State Veterans Nursing Homes
What is it?
This Program offers Texas Veterans: Skilled nursing home care exclusively for Texas veterans, their spouses and Gold Star Parents. Daily rates are well below market average, and medications are available at no cost (with certain restrictions). These homes offer spacious rooms, large dining rooms, designated activity areas, covered porches, courtyards and landscaped grounds, on-site occupational, speech and physical therapy, libraries, beauty shops, barbershops, meditation areas and sitting areas, and 32-60 certified Alzheimer's care beds in secured wings with separate facilities at each home.
Who qualifies?
The applicant must be recognized as an "eligible veteran" by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and require long-term nursing care as determined by a physician and concurred by the VA, and
- be at least eighteen (18) years of age,
- be a bona fide resident of Texas at the time of application for admission,
- have been a legal resident of Texas at the time of entry into military service, or have resided in Texas continuously for at least one year immediately prior to application for admission (residence based solely on military assignment is excluded),
- not have been dishonorably discharged.
How to get it?
To be considered for admission into a Texas State Veterans Home (SVH), please return directly to the State Veterans Home of your choice the completed application (http://www.glo.texas.gov/vlb/_documents/homes/tsvhapplication.pdf), a certified copy of the veteran's discharge papers (DD214 or equivalent), and a copy of the current Texas guardianship papers or power of attorney (if applicable and you are acting on behalf of the proposed resident).
Please visit the Texas Veterans Land Board website for more information and for FAQs: http://www.glo.texas.gov/vlb/veterans-benefits/veterans-homes/index.html
