New Issue of WBRC Newsletter Available Via Web

Image: Front Page of the WBRC Annual Review

The WBRC Annual Review 2011-2012 Newsletter is now available on the web in both a PDF and Text Only format.  This issue of the WBRC Newsletter reviews the 2011-2012 fiscal year including the WBRC's move to Menlo Park, Alumni and Staff News, 2011 WBRC Demographics, articles by WBRC Staff, and more.  The newsletter will be archived on this blog on the right hand side menu under 'WBRC NEWSLETTERS'.    

CLICK HERE for the LINK to the WBRC Annual Review 2011-2012 Newsletter in PDF Format

CLICK HERE for the LINK to the WBRC Annual Review 2011-2012 Newsletter in Text Only Format

Printed copies of this newsletter will be available in the coming weeks.  E-Mail summer.beasley-hoffman@va.gov or call the main WBRC line at (650) 614-9952 to be added to our mailing list or request a copy (while supplies last).

2011 WBRC Demographics



Image: 2011 WBRC Demographics Chart(s).



The 2011 WBRC Patient Demographics are now available.  Click on the image above to enlarge the graph.  A summary of the information on the graph follows below:

Patients Served by Program 2011

·         Regular [Basic] Program: 96

·         Computer Access Training: 56

·         Dual: 8

·         Single Area Specific: 21

·         CNVR: 21

·         Total: 202

Average Length of Stay by Program 2011

·         Regular [Basic] Program: 43 Days

·         Computer Access Training: 41 Days

·         Dual: 62 Days

·         Single Area Specific: 30 Days

·         CNVR: 71 Days

Age Range of Patients Served 2011

·         20’s: 6

·         30’s: 4

·         40’s: 7

·         50’s: 30

·         60’s: 57

·         70’s: 28

·         80’s: 52

·         90’s: 18

Gender Statistics 2011

·         Male: 93%

·         Female: 7%

Period of Service 2011

·         World War II: 53

·         Pre-Korea: 1

·         Korea: 18

·         Post-Korea: 14

·         Vietnam: 84

·         Post-Vietnam: 12

·         Persian Gulf: 9

·         OIF/OEF/OND: 11

Visual Diagnosis 2011

·         Other: 33

·         Trauma: 10

·         Cortical Blindness: 3

·         Optic Atrophy: 13

·         AION [Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy]: 6

·         Diabetic retinopathy: 32

·         RP [Retinitis Pigmentosa]: 9

·         Glaucoma: 25

·         ARMD [Age Related Macular Degeneration]: 71

A Look Back on 2011



Image: 2012 written in multi-colored sparklers on black background



WBRC would like to wish everyone a very happy and healthy 2012. 

There were several big events for WBRC in 2011, including our move from Palo Alto to our temporary home at Menlo Park.  As we settle in to our new space and prepare for 2012 we have had some time to look back on the past year. 

The following are links to some of our favorite WBRC Blog Posts:

 Photograph of Dr. Goodrich accepting the 'Tiresias' Award at the

2011 ISLRR 10th Annual International Low Vision Conference

WBRC's Dr. Gregory Goodrich Recognized Internationally



 WBRC staff, Paula Wood and Summer Beasley-Hoffman, participate
in training to learn how to document information for the mapping project.

WBRC Staff Assist with BART Tactile-Audio Map Project



Nicole Marquez, WBRC Recreation Therapist, and a golf pro coach
a WBRC student on his golf swing

VA Palo Alto Website Covers Golf Program

The WBRC Bay to Breakers Team, from left to right; Richard Wing, Don Vu,
Summer Beasley-Hoffman, Dan Nakamura, and Brian Higgins

WBRC Team Completes 100th Annual Bay to Breakers Race

Photo: The 'Flight to Freedom' sculpture located in the WBRC entry area

VAPAHCS Blind Rehabilitation Services Soar During Recent CARF Survey

Photo: WBRC staff review building plans prior to walk through.

WBRC Staff 'Walk Through' New Menlo Park Building



Photo: Yurika Vu (left) and Susan Marshall,
both WBRC CATs Instructors, during the walk.
Susan walked the entire route under blindfold
using a long white cane.

White Cane Awareness Walk 2011 a Big Success

Photo: Cactus the Guide Dog pupping in training laying down at
the feet of Laura Koehler, O&M Instructor and Puppy Raiser

WBRC Welcomes New Guide Dog Puppy in Training



Photo: Exterior view of new WBRC building and outdoor Recreation
Therapy area including golf putting green and horseshoe pits.

WBRC Has Officially Moved to Menlo Park

Photo: L.E. 'Gene' Apple, first Chief of the WBRC, with nurses
and volunteer Marie Dunlap (second from right) in front of the entrance
to building 209 (the original Menlo Park location of the WBRC). 

WBRC's Return to Menlo Park - A Look Back