DPS Team Members of the Month

Angela Engle-Walton, Admission Coordinator at the Missouri Veterans Home in St. James, is the DPS Non-Sworn Team Member of the Month for January 2025 for the compassionate care she provides veterans and their families during often emotionally trying circumstances.

Recently, there was a medical emergency in the St. James home’s parking lot with a new veteran admission. Angela greeted and sought to calm and reassure the veteran’s family members, who were nervous about the move and then worked with the veteran and family through challenging times.

As Angela entered the transport van, she immediately noticed the veteran was not responsive. She had difficulty detecting a pulse. Angela calmly asked the veteran’s daughter, who had been assisting her, to sit with her mother. Angela had the transport driver sit with the veteran and call 911 while she ran inside the home to get a nurse. Several nursing team members responded and treated the veteran until an ambulance crew arrived, took over treatment and detected a pulse.

The veteran was transported to a hospital, received treatment for several days and was then released and directly admitted into the St. James home.
As a veteran faced a medical emergency in the home’s parking lot, Angela shifted roles from admission coordinator to responder, got a patient the care he needed and comforted his family through a difficult period. Her work that day was emblematic of the compassionate care Angela provides to all veterans and their families.