Pre/Post Assessments smoke shack that has a handrail in place leading from the GCBRC for Goal door to the building so new Development totally blind Veterans don’t get on the way, and benches to “lost” At the end of FY16, we started the front left and right of our using a Pre/Post Assessment with building out in the grass. These all Veterans in each skill area. designated areas allow our The assessments rated the courtyard and front porch to be Veterans level of independence free” areas as they were “smoke on a scale from 1 to 5 on the skills originally meant to be. that are taught in that Department. From the New mattresses arrived last assessments, goals are developed November. The mattresses can for each Veteran’s program. The be easily flipped over if a Veteran goals and level of independence prefers a softer or firmer side. are updated weekly for our The number one complaint of Roundtable so we can keep track Veterans at discharge use to be of the progress of Veterans in the the mattresses, and now that is program. This is very successful in no longer the case. In the entire limiting dropped or inappropriate year, there have been only a few goals for Veterans. Veterans who have not favored the new mattresses. That is a Other Improvements huge improvement! The smoke shack went into full operation this year to Statistics accommodate both Veterans The GCBRC’s Average Daily who smoke and those who do Census for FY17 was 17.9 not. Prior to the smoke shack, Veterans out of a possible 18 we did not have adequate which means we were 99.44% designated smoking areas that across the year. That is quite a met VA regulations. Now there full house! are three designated areas: the
Pre/Post Assessments for Goal Development At the end of FY16, we started using a Pre/Post Assessment with all Veterans in each skill area. The assessments rated the Veterans level of independence on a scale from 1 to 5 on the skills that are taught in that Department. From the assessments, goals are developed for each Veteran’s program. The goals and level of independence are updated weekly for our Roundtable so we can keep track of the progress of Veterans in the program. This is very successful in limiting dropped or inappropriate goals for Veterans. Other Improvements The smoke shack went into full operation this year to accommodate both Veterans who smoke and those who do not. Prior to the smoke shack, we did not have adequate designated smoking areas that met VA regulations. Now there are three designated areas: the smoke shack that has a handrail in place leading from the GCBRC door to the building so new totally blind Veterans don’t get “lost” on the way, and benches to the front left and right of our building out in the grass. These designated areas allow our courtyard and front porch to be “smoke free” areas as they were originally meant to be. New mattresses arrived last November. The mattresses can be easily flipped over if a Veteran prefers a softer or firmer side. The number one complaint of Veterans at discharge use to be the mattresses, and now that is no longer the case. In the entire year, there have been only a few Veterans who have not favored the new mattresses. That is a huge improvement! Statistics The GCBRC’s Average Daily Census for FY17 was 17.9 Veterans out of a possible 18 which means we were 99.44% across the year. That is quite a full house!