We have written here in previous posts, that there is little if any counseling for veterans at the Veterans home. Although required by the VA, the home did not have any qualified people employed there for a number of years. Both nursing unit residents that needed help and Dorm unit people with various problems who needed help could not get it.
Recently an almost two million dollar contract was awarded to address this issue. Yet residents are not seeing it. Some are getting all kinds of Psychiatric drugs but no one is getting any counseling, no one is seeing any mental health doctor appointments.
What happened to the 2 million dollars that was supposed to pay for it? How is that money being spent? Vets are not seeing it. The homes Board Of Managers
claimed the Federal V.A. said the residents can go to the Wyoming Clinic which would require residents to travel to the new clinic. If doing so is an acceptable solution, why award a 2 million dollar contract for in house services? It is too hard for some of these veterans to travel to
the Clinic.
The need for
in-house psychological services was established, the contract was
signed. Why are these services not coming into the Home, or being done
via telecast?
The way the home currently accounts for monies being spent, I would not be surprised to find out they used the 2 million for something else.
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