Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home

05/22/2025

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4TH COHORT OUR PAID CNA TRAINING PROGRAM UNDERWAY! This week was the start of the highly sought after paid CNA training program. They will go through hands-on training to get them ready to care for our kupuna and veterans. In this cohort we have 20 trainees total who will work at Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home (6) Honokaa hospital 4) and HBMC's Extended Care Facility (10). Best wishes to our CNAs in training! Mahalo to CNA Training Coordinator Kim Mahi and Yukio Administrator Kaui Chartrand!

05/10/2025

❤️Happy Nurse Appreciation Week🩺 at Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home, our Nurses work hand-in-hand to provide compassionate quality care to our Veterans. Thank you for making a difference in the lives of our residents and their families❤️

02/13/2025

❤️A very special visit with Darby, The miniature horse.
Thank you for spending your morning with our Veterans. Darby filled our facility with many smiles and love today❤️

12/26/2024

❤️🎄YOSVH 2nd annual Christmas store with our friends from D.A.R (Daughters of the American Revolution) Hawai’i Loa Chapter.

Our friends from DAR supports our veterans throughout the year and one of which is adopting our residents for Christmas.

DAR ladies came together today to give back to our Veterans at our very own Yukio Store. Residents were given Christmas bucks to spend at our store today and got to redeem them for snacks/items to have for Christmas.

A huge Mahalo to our D.A.R ‘Ohana for supporting our Veterans ❤️ Not only today, but year round.

12/24/2024

🎄❤️Merry Christmas🎄❤️
A huge mahalo to our community members, organizations and Veterans Community for bringing Christmas joy to our facility during the holidays. We greatly appreciate the love & support from you all.

12/24/2024

🎄❤️A very special Christmas visit with Darby, the miniature horse. Thank you for bringing Christmas joy to our Veterans & staff at Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home.

11/17/2024

11/02/2024

Nov 1. 🇺🇸Our Veterans and residents were recognized and honored for their service and dedication to our country.

Members from the Wall that Heals, Daughters of the American Revolution, Mayor Roth, Veterans organizations and Veterans from the community came together to put on yesterday’s ceremony to honor our Veterans & spouses of Veterans.
❤️ we’re so grateful for the love and support our veterans receive from the community.

10/25/2024

💙🇺🇸Come and Join us at this year’s Veterans Day Parade on Saturday, November 9th at 10am- Downtown Hilo.

Come and say hello to our Veterans/residents and staff that will sitting at the staging area under the tents located by the large American flag displayed by the soccer fields.

09/13/2024

🇺🇸💙Mahalo Nui Loa Russell Ruderman for spending time with our Veterans this morning•
Our veterans appreciate your time and talent shared with them. The songs you played brought back many good memories.
We can’t wait to have you back to visit.