Veteran End of Life Care | Vet to Vet Tennessee

America’s hospice professionals are on a mission to learn how to serve Veterans through the challenges they may be facing from illness, isolation, or traumatic life experiences. The program is "We Honor Vets." (WHV)

Thanks to Covenant Homecare/Hospice (CHH) Clinical Social Worker Cindy Winterberger, VTVT was introduced to the WHV’s program in July 2016 during the Knoxville Regional Veterans Mental Health Council. As a result, Vet to Vet Tennessee (VTVT) joined the national movement to support veterans at the end of life, so that all men and women who served our country may live their final days in dignity and peace. By recognizing the unique needs of our nation's veterans who are facing life-limiting illnesses.

"We Honor Vets"

The mission of our partnerships is to establish an enduring network of care-at-home providers and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) professionals, Veterans, volunteers, and other interested organizations working together to provide quality services across the care-at-home continuum for Veterans and their families.

Our partnerships provide leadership, technical assistance, and program development recommendations aimed at:

Improving Veterans’ access to care at home services across all sites and levels of care to ensure that every Veteran can receive care at the time and place of need;
Strengthening the relationships between community providers and VA facilities; and
Initiating comprehensive care and community engagement plans designed to reach Veterans

The VA Integrative Mental Health (IMH) Video Training Series aims to support care providers in their efforts to collaboratively address spiritual and psychosocial needs, build communities of care, nurture integrative practices, and sustain systems of wholistic care. The first in a series of three Bridging Videos from our program addresses the need to consider including spiritual care providers as part of the treatment team to provide holistic, patient-centered care. This video explores the rationale for integrating mental health and chaplain services, presents research findings in the domains of religion, spirituality, and health, and highlights cautionary considerations for interpreting and applying these findings. For more information, please click here. God bless America.

Veterans are 10 times more likely to speak with a person of faith than they are with any other person. Click to see why!

Many are aware that many Veterans seek healing through faith, and we are seeking to utilize a network of VMFCs to reach those wounded Veterans. We ask you to develop a Veteran ministry within your congregation. We are currently operating in 26 states and expanding daily. To learn more about the Military Chaplains Association's VMFC program, click here.

VMFC bootcamps are held on the 3rd Thursday of every three months. Register here.

As a result of the outstanding success of our "Operation Military Masterpiece” initiative at Brown Middle School in Sweetwater, TN, we have developed a new program, "Ethos Student Art (ESA)." The program is available to middle and high schools in Monroe County and the surrounding Counties. Dr. Amber Patty co-developed the ESA program with Vet to Vet TN. It is preferred to have an art teacher teach the class. Click here to view the lesson plan. VTVT will sponsor the class. Helps us teach the kids to have fun and learn about honor, respect, duty, and service.