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Speaker 1 (00:00):
A thirty eight if you have KRCD talk station, it's
not for KRS cares. Always look forward to having my
dear friend Todd Sledge from the cinc Eddie VA helping
veterans out with their health care. And that's what it's
all about, healthcare. Welcome back, Todd. It's always a pleasure
to have you on the program. Yeah, Brian, Good, good
Monday morning to you.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
It's always, like you said, great to talk about veterans
and what we're doing here at the Cincinnati VIA to
get those folks who put their name on the dot
line on all the hope they can.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
And as we ultimately conclude every time we talk, there's
there's like no downside signing up for your VA benefits.
I mean, you know, nobody's forcing you to use them,
but they're right there waiting for you. So anyway, I
understand you get a lot of compliments of late. You
wanted to pass along some of those to the listeners. Yeah,
I just wanted to mention a few, Brian.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
With with the given affairs that are that we're dealing
with as federal employees, it's been pretty overwhelming emotionally positively
to see how many veterans have stepped out and wanted
to talk about their experiences with us, and I know
how you like to hear the positivity that's going on,
(01:10):
and so I've got too quick excerpts here. I won't
mention any names, obviously for privacy reasons, but one got
this last week gentlemen sent me an email and he said,
I would just like to self report that the folks
at the Hamilton community based out patient clinic, which is
out there in Butler County, said he went in for
(01:30):
treatment of depression and suicide ideation, and through the process
of that and his coordination folks and the annual physicals,
he began immediately receiving glasses and seeing twice a year
or two ensure that his cataracts are not getting any worse.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
So he's very happy to be able with that.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Also went to audiology, received new here in age two
things you and I both talk about all the time
with our veterans. Then he goes on to say, my
wife and I attended marriage counseling recently, so completed counseling
and while what a difference, He goes, I routinely meet
with my whole health coach at this clinic. I'm an
active participant. I've been in the sixteen week Move program,
(02:10):
which is a weight loss program, and he goes, I've
lost forty five pounds.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Oh my god.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
He goes on to say, I've been counseled by a
VA dietician how to eat better, how to cook better.
I'm participating in driver's training programs to regain MYHIO operators
permit because of the cataracts. And I plan to participate
in the upcoming sixth Service Challenge thing that we have
going on here.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
He goes on to say.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
He goes, I began to ride a recumbent bike through
the VA to helped me treat my depression with my
loss of socialization, prove my physical, physical ability and mental fitness,
and prolong my life.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
I get online on a.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
TV that the system and different things that the VA
provided me so I could not ride alone.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
But I just wanted to.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Share these few things that the Cincinnati VA would They've
done for me and they've improved my life.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
And oh, that's thing going on. It's really tell a story. Yes,
I thought you'd appreciate that.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
I truly do. And I've been on my own personal
you know, quest to try to improve my health through
my diet, and I and my listener's known is I
probably sick of hearing me say, you know, did my
best to really pretty much eradicate any any added sugars
in my diet. I don't drink sodas, I never really
did anyhow, but you know, just looking out for where
the added sugars are and trying to get rid of them,
(03:27):
and that alone has improved my mood. I can't imagine
that guy. He's got hearing problems, he's overweight, he doesn't exercise,
and just correcting those three things that would dramatically impact,
you know, something like depression and perhaps suicidal ideation, I'd imagine.
I'm not a psychiatrist a psychologist, and I don't play
one on radio, but I mean, given my personal experience
(03:49):
with diet and its relationship to mood boy, that that
has to help tremendously.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
Absolutely, And the reason why I wanted to talk about
that exert expert from from that particular veteran, it's, you know,
he talked about eyeglasses, hearing aids, mental health, food, all
the whole health stuff.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
So this is really a good description of what the
VA does.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
Yeah, and you know we're we you know, I don't
say this a lot, and I should more so is
that you know, we're more than healthcare. We do offer
a lot of the health and welfare type support systems
with things. And I just thought I would share that
this morning because it's just an outstanding really a snapshot
of all the different things. And he's getting all this
under one roof. Yeah, he's not driving multiple places and uh,
(04:35):
just just fantastic. I can't wait to personally meet him
in person.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Oh I have that.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
Now.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
Do you offer mental telehealth for mental services?
