{"id":25190,"date":"2025-11-21T08:33:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T13:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25190"},"modified":"2025-11-21T08:33:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T13:33:17","slug":"the-unbreakable-link-veteran-peer-support-as-a-lifeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25190","title":{"rendered":"The unbreakable link: Veteran peer support as a lifeline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because sometimes the best support comes from a peer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyone, including Veterans, faces challenges. Sometimes these challenges lead to a breaking point. It could be a tough transition, an illness, a job loss or a divorce. It could be feeling isolated from the people you served with or disconnected from people who\u2019ve never served.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/143159\/unbreakable-link-veteran-peer-support-lifeline\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/143159\/unbreakable-link-veteran-peer-support-lifeline\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"54\" class=\"wp-image-20064\" style=\"width: 225px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png 418w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov) Because sometimes the best support comes from a peer Everyone, including Veterans, faces challenges. Sometimes these challenges<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1960,172,87,374,245],"class_list":["post-25190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-veterans-benefits","tag-peer-support-outreach-center","tag-suicide-prevention","tag-veterans","tag-veterans-crisis-line","tag-veterans-health-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25190"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25191,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25190\/revisions\/25191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}