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The Detachment of Maryland is currently supporting all hospitals and nursing homes in Maryland. These include Perry Point VA Center, Baltimore VA Medical Center, BRECC, MCVET, and Charlotte Hall Nursing Home. Volunteers and Donations to any and all of these facilities are greatly needed and strongly encouraged.

Perrypoint VAMC:    The Perry Point Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) is a leader in providing comprehensive mental health care to veterans in the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. The Medical Center, part of the VA Capitol Health Care Network (VISN 5), offers long and short-term inpatient mental health care, including an inpatient alcohol and substance abuse treatment program that is unique in the Mid-Atlantic region. A new inpatient mental health care facility offers specialized treatment programs, rehabilitation services and enhanced patient privacy for veterans in a comfortable, state-of-the-art setting. Perry Point VAMC also offers a full range of inpatient medical, intermediate and long-term care programs, including a nursing home, a chronic ventilator care unit, a specialized unit for patients with Alzheimer’s disease and a hospice care section.  For more information on Perrypoint VAMC visit their web page at: http://www1.va.gov/directory/guide/facility.asp?ID=185&dnum=All&map=1

Baltimore VAMC:  As one of the most modern health care facilities in the country, the Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) offers veterans state-of-the-art medical technology, clinical services and research programs. The Medical Center, part of the VA Capitol Health Care Network (VISN 5), is home to the world’s first film less radiology department, which allows health care providers to have nearly instant access to patient radiology images from anywhere in the facility and throughout the health care system. The Baltimore VAMC is the acute medical and surgical care facility for the VA Maryland Health Care System (VAMHCS) and offers a full range of inpatient, outpatient and primary care services. For more information on Baltimore VAMC visit their web page at: http://www1.va.gov/directory/guide/facility.asp?ID=181&dnum=All&map=1

BRECC:  The Baltimore VA Rehabilitation & Extended Care Center specializes in providing geropsychiatry, rehabilitation and post-acute care for patients in the VA Maryland Health Care System. The Center, part of the VA Capitol Health Care Network (VISN 5), coordinates the delivery of rehabilitation services, including physical therapy, occupational therapy, kinesiotherapy and recreation therapy, to achieve the highest level of recovery and independence for Maryland’s veterans. BRECC also provides hospice and nursing home care to veterans requiring non-acute inpatient care, in addition to offering specialized treatment for patients with dementia. For more information on BRECC visit their web page at:
http://www1.va.gov/directory/guide/facility.asp?ID=981&dnum=All&map=1

MCVET: The Maryland Center for Veterans Education and Training (MCVET) is serving more than 250 veterans daily, through five distinct programs -- a Day Drop-In Program, a Emergency Program (13 weeks), a Transitional Housing Program (up to two years), a Follow-up Program, and 80 Single Room Occupancy apartments (SRO). A natural progression will be to go from the Day Drop-in Program, to the Emergency Program, to the Transitional Housing Program, to the SRO. Veteran applicants from outside MCVET’s program, including female veterans, are also accepted into the SRO program, provided they meet the eligibility requirements. As the veterans enrolled at MCVET travel through this continuum, they receive an array of services, that support our primary goal of empowering them to return to the families and communities.
For more information on MCVET visit their web page at: http://www.mcvet.org/index.htm

Charlotte Hall Veterans Home: Charlotte Hall Veterans Home provides an Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing long-term care facility for Maryland Veterans and eligible spouses who are unable to take care of themselves due to age or disability. The Home will provide the support and services required for shelter, sustenance, medical care, and social services necessary to maintain the resident's medical condition and quality of life. When practicable, the Home will endeavor to improve the resident's medical condition with a view to restoring independence and returning them to the community.  For more information on Charlotte Hall visit their web page at: http://www.charhall.org/

If you need help with any VAVS issues, please contact me, my e-mail and phone number are below.
For God and Country,
Tom Deal
Detachment VAVS Chairman
410-642-2561,
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