Orlando VA Healthcare System\u2019s<\/a> home-based care program receive several services including nutrition, prescriptions, different therapies and primary care
The VA home-based program has seen success in reducing hospitalizations by 46 percent and emergency visits by 24 percent\u00a0
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One of the success stories is a 100-year-old World War II veteran who lives at his home in Clermont<\/p>\nOne of their success stories is at a home of a World War II veteran in Clermont.<\/p>\n
Anthony DeMarco sits still for his exam, but his mind is always on the move.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was firing my rifles at the enemy,\u201d DeMarco said about his time in the Marine Corps during World War II. He was 18 years old at the time and has countless stories.<\/p>\n
\u201cI ran across the ground and jumped in his foxhole, and I was safe,\u201d DeMarco said.<\/p>\n
Decades later, the memories are fresh in his mind.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe ones I miss the most were walking beside me,\u201d DeMarco said as he started to cry. The emotions hit hard as he thinks about the lives lost.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wanted to be a preacher because God saved my life, and I wanted to show my appreciation to God for sparing my life,\u201d DeMarco said.<\/p>\n
He is a pastor, veteran, teacher, author and a father.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is so many accomplishments that he has done that is just amazing,\u201d David DeMarco said about his dad.<\/p>\n
Anthony DeMarco just turned 100 years old and his son wanted only the best care for his dad. It turns out they didn\u2019t have to go far, because it all happens at home.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was doing not too good at first, but when he got home and got around people that loved him, and the care he received from all the care providers, he made a 180-degree turn and he is just blossoming,\u201d David\u00a0DeMarco said.<\/p>\n
Veterans in the Orlando VA Healthcare System\u2019s home-based care program receive several services including nutrition, prescriptions, different therapies and primary care.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is incredibly different, we get to get acquainted with the veterans and with their family members and also with their environment,\u201d said Sheila Rigaud, a family nurse practitioner.<\/p>\n
For Anthony DeMarco, his home is full of love, but what he loves most is outside.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the highlights that we have,\u201d Anthony DeMarco said.<\/p>\n
He has a view of the golf course out his backyard.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis has been very restful, peaceful and recuperates my strength, so it is very important for me to be here,\u201d Anthony DeMarco said.<\/p>\n
He is happiest at home. \u201cI believe God meant it to be this way after what I went through in WWII,\u201d DeMarco said.<\/p>\n
The VA home-based program has seen success in reducing hospitalizations by 46 percent and emergency visits by 24 percent by managing the veteran\u2019s health needs at home. If you or a loved one are interested in the program, speak to your primary care provider.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLERMONT, Fla. \u2014\u00a0More than 800 veterans rely on medical care that happens within their own home. The Orlando…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[3076,25157,1011,32344,1548,1190,2174,115,139,141,140,9429,278,3393,27351],"class_list":["post-51048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-app-good-news","tag-app-honoring-our-veterans","tag-app-human-interest","tag-app-top-stories-nc","tag-good-news","tag-human-interest","tag-lake-county","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-sarah-winkelmann","tag-top-stories","tag-veterans","tag-veterans-month"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}