General Info

The United States Department of Veterans Affairs provides patient care and federal benefits to veterans and their dependents. It offers various blind rehabilitative services that include counseling and patient and family education. The department additionally offers prevention activities and medical and preventive services to veterans. Its health care system is one of the largest systems worldwide that provide approximately 780,000 acute hospital admissions and over 35 million outpatient visits per year. The health care system is a provider of HIV and hepatitis C care services in the United States. It also offers a range of special programs to help homeless veterans and provides medical treatment for physical and psychiatric disorders. In addition, the system offers long-term sheltered transitional assistance and case management and rehabilitative services. The United States Department of Veterans Affairs maintains a presence in Albany, N.Y.