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Read about what's happening in our VA Coatesville health care community.

  • The energy in the beginner Tai Chi class session changed once everyone learned they’d be celebrating their Marine Corps Veteran and centenarian classmate’s milestone with birthday cake afterwards.

    100-year-old Veteran performs a standing Tai Chi move.

  • When thoughts of suicide overwhelmed an Army Veteran, he had no layers of protection and no one from his support network between him and the lethal means he had readily available; his prescription medications.

    Veteran stands outside Building 39 during a visit to the Coatesville VA Medical Center.

  • Veterans receiving inpatient care through our residential rehabilitation and treatment programs are taking advantage of leisure education sessions offered through recreation therapy using virtual reality (VR) headsets.

    A Veteran sits in a gaming chair after using a VR headset.

  • Federal, state, and local agencies gathered at Coatesville VA Medical Center’s Homeless Veteran Summit to work on ending Veteran homelessness on June 5th.

    Medical center director stands at a podium addressing summit attendees.

  • Her life slowly but dramatically started to change because of prescription medications, and she would never have guessed where she and her husband would end up 14 years later.

    A Veteran couple pauses as they walk down the sidewalk.

  • Chronic conditions can cause us pain, limit our mobility, threaten our ability to live independently and are common for Veterans, at any age.

    A Veteran stands at a horizontal bar and mimics the movements of her physical therapist by side-stepping.

  • Veterans receiving care at the Coatesville VA Medical Center (VAMC) now have improved access to specialty care providers thanks to the new Provider Connect program.

    Provider Connect Program graphic.

  • According to a mental health care rating system, Coatesville VA Medical Center has consistently been rated in the top 2 of 139 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers for the last three years.

    Members of the mental health training committee.

  • The closer Army Veteran Sherry Robinson got to the day she was supposed to leave the residential treatment program she voluntarily entered, the surer she was that she wasn’t ready to go yet.

    Veteran is sitting on a bench outside with the overlook in the background.

  • After persevering through her experiences, accepting she needed help, and then deciding to enter a treatment program, Sherry Robinson found herself hesitating to take the final step of walking into the residential rehabilitation and treatment (RRTP) program at Coatesville VA Medical Center.

    Veteran sits on a bench outside under the shade of the trees.