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CTHVAMC News Release - Disabled Veterans Get a Wee Bit O' Cheer in honor of St. Patrick's Day
March 13, 2007
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PHOENIX - Having served their country honorably in war and peacetime, many disabled and aging veterans, who can no longer live independently, must rely on the VA for long-term care and most of their day-to-day needs. The Carl T. Hayden Veterans Affairs Medical Center is making sure these men and women continue to enjoy the quality of life they deserve and one of the ways they do that is through recreational therapy. This includes activities such as pet therapy, bingo, art therapy, adaptive bowling and various entertainment groups.
One group of regular entertainers are the VA Voices who provide comfort to these patients through the gift of song. They plan on celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with the patients in the Nursing Home Care Unit (NHCU) at noon on Wednesday, March 14.
The NHCU is located on the East side of the Medical Center, at Seventh Street and Indian School Road, in Phoenix and is best accessed off the 7th Street side of the hospital.
Performers and patients will be available for photos and interviews.
The VA Voices are a volunteer choral group comprised of men and women who work for the VA or volunteer their time to help out at the VA medical center. They will be joined by two members of the Desert Stars/Young Women in Harmony group, which trains talented girls and teens in the “barbershop” style of singing. In addition to performing traditional Irish tunes with the VA Voices, one of the young guests, 9 years old, will play the fiddle and an 11-year-old performer will dance an Irish jig.
The Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center in Phoenix has been caring for veterans since 1951. It currently treats more than 65,000 veterans who served during war and peacetime. Nationwide, more than 5.3 million people receive care in VA health care facilities.
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