Press launch from the U.S. Division of Veterans Affairs:
MILES CITY, Mont.— Montana VA will quickly droop care at its Miles Metropolis Group Residing Heart (CLC). The timeline for the suspension of care will likely be decided based mostly on the wants of the present residents.
In Dec. 2021, Montana VA recognized considerations with affected person security. VA pursued a number of processes to incorporate inspections, investigations, and inquiries to totally consider the CLC.
The upcoming short-term pause of care will permit Montana VA to make sure the complete spectrum of staffing necessities are met, which incorporates the time to rent, prepare and certify a full CLC group. At the moment, fast mitigation methods have been put in place to make sure Veteran care continues uninterrupted on the CLC. This consists of quickly relocating VA workers to the Miles Metropolis CLC.
“The protection and wellbeing of our Veterans is our highest precedence. As a consequence of staffing challenges, we’re unable to make sure that a vital degree of high-quality care could be supplied to residents,” stated Government Director Dr. Judy Hayman. “We’re proactively transitioning Veterans to different areas based mostly on their and their households’ choice.”
Present vacancies embrace: bodily remedy, social work, nursing management, nurse educator, and recreation remedy. These vacancies considerably impression the restorative care and supply of acceptable nursing care in a protected and efficient method. The VA is shifting ahead with a number of actions to make sure the required variety of workers and specialties are on website as shortly as attainable to transition Veterans again with minimal disruption.
The Miles Metropolis Group Residing Heart supplies advanced care to 14 residents with roughly 40 VA workers. The objective is to reopen the CLC to full operations as quickly as attainable.
Montana VA Well being Care System Montana VA serves over 47,000 enrolled Veterans throughout Montana—an space roughly 147,000 sq. miles in dimension. Veterans are cared for by a workers of 1,400 at 18 websites of care throughout the state. One third of Montana VA workers are Veterans.