Speaker 3 (04:45):
Absolutely?
Speaker 2 (04:46):
We do so that you know, veterans are given an option,
you know, if they like to be seen in person
or if they like to be seen through telehealth. And
you know that's a big advantage for many of our
veterans that are working, uh who don't you know, don't
have the flexibility and the liberties to get away from work.
So you know, they can schedule to be seen before work,
on a break, lunchtime, you know, different times to do that,
(05:07):
so they can be coordinated.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
And it's is it easy to get an appointment? I
know out in the world of non veterans, you know,
finding a mental health provider is a struggle in and
of itself sometimes.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
Yeah, so you know once again, you know, we're regulated
in mandate to get appointments within thirty days or thirty
five days, and this is heavily, heavily scrutinized.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
And followed as a performance measure.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
So, like my boss who's the director of a hospital,
you know, this is one of the things that she's
evaluated on to make sure we're within this parameters, not
only with mental health, with all of those services. And
so sometimes when we can't meet that because of maybe
a medical condition that the doctor considers, or maybe travel
time or distance, this is where the community care aspect
(05:54):
comes into place, where veterans get approved for community care
away from us.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
Fantastic, Well, I guess I have to you know, going
along with the availability of the care that you offer
along those lines, you haven't suffered from cutbacks from the
current administration that you aren't struggling to meet the needs
of the of the of the veterans in our community.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
No, Brian, we you know where there's been no cutbacks
to us. We're going to we're continuing our mission here
to Cincinnati, VA as I think I might have mentioned
on our last show together last year in twenty twenty four,
we set an all time record for the number of
veterans we served in that given year, and we continue
to keep growing with veterans looking at the healthcare options,
(06:35):
and we continue to maintain a ninety two percent or
above trust score with our veterans when they're when they're
asked and surveyed about the services and customer service and
care that they receive.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
That speaks volumes right there, because I know we went
through some troubled times of the VA going back a
decade or so, and thank you said, I know locally anyway,
you've got those problems ironed out, and I know things
keep getting better every year. So we'll pause. We're being
todd Sledge from the SINCINNTAVA back and we'll talk about
why those veterans out there who haven't signed up should,
even especially those under the age of fifty, among other things.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
Be right back.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
Fifty five KRC. The cold weather is here, so you
and your heating system. Channel nine tells us as far
as weather goes anyway, sunny day for the most part,
high of forty eight tonight down to thirty eight with
clear skies, cloudy, although a high a sixty Tomorrow fifty
one overnight with wind and rain showing up around nine pm,
and then we get a full day of rain. That
(07:32):
says on Wednesday, gusts win forty to forty five miles
for hour possible Wednesday sight fifty four closing out at
twenty eight degrees. Time to final traffic.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
Chuck Ingram from the UC Tramphing Center.
Speaker 4 (07:46):
When it comes to multiple sporrosis, trust the experts at
you see Gardner Neuroscience Institute for Innovative and Comprehensive Care,
eLearn More at you see help dot com. Cruise continue
to work with a wreck in the media. And that's
on two seventy five when here went in eastbound slows
from before Hamilton Avenue westbounds heavy left lane blocked off
by emergency vehicles half pound seventy five break. What's in
(08:09):
and out of Lackland. There's a wreck near Oakley on
Madison at Drake Chucking Ram Month fifty five KRC the
talk station.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
Forty nine fifty five KRC the talk station. Brian Thomas
with Todd Sledge from the Cincinntiva. Boy, Todd, I don't
think you could have had a better commercial for the
reason to get your VA benefits in the story you
just told in the last segment, but it illustrates the
profound benefit of signing up for the VA. But you
want to make an appeal to those veterans under the
age of fifty. So let's explain why that's why it's
(08:39):
so important.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
Yeah, Brian, you know, thanks for that.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Yeah. Well, you know, for myself doing this for so long,
what I continue to just see with our veterans who
were past the age of fifty, especially when they get
in their sixties in early seventies, is they they never
took advantage of getting enrolled into the VA healthcare system.
And so you know, as life goes on, and you know,
in the in the the these these temples of our
bodies we think we take care of, they do break down.
Speaker 3 (09:03):
Like a good old car.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
Yes they our warranties expire at some point.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
Yeah, yeah, no matter how much you change the oil
or the tires, you.
