around since the world’s very first conflicts‚ but it wasn’t until the 1900’s that is was medically recognized as a Mental disorder. The amount of veterans suffering from this disorder without treatment is un-imaginable. Often times veterans refuse to seek treatment for this disorder because they are afraid of the consequences of treatment. Veterans wouldn’t need to be treated if we take care of
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