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Recreation and creative arts therapy - Alvin C. York Veterans' Administration Medical Center

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Description

We offer a wide range of activities (arts and crafts, games, sports, exercise) that we can adapt to your needs.

Type of care
Social programs and services
Health Service API ID
recreationTherapy
Type of Care
Counseling services
Service description
Military service can affect your emotional, mental, and physical health. We offer recreation and creative arts therapy through activities that can be adapted to your needs.
This is a required Vet Center service
No
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Care we provide at VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System

Recreation therapy and creative art services is a direct-care service that aims to maintain or improve functional independence and quality of life through active therapy and meaningful therapeutic activities. Therapy outcomes are based upon Veteran’s treatment needs and goals in order to optimize independence in life activities. Goals are achieved through state of the art clinical care, education, technology, and research-based interventions within the scope of recreation therapy and music therapy.

Special services available include:

  • Recreation therapy
  • Adaptive sports
  • Creative expression
  • Vibroacoustic therapy
  • CERV- equine therapy
  • Music Therapy
    • Guitar 4 Vets
    • Operation Song
    • Sounds of Acoustic Recovery (SOAR)
    • Therapeutic Drumming

Benefits of services include, but are not limited to:

  • Increase physical well-being
  • Increase strength and endurance using a variety of treatment modalities
  • Positive coping strategies for management of unwanted behaviors
  • Decrease anxiety
  • Increase knowledge of community resources
  • Decrease social isolation
  • Improve social functioning
  • Development of new leisure skills
  • Increase independence in leisure functioning
  • Enhance creative expression
  • Promote constructive use of leisure time

Community Partners:

We work with a variety of community partners to provide therapy options for our Nation's heroes! If you are a community organization that provides sporting and other recreation activities and are interested in working with our recreation therapy, call 615-225-4606.

Appointments
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Is a referral required?
Yes
Are walkins accepted?
No
Is online scheduling available for this service?
Unspecified
Service location
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United States

Hours
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Hours
Monday: 8:00 am-4:00 pm
Tuesday: 8:00 am-4:00 pm
Wednesday: 8:00 am-4:00 pm
Thursday: 8:00 am-4:00 pm
Friday: 8:00 am-4:00 pm
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed
Contact info
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