Speaker 3 (09:14):
Know, things do they wear it down.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
And so you know what I've seen so many different
times is you know, I'll get I'll get a lot
of calls like you do from friends, acquaintances, different connections,
and they'll say, you know, hey, my my dad or
my grandfather, my uncle. You know, they're they're in a
private facility or there are over a christ or a
different hospital, and not that they don't do good services,
and they're like, you know, dad's a va. Why are
(09:35):
we having to take care of this stuff? And so
never enrolled. So, you know, the encouragement of just getting
enrolled and making sure that you're in our system, finding
out the type of different things, the portfolio of care
that we can provide you that can go along with
private health insurance or if you lose your health coverage
because of a spouse retires, or different costs of stuff.
(09:57):
You know, this that portfolio. I talk about it eyeglasses
and hearing aids and mental health services. But it's just
more than that too, the long term care benefits, you know,
the the oncology stuff, the different things that we have
where you know, as someone who serves their country, they're
not having their personal assets attacked through private health care
costs that we all face as being a veteran, because
(10:20):
as you've said many times, this is one of the
things that you get when you signed up to serve
the country.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
So you do offer long term care solutions, Yes, we do.
Speaker 3 (10:29):
Absolutely.
Speaker 2 (10:30):
We have a full service what we call our Community
Community Living Center here, which is a very robust nursing home,
hospice care. We do this stuff in home. We have
contracts out in the Tri State where veterans can go. So, oh,
it's a gamut of it's a gamut of services that
we have here. You know, there's nothing we do not
(10:50):
do here except for we don't do transplants and we
do not have a spinal cord injury program. However, we
can send you to NYV to eight ny VA in
our area to do that or in the private sector.
Speaker 1 (11:02):
Oh that's an amazing benefit. As long as you and
I have been talking, I never realized you offered a
long term care solution because I mean, that'll talk about
eating up one's savings and later in life. That is,
I mean for whole families. You know, we got to
take care of Dad and it's costing us X thousands
of dollars a month in this long term care facility
(11:23):
and we're struggling already this I mean, you're in a
huge bind.
Speaker 3 (11:28):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
Absolutely, well, and that's you know, part of the different things,
not only enrolling in our system, but also talking to
a local service officer at your county office in Hamilton
County or Butler County or Claremont County or in house
here about the different disability benefits related to your services
that you're eligible for. Because here's the other factor Brian
is as veterans, if they get it, if they are
(11:50):
able to get a minimum of seventy percent service connected,
that's not just for one condition. It could be a
combination of different percentages that add to seventy, then their
long term care is free. So there's all kinds of
these different advantages of different things, and which is why
I encourage every veteran to come and talk to an
expert about all the benefits.
Speaker 3 (12:12):
That are able well in terms of long term care facility.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
I know from so many conversations with veterans and veterans
group veterans like hanging out with fellow veterans. There's a
relationship element there that's already built in. So if you
were going to a retirement facility where you don't know anybody,
but versus a veterans facility where at least you have
a tie that binds, I imagine that's got to be
very I mean at least psychologically benefit beneficial.
Speaker 3 (12:40):
Yeah. Absolutely, it doesn't matter the age too.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
You know, I chuck all of times when I get
a chance to go over to our community living center
and I you know, here about about two months ago,
we had a veteran who was here who's turned one
hundred years old, and we had a beautiful birthday for him.
And even at a hundred, he was still rasm guy
that was in the army because he was a marine,
you know, because because one I think the gentleman that
(13:04):
was younger said asking for a piece of cake, and
he is nat. I don't feed army marines.
Speaker 3 (13:10):
That's great, bust.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
That's even late in life, it never stops.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
That's great.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
Well, remind my listeners about where the sites are available
for us since a vacare.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (13:22):
So you can find all of our locations on online
at Cincinnati, VA dot gov. If you google that, show
you all that there's a location, stab show you all
that we're located.
Speaker 3 (13:32):
But real quick I can mention those.
