Women play a growing role in the military. They now make up 14 percent of those on active duty. Inevitably, that means more veterans will be women -- already they make up almost 8 percent of the veteran population. The VA Medical Center in San Diego is going though a cultural shift to adapt to its new patients.
The corridors of the VA Medical center in La Jolla are always bustling, but Jennifer Roberts, the VA’s first full-time program manager for women veterans, says you’ll see a lot more women in them nowadays.
“When you see a woman walking in the hall, “ Roberts said, “you don’t just assume that they’re a care giver, they could be the veteran themselves.”
Roberts said the number of female veterans coming to the VA Medical Center for health care has increased 25 percent in the last two years.
ALISON ST JOHN, Senior Metro Reporterhttp://www.kpbs.org/news/2011/aug/18/va-medical-center-gears-treat-women-veterans/
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