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

After 20 years of smoking, Lily Diallo was finally ready to quit.

Lily Diallo

Yesterday, we hosted our annual Halloween fest for the residents of our Community Living Center. We want to thank the various Veteran service organizations who came out and handed out treats and goodies to our residents, helping spread Halloween cheer.

Halloween fest

BEDFORD, MA - Rick Michaud may have retired from 24 years of active duty service with the U.S. Navy in 2014, but he continues serving Veterans today as Chief of Engineering at VA Bedford Healthcare System.

VA Bedford Showcases Facilities Staff for National Healthcare Facilities and Engineering Week

This week, VA Bedford is celebrating National Healthcare Facilities and Engineering Week, which recognizes the vital role of engineers, maintenance staff, tradespeople, and other facilities professionals in health care.

VA Bedford Celebrates National Healthcare Facilities and Engineering Week

We had a great turnout for our Breast Cancer Awareness event at VA Bedford Crossroads today!

Breast Cancer Awareness event

The VA Bedford Visual Impairment Services (VIS) program hosted their annual White Cane Day event on October 16th in the Crossroads space.

VIS Table for White cane day

BEDFORD, MA - The VA Bedford Healthcare System recently reached an exciting milestone by enrolling our 2000th Veteran in the Million Veteran Program (MVP).

Eric Ryan, a Marine Corps Veteran and the 2000th enrollee at VA Bedford, is thrilled to contribute to research that can help fellow Veterans.

BEDFORD, MA - The VA Bedford Healthcare System has developed an innovative program called SEEK that proactively reaches out to employed Veterans at risk of job loss due to untreated health conditions.

SEEK Program leads

Bedford, MA - Two VA psychologists, Dr. Johnny Lee from VA Bedford and Dr. Ariel Laudermith from VA Central Western Mass, have teamed up to produce a new podcast focused on helping Veterans quit using tobacco and nicotine products, like Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems, or ENDS for short.

Psychologists hosting podcast

BEDFORD, MA - At VA Bedford Healthcare System, nutrition and wellness educator Emily Bukovich is helping Veterans gain the skills and knowledge to lead healthier lifestyles through food.

Dietitian teaching Healthy Teaching Kitchen