Speaker 2 (13:34):
We have two facilities in Kentucky, So, Brian, you we
serve three states, three bordering states here in the tri
state area, fifteen counties. We have two clinics in Kentucky,
one in Florence, one in Bellevue. Also over in Dearborn,
Indiana beautiful State of the Ark Clinic over there in
the Lungsburg community. You go north, as I mentioned, are
Hamilton community based out patient clinic which is in Butler.
(13:56):
Then you go out east you have the Claremont Seabach
out there as well, and then also out in Georgetown,
we also have a full eye center down here on
Highland Avenue, and also in Norwood we have our Health
and Behavior Wellness Center for that. So you know those
where all of our facilities are. And I know we're
getting close to the end of time. I do want
(14:17):
to mention Brian as we talk about communications. My office
is now started a podcast. Oh of course, it's now
out on Spotify and the different platforms. We're doing these
about once every four to five weeks, and I love
the name of it. A gentleman in my office who's
a combat veteran, he came up with the name for
our podcast, and it's called Beyond the Boots. So the
(14:38):
theme is, you know, after you wear those boots, so
we're still going to take care of you later on.
So folks who are podcast listeners go on there and.
Speaker 3 (14:46):
Check that out.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
Fantastic. What a great opportunity for folks to stay in
touch and get involved and learn more about the VA.
Todd Sledge on behalf of all my veteran friends out
there and their families. Thanks for everything you and the
Cincinnava do for them, and I'll encourage my venter and
friends out there. If you're not signed up for your
VA benefits, there's no downside to do it it.
Speaker 3 (15:06):
Todd.
Speaker 1 (15:06):
We'll talk again real soon. Thanks again.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Yeah, my pleasure, Brian, and thank you for what you
do and we really appreciate all your support all the time.
Speaker 1 (15:14):
My distinct pleasure from the bottom of my heart. We'll
talk again. It's eight fifty six. Folks. You need to
hear Christopher Smithman always on a tear boy. He was
rail on today. Check out the podcast at five Karsey
dot com. A conversation with Brian James Monday Monday, and
of course this conversation with Todd Sledge. Get your iHeartMedia
while you're over there tomorrow. The Bright Barred Inside Scoop
and the Daniel Davis Deep Dive, among other topics. Thanks
(15:35):
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Speaker 3 (15:53):
This is
A thirty eight if you have KRCD talk station, it's
not for KRS cares. Always look forward to having my
dear friend Todd Sledge from the cinc Eddie VA helping
veterans out with their health care. And that's what it's
all about, healthcare. Welcome back, Todd. It's always a pleasure
to have you on the program. Yeah, Brian, Good, good
Monday morning to you.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
It's always, like you said, great to talk about veterans
and what we're doing here at the Cincinnati VIA to
get those folks who put their name on the dot
line on all the hope they can.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
And as we ultimately conclude every time we talk, there's
there's like no downside signing up for your VA benefits.
I mean, you know, nobody's forcing you to use them,
but they're right there waiting for you. So anyway, I
understand you get a lot of compliments of late. You
wanted to pass along some of those to the listeners. Yeah,
I just wanted to mention a few, Brian.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
With with the given affairs that are that we're dealing
with as federal employees, it's been pretty overwhelming emotionally positively
to see how many veterans have stepped out and wanted
to talk about their experiences with us, and I know
how you like to hear the positivity that's going on,
(01:10):
and so I've got too quick excerpts here. I won't
mention any names, obviously for privacy reasons, but one got
this last week gentlemen sent me an email and he said,
I would just like to self report that the folks
at the Hamilton community based out patient clinic, which is
out there in Butler County, said he went in for
(01:30):
treatment of depression and suicide ideation, and through the process
of that and his coordination folks and the annual physicals,
he began immediately receiving glasses and seeing twice a year
or two ensure that his cataracts are not getting any worse.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
So he's very happy to be able with that.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Also went to audiology, received new here in age two
things you and I both talk about all the time
with our veterans. Then he goes on to say, my
wife and I attended marriage counseling recently, so completed counseling
and while what a difference, He goes, I routinely meet
with my whole health coach at this clinic. I'm an
active participant. I've been in the sixteen week Move program,
(02:10):
which is a weight loss program, and he goes, I've
lost forty five pounds.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Oh my god.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
He goes on to say, I've been counseled by a
VA dietician how to eat better, how to cook better.
