Deficiency-free surveys “thing of the past” says Vets Home director, veterans react. John A. Cianci
by John A. Cianci, veterans writer Concerns of veterans receives response from Yarn A survey of the RI Veterans Home is conducted annually by the Veterans Administration. The information contained in the survey is public and veterans can review its findings. The findings in the latest survey were troublesome and resulted in one veterans group voicing its concerns, in writing, to a wider group of leaders, decision makers, and those involved in Rhode Island veterans’ issues. (In full disclosure, this writer, John A. Cianci, is the Commander/Veteran Service Officer of the Italian American War Veteran of US, and I’ve been involved in advocating on behalf of the veterans at the Rhode Island Veterans Home for many years). Cianci’s letter to the group : “Recently, Italian-American War Veterans (ITAMS) Leadership, John Cianci sent an email to the Governor’s Office, members of the General Assembly and media outlet on his findings on the most recent VA Sur...