Blind Rehabilitation
Tennessee valley healthcare system tvhs proudly provides blind and low vision rehabilitation services to eligible veterans and service members to restore or improve their function safety and quality of life lost or otherwise compromised by vision loss.
Blind rehabilitation. Blind field services provides specialized and comprehensive vocational rehabilitation services to californians who are blind or visually impaired. The blind rehabilitation centers brc are residential inpatient programs that provide comprehensive adjustment to blindness training and serve as a resource to a geographic area usually comprised of several states. Or contact the blind rehabilitation service program office by phone 202 461 7317 or by mail.
To learn more about va blind rehabilitation services contact the visual impairment services team vist coordinator at your nearest va medical center. Vocational rehabilitation counselors visit work sites to assess job tasks and perform job analyses to determine positions that can be performed by qualified blind workers. More than three quarters have usable vision for which specialized treatment is provided.
Visually impaired veterans from alaska washington oregon idaho montana and wyoming are referred to the american lake blind rehabilitation center for comprehensive vision rehabilitation services. Deaf and hard of hearing services are provided by professionals who are trained in the unique communication issues technology and culture of this population. The west palm beach va medical center s vamc blind rehabilitation center brc includes inpatient and outpatient blind rehabilitation training low vision optometry service and counseling for veterans and service members who are visually impaired residing within the west palm beach florida local catchment area and throughout visn 8.
Approximately two hundred men and women of all ages participate in the program each year. Blind rehabilitation service model of care. The western blind rehabilitation center wbrc is a 27 bed residential facility located at the menlo park division of the va palo alto health care system.
Services are person centered assessment driven and team oriented. Description of the service. Blind rehabilitation service will provide high quality care in a timely and appropriate manner enabling blinded veterans to acquire the skills and capabilities necessary for the development of personal independence and emotional stability.
Blind field services staff have specialized knowledge and skills in serving individuals with vision loss and they are co located with other dor offices throughout the state. Department of veterans affairs veterans health administration.