I'm participating in driver's training programs to regain MYHIO operators
permit because of the cataracts. And I plan to participate
in the upcoming sixth Service Challenge thing that we have
going on here.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
He goes on to say.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
He goes, I began to ride a recumbent bike through
the VA to helped me treat my depression with my
loss of socialization, prove my physical, physical ability and mental fitness,
and prolong my life.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
I get online on a.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
TV that the system and different things that the VA
provided me so I could not ride alone.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
But I just wanted to.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Share these few things that the Cincinnati VA would They've
done for me and they've improved my life.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
And oh, that's thing going on. It's really tell a story. Yes,
I thought you'd appreciate that.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
I truly do. And I've been on my own personal
you know, quest to try to improve my health through
my diet, and I and my listener's known is I
probably sick of hearing me say, you know, did my
best to really pretty much eradicate any any added sugars
in my diet. I don't drink sodas, I never really
did anyhow, but you know, just looking out for where
the added sugars are and trying to get rid of them,
(03:27):
and that alone has improved my mood. I can't imagine
that guy. He's got hearing problems, he's overweight, he doesn't exercise,
and just correcting those three things that would dramatically impact,
you know, something like depression and perhaps suicidal ideation, I'd imagine.
I'm not a psychiatrist a psychologist, and I don't play
one on radio, but I mean, given my personal experience
(03:49):
with diet and its relationship to mood boy, that that
has to help tremendously.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
Absolutely, And the reason why I wanted to talk about
that exert expert from from that particular veteran, it's, you know,
he talked about eyeglasses, hearing aids, mental health, food, all
the whole health stuff.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
So this is really a good description of what the
VA does.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
Yeah, and you know we're we you know, I don't
say this a lot, and I should more so is
that you know, we're more than healthcare. We do offer
a lot of the health and welfare type support systems
with things. And I just thought I would share that
this morning because it's just an outstanding really a snapshot
of all the different things. And he's getting all this
under one roof. Yeah, he's not driving multiple places and uh,
(04:35):
just just fantastic. I can't wait to personally meet him
in person.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Oh I have that.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
Now.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
Do you offer mental telehealth for mental services?
Speaker 3 (04:45):
Absolutely?
Speaker 2 (04:46):
We do so that you know, veterans are given an option,
you know, if they like to be seen in person
or if they like to be seen through telehealth. And
you know that's a big advantage for many of our
veterans that are working, uh who don't you know, don't
have the flexibility and the liberties to get away from work.
So you know, they can schedule to be seen before work,
on a break, lunchtime, you know, different times to do that,
(05:07):
so they can be coordinated.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
And it's is it easy to get an appointment? I
know out in the world of non veterans, you know,
finding a mental health provider is a struggle in and
of itself sometimes.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
Yeah, so you know once again, you know, we're regulated
in mandate to get appointments within thirty days or thirty
five days, and this is heavily, heavily scrutinized.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
And followed as a performance measure.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
So, like my boss who's the director of a hospital,
you know, this is one of the things that she's
evaluated on to make sure we're within this parameters, not
only with mental health, with all of those services. And
so sometimes when we can't meet that because of maybe
a medical condition that the doctor considers, or maybe travel
time or distance, this is where the community care aspect
(05:54):
comes into place, where veterans get approved for community care
away from us.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
Fantastic, Well, I guess I have to you know, going
along with the availability of the care that you offer
along those lines, you haven't suffered from cutbacks from the
current administration that you aren't struggling to meet the needs
of the of the of the veterans in our community.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
No, Brian, we you know where there's been no cutbacks
to us. We're going to we're continuing our mission here
to Cincinnati, VA as I think I might have mentioned
on our last show together last year in twenty twenty four,
we set an all time record for the number of
veterans we served in that given year, and we continue
to keep growing with veterans looking at the healthcare options,
(06:35):
and we continue to maintain a ninety two percent or
above trust score with our veterans when they're when they're
asked and surveyed about the services and customer service and
care that they receive.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
That speaks volumes right there, because I know we went
through some troubled times of the VA going back a
decade or so, and thank you said, I know locally anyway,
you've got those problems ironed out, and I know things
keep getting better every year. So we'll pause. We're being
todd Sledge from the SINCINNTAVA back and we'll talk about
why those veterans out there who haven't signed up should,
even especially those under the age of fifty, among other things.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
Be right back.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
Fifty five KRC. The cold weather is here, so you
and your heating system. Channel nine tells us as far
as weather goes anyway, sunny day for the most part,
high of forty eight tonight down to thirty eight with
clear skies, cloudy, although a high a sixty Tomorrow fifty
one overnight with wind and rain showing up around nine pm,
and then we get a full day of rain. That
(07:32):
says on Wednesday, gusts win forty to forty five miles
for hour possible Wednesday sight fifty four closing out at
twenty eight degrees. Time to final traffic.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
Chuck Ingram from the UC Tramphing Center.
