{"id":26336,"date":"2026-07-31T07:41:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T11:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=26336"},"modified":"2026-07-31T07:41:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T11:41:14","slug":"never-lost-hope-a-journey-through-illness-homelessness-and-healing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=26336","title":{"rendered":"Never lost hope: A journey through illness, homelessness and healing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Veteran regains independence through determination and support from VA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Benjamin Parsons, movement has always been an important part of his life. After losing his wife of 19 years, the Navy Veteran walked 5 \u2013 7 miles a day with his beloved Belgian Malinois, finding comfort, routine and healing in every step. Those daily walks with his loyal companion became a way to help process his grief. Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/148378\/never-lost-journey-illness-homelessness-healing\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/148378\/never-lost-journey-illness-homelessness-healing\/\">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\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov) A Veteran regains independence through determination and support from VA For Benjamin Parsons, movement has always been<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[246,7],"tags":[1628,981,87,245],"class_list":["post-26336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homelessness","category-veterans-benefits","tag-homeless","tag-homeless-veteran","tag-veterans","tag-veterans-health-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26336","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=26336"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26337,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26336\/revisions\/26337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}