Membership Meetings and Past Events

​On Thursday, Apr 6th, GLVFA held its monthly meeting with the main focus on our own GlenLakes WW2 veteran Roger A. Howard!   Though Roger was unable to attend due to a last-minute illness, his wife Beverly and son Don attended along with family and friends.   It was a wonderful and heartfelt event. We are grateful to have the privilege and honor of celebrating Roger, one of few WW2 veterans still with us.   He turned 100 on February 7th.

​Fact:  over 16.5 million men and woman served in WW2, and now there are well under 300,000 veterans left.   

Do you know?  In 10 years from now, an estimated 2000 or less WW2 veterans will be alive (source: Veterans Administration).   GLVFA members are honored to have one of our "greatest generation" is still with us.

To Roger and his wife Beverly, we all salute you!
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​GLVFA sponsored its Veterans SAVES golf class Feb - Mar 2023. Veterans identified through service organizations such as the VFW with disabilities including PTSD and other service traumas are enjoying professional golf instruction from PGA Pro golfer Joe Cioe. The instruction took place at Sweet Swings Driving Range in Homosassa. Below are pictures of this new group of vets learning from Joe.
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Justin Everts of HCA Heathcare's Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Center discussed with GLVFA members how their experienced team of physicians and nurses provide high-quality wound care to patients in Hernando, Pasco, Hillsborough and Pinellas counties. Their team work together to evaluate specific wounds and carefully craft treatment plans tailored to their patients' specific needs.

Some of the areas Justin discussed at this meeting were:

• Minor burns
• Injuries caused by radiation exposure
• Injuries resulting from trauma
• Skin damage caused by incontinence or other moisture
• Skin ulcers
• Skin wounds

and other areas of interest to the members such as a quick discussion on diabetes and blood clotting in the lower extremities.  He also detailed:

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT)In some cases, HBOT can assist healing by increasing the immune and healing responses in the body. When a patient receives hyperbaric therapy, they enter a hyperbaric chamber that simulates a highly pressurized environment. While in the chamber, patients breathe 100 percent pure oxygen, allowing more oxygen to enter the body’s tissue. This offers multiple medical benefits, including speeding the body’s healing process.
He discussed that HCA Florida (Oak Hill, and other HCA affiliated hospitals in Florida) wound care treatment for a variety of wounds and conditions including:

• Arterial blood flow insufficiency to limbs
• Diabetic wounds of lower extremity

The presentation by Justin was very well received and everyone present learned quite a lot about wound care.