Speaker 4 (07:46):
When it comes to multiple sporrosis, trust the experts at
you see Gardner Neuroscience Institute for Innovative and Comprehensive Care,
eLearn More at you see help dot com. Cruise continue
to work with a wreck in the media. And that's
on two seventy five when here went in eastbound slows
from before Hamilton Avenue westbounds heavy left lane blocked off
by emergency vehicles half pound seventy five break. What's in
(08:09):
and out of Lackland. There's a wreck near Oakley on
Madison at Drake Chucking Ram Month fifty five KRC the
talk station.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
Forty nine fifty five KRC the talk station. Brian Thomas
with Todd Sledge from the Cincinntiva. Boy, Todd, I don't
think you could have had a better commercial for the
reason to get your VA benefits in the story you
just told in the last segment, but it illustrates the
profound benefit of signing up for the VA. But you
want to make an appeal to those veterans under the
age of fifty. So let's explain why that's why it's
(08:39):
so important.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
Yeah, Brian, you know, thanks for that.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Yeah. Well, you know, for myself doing this for so long,
what I continue to just see with our veterans who
were past the age of fifty, especially when they get
in their sixties in early seventies, is they they never
took advantage of getting enrolled into the VA healthcare system.
And so you know, as life goes on, and you know,
in the in the the these these temples of our
bodies we think we take care of, they do break down.
Speaker 3 (09:03):
Like a good old car.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
Yes they our warranties expire at some point.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
Yeah, yeah, no matter how much you change the oil
or the tires, you.
Speaker 3 (09:14):
Know, things do they wear it down.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
And so you know what I've seen so many different
times is you know, I'll get I'll get a lot
of calls like you do from friends, acquaintances, different connections,
and they'll say, you know, hey, my my dad or
my grandfather, my uncle. You know, they're they're in a
private facility or there are over a christ or a
different hospital, and not that they don't do good services,
and they're like, you know, dad's a va. Why are
(09:35):
we having to take care of this stuff? And so
never enrolled. So, you know, the encouragement of just getting
enrolled and making sure that you're in our system, finding
out the type of different things, the portfolio of care
that we can provide you that can go along with
private health insurance or if you lose your health coverage
because of a spouse retires, or different costs of stuff.
(09:57):
You know, this that portfolio. I talk about it eyeglasses
and hearing aids and mental health services. But it's just
more than that too, the long term care benefits, you know,
the the oncology stuff, the different things that we have
where you know, as someone who serves their country, they're
not having their personal assets attacked through private health care
costs that we all face as being a veteran, because
(10:20):
as you've said many times, this is one of the
things that you get when you signed up to serve
the country.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
So you do offer long term care solutions, Yes, we do.
Speaker 3 (10:29):
Absolutely.
Speaker 2 (10:30):
We have a full service what we call our Community
Community Living Center here, which is a very robust nursing home,
hospice care. We do this stuff in home. We have
contracts out in the Tri State where veterans can go. So, oh,
it's a gamut of it's a gamut of services that
we have here. You know, there's nothing we do not
(10:50):
do here except for we don't do transplants and we
do not have a spinal cord injury program. However, we
can send you to NYV to eight ny VA in
our area to do that or in the private sector.
Speaker 1 (11:02):
Oh that's an amazing benefit. As long as you and
I have been talking, I never realized you offered a
long term care solution because I mean, that'll talk about
eating up one's savings and later in life. That is,
I mean for whole families. You know, we got to
take care of Dad and it's costing us X thousands
of dollars a month in this long term care facility
(11:23):
and we're struggling already this I mean, you're in a
huge bind.
Speaker 3 (11:28):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
Absolutely, well, and that's you know, part of the different things,
not only enrolling in our system, but also talking to
a local service officer at your county office in Hamilton
County or Butler County or Claremont County or in house
here about the different disability benefits related to your services
that you're eligible for. Because here's the other factor Brian
is as veterans, if they get it, if they are
(11:50):
able to get a minimum of seventy percent service connected,
that's not just for one condition. It could be a
combination of different percentages that add to seventy, then their
long term care is free. So there's all kinds of
these different advantages of different things, and which is why
I encourage every veteran to come and talk to an
expert about all the benefits.
Speaker 3 (12:12):
That are able well in terms of long term care facility.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
I know from so many conversations with veterans and veterans
group veterans like hanging out with fellow veterans. There's a
relationship element there that's already built in. So if you
were going to a retirement facility where you don't know anybody,
but versus a veterans facility where at least you have
a tie that binds, I imagine that's got to be
very I mean at least psychologically benefit beneficial.
Speaker 3 (12:40):
Yeah. Absolutely, it doesn't matter the age too.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
You know, I chuck all of times when I get
a chance to go over to our community living center
and I you know, here about about two months ago,
we had a veteran who was here who's turned one
hundred years old, and we had a beautiful birthday for him.
And even at a hundred, he was still rasm guy
that was in the army because he was a marine,
you know, because because one I think the gentleman that
(13:04):
was younger said asking for a piece of cake, and
he is nat. I don't feed army marines.
Speaker 3 (13:10):
That's great, bust.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
That's even late in life, it never stops.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
That's great.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
Well, remind my listeners about where the sites are available
for us since a vacare.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (13:22):
So you can find all of our locations on online
at Cincinnati, VA dot gov. If you google that, show
you all that there's a location, stab show you all
that we're located.
Speaker 3 (13:32):
But real quick I can mention those.
Speaker 2 (13:34):
We have two facilities in Kentucky, So, Brian, you we
serve three states, three bordering states here in the tri
state area, fifteen counties. We have two clinics in Kentucky,
one in Florence, one in Bellevue. Also over in Dearborn,
Indiana beautiful State of the Ark Clinic over there in
the Lungsburg community. You go north, as I mentioned, are
Hamilton community based out patient clinic which is in Butler.
(13:56):
Then you go out east you have the Claremont Seabach
out there as well, and then also out in Georgetown,
we also have a full eye center down here on
Highland Avenue, and also in Norwood we have our Health
and Behavior Wellness Center for that. So you know those
where all of our facilities are. And I know we're
getting close to the end of time. I do want
(14:17):
to mention Brian as we talk about communications. My office
is now started a podcast. Oh of course, it's now
out on Spotify and the different platforms. We're doing these
about once every four to five weeks, and I love
the name of it. A gentleman in my office who's
a combat veteran, he came up with the name for
our podcast, and it's called Beyond the Boots. So the
(14:38):
theme is, you know, after you wear those boots, so
we're still going to take care of you later on.
So folks who are podcast listeners go on there and.
Speaker 3 (14:46):
Check that out.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
Fantastic. What a great opportunity for folks to stay in
touch and get involved and learn more about the VA.
Todd Sledge on behalf of all my veteran friends out
there and their families. Thanks for everything you and the
Cincinnava do for them, and I'll encourage my venter and
friends out there. If you're not signed up for your
VA benefits, there's no downside to do it it.
Speaker 3 (15:06):
Todd.
Speaker 1 (15:06):
We'll talk again real soon. Thanks again.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Yeah, my pleasure, Brian, and thank you for what you
do and we really appreciate all your support all the time.
Speaker 1 (15:14):
My distinct pleasure from the bottom of my heart. We'll
talk again. It's eight fifty six. Folks. You need to
hear Christopher Smithman always on a tear boy. He was
rail on today. Check out the podcast at five Karsey
dot com. A conversation with Brian James Monday Monday, and
of course this conversation with Todd Sledge. Get your iHeartMedia
while you're over there tomorrow. The Bright Barred Inside Scoop
and the Daniel Davis Deep Dive, among other topics. Thanks
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as always, Joe Strekker for your wonderful job producing the show. Folks,
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